How much info could you send on a "Klax"? (Pratchett-verse)

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Re: How much info could you send on a "Klax"? (Pratchett-ve

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Sounds vaguely reminiscent of the Internet about, oh, fifteen years ago to me.
That might just be very deliberate.
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In Monstrous Regiment, Lieutenant Blouse of the Borogravian army invents the Run-length encoding image compression algorithm.
"So you want to live on a planet?"
"No. I think I'd find it a bit small and wierd."
"Aren't they dangerous? Don't they get hit by stuff?"
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