IEEE

The Universal LZ77 Compression Algorithm Is Essentially Optimal for Individual Finite-Length

Abstract: Consider the case where consecutive blocks of N letters of a semi-infinite individual sequence X over a finite alphabet are being compressed into binary sequences by some one-to-one mapping.
WWLTV

Trees fall across St. Charles Avenue, briefly block traffic and streetcar line

NEW ORLEANS — A portion of St. Charles Avenue was closed to traffic early Monday morning after trees fell into the roadway. The trees came down between Hillary Street and Cherokee Street, blocking ...
Action News Now

Pakistan’s president says Afghan Taliban forces crossed a ‘red line’ with drone attacks on civilians

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s president on Saturday warned neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban government that it had “ crossed a red line ” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan and ...
IEEE

An improved early detection algorithm for all-zero blocks in H.264 video encoding

Abstract: An improved algorithm for the early detection of all-zero blocks in H.264 video encoding is proposed in this paper. Based on the theoretical analyzes for the integer transform and ...
Northern Virginia Daily

In this Minnesota city, it's tradition to line up for ice cream even when it's 6 degrees

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — It's still winter in Minnesota, but for the people lined up Sunday in single-digit cold at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, spring is in the air. The annual March 1 opening of the ...