> People remixed each other's work until the core DeCSS algorithm was only a single line of code. Gzipped, there was nearly nothing left
What was the actual number? Can you post it here?
> This gif file contributed by Robert de Bath, contains a surprise inside. Mr. Bath writes: "There are two tiny facts about GIF files and ZIP files you might like to know about: GIF files have their length defined at the start of the file; any bytes after are ignored. ZIP files have a table at the end; anything at the start of the file is ignored. The result is that a file can be both a GIF and a ZIP, just change the extension."
I also like the gallery, which contains a variety of code-golf like discussions of the edge cases of US 1st ammendment protections.
Though, it wasn't 1/100th as ugly as this block of graffiti spam.
(just for context)
Note the implication: the prime basically is the original program represented as a binary number, then shifted 211 bytes (i.e., 00000000 appended 211 times). Then 99 is added to that number. Note that 99 is representable by a single byte.
Consequenly, if you take that prime number and chop off the last 211 bytes, you end up with the original program.