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Re: Help! I've destroyed a language!

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 18:36
Stephen Mulraney wrote:

>Mike, > >Why don't you put the corrupted file somewhere downloadable, so people can
have
>a look at it. I know I'd have a peek, but I don't want to get your hopes
up by
>actually *asking* you. I probably can't do anything; if it's a compression
problem,
>the data is probably gone, sorry to say. But you never know. Make it
publically
>available, so interested types can try to squeeze what data they can out
of it
>(data out of noise, like blood out of rock). At least then you can be
fairly sure
>that there's nothing in it. [If you don't have web space, send it to me,
and I'll
>put it up]
I've just tried to upload the archive, and it can't be done. I can't email it either! This computer cannot do ANYTHING to the corrupted file, nor the archive with the corrupted file in it. The computer encounters an error ("Cannot read from specified device" or "Invalid compressed data to inflate"). Argh. It's like the lexicon file is an anchor on the whole archive. M

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Tim May <butsuri@...>