I preferred the "
Heisenberg certainty principle of video compression", myself... using cats and boxes for a noble cause.
"Heisenberg's certainty principle of video compression. It's a famous quantum physics experiment which videoed cats in boxes. The more cats, the more certainty that you'll get quantum disturbance in video compression."
(1997 part 2 - chapter "It looks as though the Bastard has overreached himself, but the PFY comes to the rescue with a cunning plan ...")