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Originally posted here by souleman
So the file that contained 10,000,000 1's now basically says 10,000,000. That is a LOT smaller of a file ;) But like I said, very limited on acual usefulness, because a file that was all 0101010 would actually end up being larger when you ziped it.
Notice that I confined skepticism to non-super-special-worthless cases. :)Quote:
Originally posted here by Terr
Maybe 30:1, but 100:1 with "any data" strikes me as pure scam.
/me salivates at the thought of this...
Makes WinZip look like a puddle of piss...
yeah.. one thing i hadn't really thought of was what lawrence171 said..
about the time required for compression/uncompression..
multipass.. hmmm.. how many passes.. 100 passes ?
i tend to think it won't work as stated.. especially on files that already are
somewhat compressed..
but it'd sure be nice even to get 30:1 for an average.
heh.. the guy's been working on it for 12 years...???? no formal math degree ?
plus.. this news is old.. not much been said since january.. 'tho i haven't done
any search of google/newsgroups..
it's probably a scam.. too good to be true.. but i'd welcome using it if it does turn
out to be something.