Subj : Re: Sorry and bad news.
To : Scott Adams
From : Chris Hoppman
Date : Thu Dec 12 2002 02:34 am
SA> Without this turning into a compression war fest :)
;) I didn't mean to cause one either.
SA> I've also done simliar tests with the above. It
SA> really depends on what you comparess. Obviously
SA> files of nothing but text compress differently for
SA> each than say exes and dll files for example. I
SA> didn't see that much difference. I still use zip
SA> mostly but occasiuonally will use ARJ when it
SA> does better compression.
Now, that you meantion it. It was mainly on .txt files, but when I convertted
my entired file base on my board. It saved me 5 mb which with this 80 gig hd
it didn't mader. Also, just wantted to say I also mainly use Zip cause all
most of the fileshare networks use that format, but use rar when I am getting
stuff of the newsgroups.
What ever it is. It is just handy to have a bunch ready to use.