oh, i thaught it was 4 mega bytes heh...."oops" read twice, post oence ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Moran" To: Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Large random numbers > At 06:23 PM 16/03/2003 +1100, you wrote: > >looks to me like it goes like this > >123456789101112 > >etc all the way to 500000 > > > >dunno why rar wouldnt compress it at all > > Looks like rar compressed it just fine to me. I'd say a ratio of 1:817 is > a pretty good compression ratio. > Notice that Zip only got a 1:4.6 ratio > > --Brendan > > > > > > > Well, backing to the subject: > > > > ... just a little experiment: I've got a file 3.33 mByte. > > > > WinZip 8.1 compressed it to 735 kByte. > > > > WinRAR 3.11 compressed it to 4.17 kByte (4 271 byte!!!). > > > > > > > > The file was created by VB6 program: > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body