Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Illbay
I can just somehow squeeze my corpulent self into a much slimmer "Zip" archive?

Sorry, it's like trying to compress a .jpg. You are stored at the optimum compression. Further compression results in a larger file size. ;>)

/john

5 posted on 11/21/2002 8:24:09 PM PST by JRandomFreeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]


To: JRandomFreeper
>>I can just somehow squeeze my corpulent self into a much slimmer "Zip" archive?

>Sorry, it's like trying to compress a .jpg. You are stored at the optimum
>compression. Further compression results in a larger file size. ;>)

I've tried to reduce myself on a number of occasions, but I keep encountering a loss of resolution.

14 posted on 11/21/2002 9:04:56 PM PST by Erasmus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]

To: JRandomFreeper
That explains a LOT.
18 posted on 11/22/2002 2:26:40 AM PST by Illbay
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]

To: JRandomFreeper
.jpgs can be compressed...it just starts taking more and more proccessing power, and varying algorithms. You could theorhetically compress down to a single bit and a set of decompression instructions...it's merely impractical. :)
19 posted on 11/22/2002 7:06:01 AM PST by lepton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson