On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:00:00AM +0100, toad wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:48:58PM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote:
> > >
> > > One solution would be to have a minimum compression threshold. Files
> > > under this threshold would be uncompressed, and files larger than this
> > > threshold would be compressed. This would result in there be space
> > > and bandwidth savings for big files, but not slowdowns from
> > > compressing small files.
> >
> > But thats likely to mean that no files would be compressed, as nearly all
> > decently sized files are already compressed with some scheme (jpeg, mpeg,
> > etc). Me think that you guys just like coding too much.
> >
> > Scott
> This is a special case - text or HTML of a reasonable size that should be
> compressed to save space and hence increase its likelihood of survival on the
> network. It would not be sensible for it to occur automatically, unless if only
> with particular MIME types, but decoding support in freenet_request and fproxy
> might be worthwhile. Medium sized HTML pages are quite compressible, as
> evidenced by the W3C performance paper. And it's not just about bandwidth. And
> sticking stuff in ZIPs is not a good answer for pages which people would like to
> refer to and browse individually. The size bias means that it will signigicantly
> improve short term survival of pages.
Another solution would be to have files compressed and decompressed
purely by clients, and have whether a file is compressed or not marked
in the file's metadata.
> Anarchists who refuse to learn the use of computer networks deserve to
> live in slavery
> -- with apologies to Leon Trotsky
So you're a fellow anarchist?! Good! The world always needs more
anarchists. At this rate, anarchist social revolution must not be
that far off. :)
On the other hand, I hate Leon Trotsky. That guy had the Cheka shoot
a whole bunch of anarchists during the Russian Revolution, and he was
personally the Butcher of Kronstadt.
--
Yes, I know my enemies.
They're the teachers who tell me to fight me.
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance,
hypocrisy, brutality, the elite.
All of which are American dreams.
- Rage Against The Machine
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