*g* I should stop never avoiding not reading my own postings before I hit send...
<peace offering>It depends a lot on the bandwidth I'd say.</peace offering> There's a reason why all modern modem protocols contain compression after all. -Stefan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr.Bad" <[email protected]> To: <devl at freenetproject.org> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [freenet-devl] integrating zlib compression into freenet > >>>>> "SR" == Stefan Reich <doc at drjava.de> writes: > > >> This seems like a problem in search of a solution. The stuff > >> that needs compressing is already compressed. The stuff that > >> isn't already compressed, like HTML files and text files, is > >> small enough that compressing it is going to take longer than > >> sending over the wire raw. > > SR> Compressing takes longer than sending uncompressed data? You > SR> can't be not serious! > > I am not being not serious! I'm being serious. Sending a 2K file > uncompressed will take less time than compressing it to 1K and sending > that. > > Feel free to write a sample program to prove me wrong. > > ~Mr. Bad > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
