On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Stefan Reich wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Anderson" <chris at excon.charm.net> > > > So, the equation becomes, for sufficiently small data values, compress > > > time + const xfer time vs. const xfer time. > > > > > > Of course, once again, feel free to prove me wrong. > > > > > > > No, I agree. In addition, there is usually a several K window size in > > software based compressors, so the const xfer time is especially true in > > that case. > > Yeah, for the case of very small data packets I agree too. > > But I still figure there are many cases where compression would make sense > (large data packets, relatively low bandwidth). And CPU time _is_ cheap, > even if a Freenet is supposed to be a non-intrusive background process. > > It's your decision whether this justifies compressing _any_ data that is > sent through Freenet... I vote for it anyway. >
If it adds significant storage compacity to the network, I would vote yes too. I'd guess it might add a little, but it's difficult to
