Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:22:20 05/26/01
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On May 26, 2001 at 11:51:25, gerard sanchez wrote: >Hey GCP > > >Your reply nis ot only offensive but also misses the jist of what I am trying to >say. You have completely missed my point. > >I am saying that maybe these files can be put in rar or zip formats of which can >be extracted later on thereby reducing download time by approximately 1/3. His answer was perfect. How will using zip reduce download time 1/3? zip can't compress the TB files near as well as the normal .emd compression algorithm. > >Tell me what compression program extracts the .emd extension file? Please read the documentation before asking simple questions. You don't need to decompress them. Crafty (or other programs) will decompress them on the fly... > >What has this offesive line got to do with what that? >"Hint: --"It's not[e] because they don't have .zip that they arent compressed." > He was pointing out that they are _already_ compressed. It wasn't "offensive" at all... > >Gerard > > > > > > > > > >On May 26, 2001 at 06:35:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On May 26, 2001 at 06:27:04, gerard sanchez wrote: >> >>>I was just wondering, how come the tablebase in your FTP not in compressed >>>format of maybe 20-30 files like in the 5 man and 6 man tablebase folders. >This would really make downloading a lot faster for people like me. >> >>Hmm? _All_ tablebase files on Hyatt's ftp are compressed. Even so, the >>5 man are still 7Gb total size. >> >>Hint: It's note because they don't have .zip that they arent compressed. >> >>-- >>GCP
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