1. Re: New method Of Compression.. & IPX
---Robert Pilkington <pilking at BELLATLANTIC.NET> wrote:
>
> > I Have A Zip Archive With The String "Stupid" Inside.
> > The Prog takes The ZIP And Substitues "Stupid" With,
> > Lets Say The Number "7" keeping the same file name
> > with different extension like ".SHoRT" or something.
> >
> > Now Somebody Downloads The ".SHoRT" File,Uses The Program,
> > The Program Sees "7" And Substitutes It With the Original
> > "Stupid" string.
> >
> > And Voila! A Shorter Download!
>
>
> Well, that is one method of compression. But then, what happens when
the
> 900k zip file has "7" in it? Some compression algorithms replace more
> common strings with less common codes, starting with maybe ASCII 0.
Like
> this: ASCII 0 followed by 7. An ASCII 0 in the source would be
replaced with
> ASCII 0 followed by 0. Now you just need some common strings. 
>
> >And A Client,Then Someone Can Setup An IPX Server While His or Her
> >Little Friends Connect(Tunnel) Using The Same Program. USING IP!
> >
> >You Know What That Means? DOOM! DukeNukem! ShadowWarrior! >Hexen!
> >All These Games That Use IPX can be Played Over IP!
> >Wouldn't That Be COOL? Plus Ill be Ever So Grateful To Whoever
>Programs
> it.
>
> You didn't mention Descent..... 
>
> Well... it looks like a couple guys knew about this, and came up
with Kali a
> few years back. Then, Microsoft, seeing that this was a good idea,
made
> their own completley free version. Kali is www.kali.com, I think.
> Microsoft's version is www.zone.com . (In ZoneLAN:IPX section.) Kali
will
> accept a one time fee of $20US as gratitude. Microsoft, your
entire life
> (well, they don't say it exactly, but there are several people here
who
> would beleive it.
>
> The only way it could be done better in Euphoria is if we made some
heavily
> optimized drivers. The wrapping up of IPX packets in TCP/IP packets
> increases bandwidth requirements and takes time to convert to and
back.
>
Thanx For Mentioning That,I Like People Who Help me Out
In technicalities :)
Now..It Would Be An Interesting Project Though Wouldn't it?
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