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on from the reduce-reuse-recycle dept.
GFD writes: "The EETimes has a story about a relavtively old protocol for structured information call ASN.1 could be used to compress a 200 byte XML document to 2 bytes and few bits. I wonder if the same could be done with XHTML or even regular HTML."
Why, that sounds like LossySoft! Compress gigabytes of files to bits!
An excerpt from LampreySoft's page:
After a typical LossySoft HSV compression cycle you achieve a 16:1 compression ratio, or
9 gigabytes = approx 600 megabytes. You've compressed your data on your very expensive hard drive into a size that will fit on an average 2 gigabyte hard drive with PLENTY of room to spare.
Here's where the REAL excitement comes in - let's run the compression cycle TEN TIMES!
Cycle Size in bytes
9,663,676,416 (9 gigs, it takes a huge hard drive to hold)
603,979,776 (approx 600 megs, fits on an Iomega Jaz disk, a Syquest SyJet disk, or a CD-R)
37,748,736 (approx 35 megs, fits on an Iomega Zip disk, a Syquest Ezflyer disk, or a LS-120 disk)
2,359,296 (approx 2 megs, transfers fairly quickly on a 28.8K or faster modem)
147,456 (approx 150K, fits on all current removable media)
9,216 (9K - wow!)
576 (just over HALF a K!)
36 (that's BYTES, folks!)
2.25 (incredible, isn't it?)
0.140625 (AMAZING!)
Current technology can't split bytes very well, so the minimum you can compress any disk to is 1 bit.
(Note: future LampreySoft products will use advanced features of quantum mathematics to reduce the lowest unit of information measure to sub-bit levels)
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An excerpt from LampreySoft's page:
LossySoft!
Sounds like a lossy compression program I heard about early April....it could compress to 0 bytes, if I remember correctly.
I figured it out. They do it by removing the data pertaining to popup/popunder banners! 100 to 1 ratio seems about right.
After I have received the wisdom of good teaching, I will untiringly teach all people. - The Teachings of Buddha
Original XML (130 bytes):
Binary encoded (1 byte):
10110010
That's a 130:1 ratio.