FEAD Compressing Compressed Files by 50-75%?

An anonymous reader asks: "I just installed Acrobat Reader and found that it was using FEAD which claims - 'FEAD© Optimizer© significantly reduces the size of application programs on average by 50% (in some cases up to 75%, depending on the specific software), even when they are already compressed with common compression technology like ZIP or CAB.' . It seems that they optimize each application individually at thieir labs. But an average of 50% compression on already compressed binary files seems to be too good to be true. Anyone familiar with how someone may be able to achieve this?"

Comments

Compression is easy

[cybermage]

It's decompressing the file that's hard.

You can compress all your files down to a single bit using this patented two step process:

1. Discard all zeros.
2. Use one to represent any length sequence of ones.

This is as reliable a compression scheme as most backups to tape I've ever seen, and you can fit a huge number of files onto a single floppy.

Re:Compression is easy

[optikSmoke]

Thats too easy.

First, you expand the 1 to the requisite number of 1s:
1 -> 1111111

Then, reinsert the 0s:
1111111 -> 1101101001001

Thus, 1 -> 1101101001001

How to do anything

[kurosawdust]

"Anyone familiar with how someone may be able to achieve this?"

"Lying through one's teeth" comes to mind...

i know this one

[onya]

by employing the latest in smoke and mirrors technology. they've invented a new mirror that reflects 110% of all light. neat huh?

Wow.

[Lendrick]

That Site (c) is an Eyesore (c). I wonder if these Dipshits (c) realize that all those "(c)" marks make their Site (c) Difficult (c) to Read (c).

Re:Wow.

[stefanlasiewski]

Difficult (c) to Read (c).

It may be difficult to read, but it sure is easy to FEAD© !!!

Re:Wow.

[Kelerain]

Difficult to read, but easy to compress.

Re:This is a common hoax.

[thumperward]

remember this comment well, for when you get the opportunity to meta-mod the parent post's crack-addict "Informative" rating into the Netherworld./b.

Re: Marketing obfuscation

[Black Parrot]

> Similar things could be done for other file types: Removing quotes [...]

When I have files with lots of quotes in them I reduce the size by using single quotes instead of double quotes.

I have a better algorithm

[Skim123]

I have a far superior algorithm in both time and space complexity. Start with 1. Then simply transform it to the requisite number of 1s and 0s, a la 1101101001001. Bah to your two-step process. :-)