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Exhaustive Data Compressor Comparison
crazyeyes writes "This is easily the best article I've seen comparing data compression software. The author tests 11 compressors: 7-zip, ARJ32, bzip2, gzip, SBC Archiver, Squeez, StuffIt, WinAce, WinRAR, WinRK, and WinZip. All are tested using 8 filesets: audio (WAV and MP3), documents, e-books, movies (DivX and MPEG), and pictures (PSD and JPEG). He tests them at different settings and includes the aggregated results. Spoilers: WinRK gives the best compression but operates slowest; AJR32 is fastest but compresses least."
The only thing more pathetic than a PC user is a PC user trying to be a Mac user. We have a name for you people: switcheurs.
There's a good reason for your vexation at the Mac's eschewal of longtime Mac vendor Aladdin System's proprietary compressed archive format, StuffIt, for the more universally compatible "zip," along with the fact that The Rest Of Us just plain don't give a crap about compression algorithms: You don't speak its language. Remember that the Mac was designed by artists, for artists, be they poets, musicians, or avant-garde mathematicians. A shiny new Mac can introduce your frathouse hovel to a modicum of good taste, but it can't make Mac users out of dweebs and squares like you.
So don't force what doesn't come naturally. You'll be much happier if you stick to an OS that suits your personality. And you'll be doing the rest of us a favor, too; you leave Macs to Mac users, and we'll leave beige to you.
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-William Brendel
This site uses *23* pages. Does anyone else hate pagination? Sure, it has it's uses (decreasing bandwidth consumption) if you're planning on using it as a reference, but if it's an ARTICLE meant for one-off reading, please, for Pete's sake, just use single page format and save us all the hassle of waiting 5 annoying seconds as the next page loads with all your shitty design!
At the end of the day, if you want to use a "quick link" system to quickly get someone to the conclusion, use this handy thing invented back in "the day". It's called Hypertext - use a hyperlink, use it in a table of contents, and save us all a crapload of wasted time.
No shit! AJR32 isn't even the name of a program. No wonder it executes fast, and your faith must be stronger than Yoda's if it has any effect on your file size at all.