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RE: is there any support for stuffit ? [turn into \"jpg compression in Stuffit\" ? ]
On Tue, 29 May 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 29 May 2007 20:00, Mike Marchywka wrote:
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> > I'm trying to install cygwin from a divx compressed file and it isn't
> > working.
> > The cygwin files were too big so I saved a lot of space by putting them in
> > divx format.
> > Divx hasn't gotten back to me and I assume it is their problem since cygwin
> > works
> > ok in the normal format.
> > Do you have a utility for that? It worked good on video files.
> >
> > LOL.
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> You wanna compress files? YOU WANNA COMPRESS FILES? *THAT*'S not how you
> compress files. *I'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU COMPRESS A FILE*....
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> Step 1: Preparation
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> PLACE HIPPO HERE-> XXXXX
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> PLACE FILE HERE-> OOOOO
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> Step 2: Release the hippo!
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> HIPPO WAS HERE ->
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> FILE IS HERE -> THUMPkersplat>
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> Step 3: Retrieve compressed file!
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> HIPPO WAS HERE -> XXXXX
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> FILE IS HERE -> ooooo <-- looks like about 50% compression to me.
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> For greater compression, either use more hippos, or fatter ones. ;-)
Shampoo. Rinse. Repeat.
Igor
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