schwank All American 2785 Posts user info edit post |
http://winrar.com/http://winrar.com/ 6/6/2008 2:35:35 AM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
what? 6/6/2008 2:37:11 AM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
rar ftw 6/6/2008 2:38:55 AM |
colter All American 8022 Posts user info edit post |
zep ftw
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 2:40 AM. Reason : !] 6/6/2008 2:40:24 AM |
Mindstorm All American 15858 Posts user info edit post |
Rar's rule. I always get better compression out of them. Plus you can split up huge files into a bunch of smaller ones if you need to send stuff by email. 6/6/2008 3:13:27 AM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
One you just have to pirate software for. 6/6/2008 3:25:58 AM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
.rar ftw
-ZiP!-
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 3:30 AM. Reason : rawr] 6/6/2008 3:29:20 AM |
wwwebsurfer All American 10217 Posts user info edit post |
Get 7-zip and go away.
Open source, faster than the others, more formats, better compression. 6/6/2008 7:36:09 AM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18965 Posts user info edit post |
the open source part is the only bit that's true when compared to winrar 6/6/2008 8:13:48 AM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "did you get that rawr file i sent you?" |
6/6/2008 8:26:11 AM |
Scary Larry Suspended 644 Posts user info edit post |
.tar.bz2 ftw 6/6/2008 8:26:56 AM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
<3 rar i use it for as much as I can. if you've got a thumb drive that isn't password protected just keep everything in a storage file with a copy of the installation application next to that file in case you end up somewhere that doesn't have it.
zip can password protect too but it doesn't sound as neat 6/6/2008 8:34:46 AM |
kiljadn All American 44690 Posts user info edit post |
7zip has, by far, the best compression rate. 6/6/2008 8:39:19 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, 7-zip is 10x better than either rar or zip, and it's free
http://www.7-zip.org/ 6/6/2008 8:50:05 AM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Archiver Mozilla Firefox Google Earth 161 files 15,684,168 bytes 115 files 23,530,652 bytes Compressed size Ratio Compressed size Ratio 7-Zip 4.23 (7z format) 4621135 100% 6109183 100% WinRAR 3.50 5021556 109% 6824892 112% " |
"by far" and "10X better" here = about ten percent6/6/2008 8:53:39 AM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
*.tgz 6/6/2008 9:01:32 AM |
KngDouchebag New Recruit 28 Posts user info edit post |
RAWR RAWR RAWR
KING DOUCHEBAG HERE
YOU JACKASSES KNOW RAR IS SUPREME
DON'T FOOL YOURSELF 6/6/2008 9:59:49 AM |
Spyami All American 1340 Posts user info edit post |
rar 6/6/2008 10:05:03 AM |
SymeGuy69 All American 11036 Posts user info edit post |
if i could create gifs i would make one for this thread.
story board:
enter scene - 2 kittens chillin
kitty one flings his claws up in a fit of rage
comic book text reads "RAR!"
kitty two, cowers, blasts off leaving a trail of smoke
comic book text reads "ZIP!"
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tsavla All American 6787 Posts user info edit post |
techtalk? 6/6/2008 10:20:00 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""by far" and "10X better" here = about ten percent" |
i wasn't just referring to the actual capabilities, but the program as a whole6/6/2008 10:56:50 AM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18965 Posts user info edit post |
if you ever use the "best" processor intensive rar algorithm, which basically just makes the hashes REALLY big and the dictionary really big, you get an extremely small file, especially if it has a lot a text.
E:\Documents and Settings\smoothcrim\Desktop>dir mgs*.* Volume in drive E has no label. Volume Serial Number is 3413-BCC7
Directory of E:\Documents and Settings\smoothcrim\Desktop
2008-06-08 10:38 AM 84,023 mgs3.7z 2008-06-08 10:36 AM 70,426 mgs3.rar 2008-06-08 02:29 AM 331,750 mgs3.txt 3 File(s) 486,199 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,551,077,376 bytes free Using 7-zip 4.58 beta (newest version) Using winrar version 3.51 (2005) because I have a legit license for it, not a demo. winrar on "best" 7zip on ultra with biggest dictionary, 2 threads, and biggest wordsize
clearly depends on the composition of the files you're compressing, byte code vs plain text, etc.
[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM. Reason : .]6/8/2008 10:43:06 AM |
El Nachó special helper 16370 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i wasn't just referring to the actual capabilities, but the program as a whole" |
I know everyone gets their own opinion.
But you're wrong.6/8/2008 11:00:40 AM |
magicman Veteran 343 Posts user info edit post |
http://epicwinrar.com 6/8/2008 11:07:00 AM |
umop-apisdn Snaaaaaake 4549 Posts user info edit post |
last time i had to send my boss some data from work (several hundred tortoise burrow locations for GIS), i used winrar instead of winzip. he got all confused and had to get the tech guys at the columbia office to figure it out, and they recommended to him that i only zip the files rather than rar them.
huh? 6/8/2008 11:30:38 AM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18965 Posts user info edit post |
rar -> self extracting archive (sfx). just tell him to double click it. though if your boss is that inept, you dont wanna get him in the habit of double clicking exe email attachments. 6/8/2008 11:34:00 AM |
wwwebsurfer All American 10217 Posts user info edit post |
I'll reiterate that 7-zip is the best program on the face of the earth, for the price 6/8/2008 1:09:53 PM |
El Nachó special helper 16370 Posts user info edit post |
I'll reiterate that everyone gets an opinion, but anyone that thinks that program isn't a piece of shit is a moron.
The best thing that ever happened to winrar is they started supporting 7zip files. I could finally uninstall the shitpile of software that was 7zip. 6/8/2008 1:19:00 PM |
lmnop All American 4809 Posts user info edit post |
gg on getting KngDouchebag to post! 6/8/2008 1:19:58 PM |
legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
rofl, compression is for poor people go and buy a new hard drive 6/8/2008 1:36:41 PM |
Cyphr_Sonic All American 815 Posts user info edit post |
that's one bastard of a rickroll man... can i get the source code so i can embed it in my page too or will i just need to hijack it? 6/8/2008 2:39:00 PM |
magicman Veteran 343 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "rofl, compression is for poor people go and buy a new hard drive" |
lmao
Quote : | "that's one bastard of a rickroll man... can i get the source code so i can embed it in my page too or will i just need to hijack it?" |
if you figure out how to get the source code let me know6/8/2008 4:27:09 PM |