From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57091389FE for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:59:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 216F0E08E1; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CAE7E08D1 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([84.133.128.193]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MMHaL-1Xir1e2Pqn-0083BM for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:59:20 +0100 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:59:17 +0100 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best way to compress files with digits Message-ID: <20141031155917.GB13217@solfire> References: <20141031153659.GA13217@solfire> <5453AE7D.8060505@ramses-pyramidenbau.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5453AE7D.8060505@ramses-pyramidenbau.de> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:G4YSjEajDdp7CiwqWjJ4k/RAARtHkyB1pNBgxQGiNsqmjBQlXGT IHlUUEeyVv7nb6BQBPLUWHxd3PMH9DSuDCZjgf3e+AOhNRgc4liKOqtbuslDSCjcE3Jmvun 1NiRz8FM5i++85iz+grMPT29ItK+AbS0bv0pauelX/a/0gczMKd9KMCfmduAod/+E7/bsRI Kh9PR4jwKCINw106tENCQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-Archives-Salt: 4d23699f-07f6-4893-a805-3184b8f8e744 X-Archives-Hash: ee977756f3f8b516fb53c8e17f6a2028 Ralf [14-10-31 16:48]: > Well, you could just save the generating algorithm. *scnr* > > I think compressing pi is hardly possible, as the numbers are > distributed pretty randomly. > But why do you want to compress? You can't work on compressed data. > And there are enough sites on the internet, where you can get your > digits again. > > Pi is not supposed to change over the years :-) > > Cheers > Ralf > > On 31.10.2014 17:36, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a lot of files with digits of PI. The digits > > are the characters of 0-9. Currently they are ZIPped, > > which I think is not the best way to do that. > > > > I read of 7zips PPMd which compresses "natural text" > > quite well...but my files are not "natural text" (as > > they are also no "binary data"). > > > > With what practical way of compression is it possible > > to compress the files (file by file) as much as possible? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > > > Best regards, > > mcc > > > > > > > > Hi Ralf, I have a damn slow Internet connection and searching through millions of digits is not always provided. Despite that: I want to do more with that digits, I have to download them again and again. Its better to get a copy of the 2014th version of PI for later reference local on my hd. I am currently checking the compression tools I know of for the best compression ration. But I will definitly miss those I dont know... And sometimes one can do magic with option and switches of that kind of tools I also dont know of. If someone has suggestions....always appreciated! :) Best regards, mcc