Compression update: I failed! :(

From	Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.compression
Subject	Compression update: I failed! :(
Date	2012-04-28 07:42 -0700
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As some of you migt already know, I've been working on file compression or some time now.  I' been working hard and tweaking it every way possible to no avail.  My first goal was to produce the best general-purpose lossless technique available: first better than PKZip' deflate using teak, then better than RAR using arithmetic coding then, finally better than 7-Zip using everything I can grab.  I planned to compress _everything_, including FAT32 hard drives on Win98--even if the compressed drive can only be FAT16--, my own version of WinMount with write access and a portable driver, executable compression, emulation, archives and back-ups and eventually multimedia.  I even tried several signature techniques.  At first they seemed good, but when I debugged them, they back-fired.  I will not ask for help; I believe that is my job.  I am just confessing it here.

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Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-28 07:42 -0700
  Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-04-28 14:19 -0700
    Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-30 06:01 -0700
      Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-05-20 17:54 -0700
        Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-21 07:04 -0700
          Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-05-29 20:44 -0700
            Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-07 07:46 -0700
              Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-06-15 21:56 -0700
                Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-17 03:58 -0700
                Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-06-17 13:42 -0700
  Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-16 15:39 -0700
    Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-17 05:44 -0700
      Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-17 13:26 -0700
        Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-18 05:57 -0700
  Re: Compression update: I failed! :( Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-08-26 15:51 -0700

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