Thread: Automated dump of Gutenberg in torrent format, 11,000+ books in 7.4 Gb
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Old 08-21-2008, 12:48 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
I'm sorry... how do you figure that? RAR compresses a file so there is less to transfer and store, whether you are using bit torrent or not. Although I do prefer Zip because I own Winzip (yes I paid for it). BOb
I have already explained to him that I am saving 1.26 Gb of bandwidth for every complete copy transferred by using compression. Right now I've doled out 15 complete copies - that is a non-trivial amount of bandwidth. Not to mention that the type of person who doesn't mind a 7.5 Gb archive sitting on his disk propably has some space to spare. I use RAR as it has a slightly better compression ratio than zip - if you are looking for a free, winzip-like program that handles most archive formats I highly recommend Tugzip - http://www.tugzip.com
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