| Not quite the same, but... There was a post over in one of the DSLR sections (I believe it was a UT area) hosting a 64k graphics and sound demonstration file which through both compression and other things, purported itself to contain over 18G of information (a compression ratio of 30000:1.)
While I don't believe quite this level of compression was achieved in that example, due to the repetition of graphical tiles, I do believe there was some significant compression going on there beyond what you can achieve through .ZIP or the like. The file also originated in Europe. I'm not sure where the thread with the link to it was, however... Perhaps some astute observer with a good memory can refresh us. |
 Irenic
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Montreal, QC | The 64k graphics demo was not compression in a traditional sense that could be used for video, etc. . The textures were created on the fly during the "loading" stage of the program by an algorithm. |
