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Side note: "xz -9 -e" compresses the file to 3,296,864 where as "lz5 -15" only compresses the original file to 4,643,261 bytes. The xz compressed file is 29% smaller. Even "gzip -9" compresses the file to 4,035,858. So I wonder why lz5 was chosen for compression.
I got my first internet account on my high school's VAX in 1992 in order to download Dr. Dobb's code from ftp.mv.com. The VAX had a help file installed which was a list of thousands of anonymous FTP servers, most of which requested that you please not use anonymous FTP during business hours to avoid overloading them; shortly I was downloading all kinds of things from wuarchive.wustl.edu (which had a LOT of stuff) and…
Before I had local Internet access (i.e., long distance calls), I used the various "FTP by e-mail" services with my free "Juno" e-mail account (they had toll-free numbers for access!).
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https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre...
Ah, it'd be a cask? Cool, thanks.
Or even a write-only one so people could deposit data.
The only real problem is a read-write one where people can use it to exchange information.
I remember back in the 90s, people would hunt for FTP servers that allowed anonymous writes. Companies that didn't know how to secure servers would suddenly be hosting a ton-o-warez.
Especially hidden down some deep directory structure, some directories even named .. and . to try to hide themselves.
Side note: "xz -9 -e" compresses the file to 3,296,864 where as "lz5 -15" only compresses the original file to 4,643,261 bytes. The xz compressed file is 29% smaller. Even "gzip -9" compresses the file to 4,035,858. So I wonder why lz5 was chosen for compression.
$ zcat openftp4_all_20160918.gz | sort | gzip -9 > sorted.gz
$ ls -lha *.gz
-rw-r--r--+ 1 mappu mappu 3.9M Sep 18 18:17 openftp4_all_20160918.gz
-rw-r--r--+ 1 mappu mappu 2.2M Sep 18 18:19 sorted.gz
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Especially hidden down some deep directory structure, some directories even named .. and . to try to hide themselves.
I recall other folder names that would presumably make windows machines throw up when you clicked on them. Stuff with "LPT:" or "COM:" in the names.
Side note: "xz -9 -e" compresses the file to 3,296,864 where as "lz5 -15" only compresses the original file to 4,643,261 bytes. The xz compressed file is 29% smaller. Even "gzip -9" compresses the file to 4,035,858. So I wonder why lz5 was chosen for compression.
How long did that "xz -9 -e" take compared to "lz5 -15" or "gzip -9"?
Compressor Duration Size
cat 0.0s 11385584 [*]
gzip -1 0.2s 4918778 [*]
bzip2 -1 0.9s 3334653
bzip2 -9 0.9s 3122347 [*]
xz -1 1.1s 4222016
gzip -9 2.4s 4085818
lz5 -15 6.9s 4643261
xz -9 -e 10.7s 4033589
zpaq -m5 34.2s 2655834 [*]
I'm surprised by how bzip2 turned out.
I remember back in the 90s, people would hunt for FTP servers that allowed anonymous writes. Companies that didn't know how to secure servers would suddenly be hosting a ton-o-warez.
So I got to watch the latest leaked movies without having to directly deal with (spend time on) being 'inner circle' :)