a program without equal.

kinmel · Oct 27, 2012, 22:52:25

http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/index.php

Steve · Oct 27, 2012, 22:56:12

zappaDPJ · Oct 27, 2012, 23:17:22

pctech · Oct 27, 2012, 23:19:46

Baz · Oct 28, 2012, 07:24:05

ok own up who's tried it

Steve · Oct 28, 2012, 08:36:13

I've had it running overnight, very stable program with no evidence of any memory leakage.

Rik · Oct 28, 2012, 10:47:39

D-Dan · Oct 28, 2012, 12:08:08

Doesn't work here. I downloaded it expecting it to do nothing, and it did something

Simon · Oct 28, 2012, 12:32:07

Wiped your hard drive?

D-Dan · Oct 28, 2012, 17:25:40

Fortunately, I run Linux, so it would be difficult for it to do any damage.

However, I use vim as my text editor, and when I opened it, expecting to see nothing, I say the escape code for a carriage return.

I may have to file a bug report.

kinmel · Oct 28, 2012, 21:18:56

Quote from: D-Dan on Oct 28, 2012, 17:25:40
Fortunately, I run Linux, so it would be difficult for it to do any damage.

However, I use vim as my text editor, and when I opened it, expecting to see nothing, I say the escape code for a carriage return.

I may have to file a bug report.

That must be a VIM bug,

there are no one bit escape codes

Steve · Oct 29, 2012, 07:03:28

Looks like a empty file using my OS X editor - 1byte in size no escape codes visible

Technical Ben · Oct 29, 2012, 08:30:51

In fact it has every Hollywood film in it compressed really small. Just follow these 2 easy instructions to decompress it.
1) Hire a camera crew and actors.
2) Refilm every film.

There you go.

D-Dan · Oct 29, 2012, 18:11:01

Actually, Ben, you are only part right. After close examination it appears to be a multiformat compression, that will decompress to something different depending on the decompression used. e.g.

unrar: the aforementioned Hollywood archive
tar -xzvf: The complete written works of man
tar -xjvf: A highly complex simulation of the entire universe, including weather patterns on all planets
unzip: A to scale model of Russell Brand's head

I'm sure there's more in there

Technical Ben · Oct 29, 2012, 20:56:04

Well, the reality is you cannot compress data. But, you can store a text document and list the instructions "Add universe and time, wait for results*", and it should do everything.

*Universe sold separately.

D-Dan · Oct 30, 2012, 00:29:02

Shhhhh - don't tell the Motion Picture Expert Group that you can't compress data. They'll be gutted to learn that they've wasted 40 years.

Technical Ben · Oct 30, 2012, 14:52:29

Well, they did not. They never compressed it, they did however remove some of the unnecessary stuff and some of the surplus. Wish they'd do that with the majority of "comedies" and "action flicks" and "romances" too!