Posted by Don Pearce on 11/30/07 12:02

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:08:07 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:

>"Don Pearce" wrote ...
>> I consulted the experts. In other words I went to the PKZIP web site.
>> I did a site-wide search for the word CODEC. Guess how many hits I
>> got. Guess again - lower. Go on, and again - a bit lower still. There
>> yet?
>
>Your choice of "experts" is debatable.
>Google returned 752,000 hits for: zip codec
>including...
>
>"codec
>"(3) (COmpressor-DECompressor) A general data compression
>algorithm; for example, a "Zip codec." The term may also be
>applied to the built-in algorithms used to create and render
>images such as GIFs and JPEGs. See data compression."
>http://www.answers.com/topic/codec?cat=technology
>
>There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
>Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
>

Just the one? And from such a reputable source (tee hee!). I did the
google thing myself, and 99% of what I found was codec packs that
could be downloaded as a zip file. Funny that they should not say that
their codecs had been compressed by a further codec, isn't it? The
thing about counting the number of hits is that you have to actually
understand what it is you are hitting. Please just drop this
silliness.

d

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