The Future of Compressed Files

I am curious with this kind of compression is it usable by all normal programs? Such as can winrar can extract it?

If so I would get this spread like a plague....imagine ISPs overload would go down quite a bit if files were so easily downloaded. If programs like 7z or winrar can extract the format it would allow faster adoption.
 
tlarkin said:
How do you know what the future lies? What if they come up with a protocol in the application layer of the TCP/IP stack (or a newer standard perhaps) that does all of that on the fly for you automatically to increase transfer times? How about giant media distribution? The ITMS has sold what, over 10 billion songs now? The market will shift and soon you will download bluray disks over the net for a set price, and those are going to get large.

You average user doesn't know what technologies they use every day under the hood, they just know it works.
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That's possible, and yes I was speaking of consumer level compress programs.
 
tlarkin said:
How do you know what the future lies? What if they come up with a protocol in the application layer of the TCP/IP stack (or a newer standard perhaps) that does all of that on the fly for you automatically to increase transfer times? How about giant media distribution? The ITMS has sold what, over 10 billion songs now? The market will shift and soon you will download bluray disks over the net for a set price, and those are going to get large.

You average user doesn't know what technologies they use every day under the hood, they just know it works.
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Or what about people *cough* torrenting *cough cough*? the games are getting bigger and bigger.
 
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