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[Mldonkey-users] Re: similar chunks detection
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Sven Hartge |
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[Mldonkey-users] Re: similar chunks detection |
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Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:12:00 +0100 |
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Brett Dikeman <address@hidden> wrote:
> At 8:07 AM +0100 3/3/03, Volker wrote:
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>> o Added detection of similar chunks between files, not used yet
>> IMHO that's a great idea - i'm looking forward to it.
> I can't see any files having the same ~10MB in common, to be honest.
> Has anyone actually worked out how often this occurs, if at all?
This is rare, indeed, but if the test is cheap enough, then why not? It
could save you some bytes to download, but you don't lose anything, if
this test does nothing for you.
This is a real win-win situation.
S°
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