Chapter 8 It's Not Scientific
Penguin Company Building, Netdisk Department Office.
Mr. Ha looked at the "Liquid Cat" software program in the computer and shook his head in his heart: "I don't know who gave it the name, I chose such an ugly name."
In fact, he didn't care about this software at all, but someone asked him to check it out. He reluctantly tried it out to see if this software is really as sarcastic as NB.
"A compression ratio of 10 to 1? And lossless compression?"
Mr. Ha secretly laughed in his heart: "I'm afraid this is used to fool outsiders? Even if there is a compression ratio of 10 to 1, it will definitely be lossy compression. I don't know how much data is lost!"
Thinking of this in his mind, his hands were not slow at all. He first randomly found a folder of more than ten gb size to drag it over, and then clicked the confirm button to execute compression.
"Let's take a look after it's finished compressing!"
He wanted to make a cup of coffee to refresh himself, but before the compression time was over, the computer prompted to compress it with a "ding" prompt.
"What's going on?"
Mr. Ha inexplicably put down the coffee cup, sat back on the computer desk, and used the mouse to view the compression results.
Judging from his years of experience, there must be something wrong with the compression software. There is no reason why more than ten g of files can be compressed in such a short time.
"Is there a bug?"
Mr. Ha made a judgment again, but unexpectedly found a compressed file package, moved the mouse to check, and it turned out to be only more than 1gb in size.
"It's really only a compression ratio of ten thousand?"
At this time, Ha Chang still didn't believe that the "liquid cat" had completed the compression, and still judged based on experience: "It must have only completed part of the compression, and you'll know it if you decompress it."
The decompression file can only be used to decompress "Liquid Cat". Other compressed files cannot recognize this file type. The decompression speed is very fast, just as short as the compression time.
After some operation, Mr. Ha showed a confused expression: "It's really compressed, and there is no loss of file data!"
But he still didn't give up and used software to compare the original files. After comparison, he still came to the same conclusion. The first and the last two files were exactly the same, and the data was not lost at all.
"This is really amazing!"
Ha Zong was finally in a state of mind and planned to spend the last time with this software. He once again compressed a video folder of more than 100 gb, and then decompressed it for comparison.
It is still stable to 10 to 1. By comparing the new and old video files, you will know that the data is not lost at all.
After this attempt, he was shocked by this "Liquid Cat" compression software: "It can really achieve 10 to 1 lossless compression! What is the principle of the algorithm used in it?"
At the same time, he began to notice the usefulness of this compression software.
If Penguin Netdisk department uses this compression algorithm, wouldn’t it save 90% of the network disk cost? No, it should be said that we can use 10% of other people’s costs to achieve the current network disk service effect, thereby reducing user membership fees and occupying more market share!
Mr. Ha showed eager expectations for this software!
We must find a way to get it, or let the technology crack the algorithms inside it, so that we can achieve what others don’t have, and we must also have what others have.
Thinking of this, he immediately took action: "Notify Xiao Zhang and ask the technical team to stop everything else and wait for me to go over and arrange an emergency task."
"Okay, Mr. Ha," his assistant replied.
Xiao Zhang is the technical director of the network disk department and a technical expert who has been in the industry for many years. He quickly obtained the Liquid Cat testing software from Mr. Harbin.
At first, when he listened to Mr. Ha's talk about the compression ratio of liquid cats, he also said that this was absolutely impossible. After all, the compression algorithm has developed for so long, and no one has been able to increase the compression ratio to that high at once.
In his opinion, from Shannon's algorithm to Huffman's algorithm, the compression algorithm enabled by the two has been used until now, and then the lz77 algorithm in the 1970s was a peak. The compression algorithm has basically been finalized, and no one has yet to surpass the scope of previous research.
However, with Mr. Ha's insistence, Xiao Zhang reluctantly let his men go on to test it.
It would be fine if I didn’t test it, but I was startled by the test, which made Xiao Zhang shout: “This is unscientific!”
The compression ratio of Liquid Cat can actually reach 10 to 1, far exceeding the compression software on the market. The current mainstream compression software zip, rar, 7z, etc. can reach a compression ratio of up to 2 to 1 under the constraints of whether or not there is a compression ratio. Not all file types can achieve such a high compression ratio, and it must be possible that there are many cases of duplicate data.
This software, which is unknown, actually broke common sense and instantly reached the lossless compression ratio of ten to one!
Xiao Zhang said in disbelief: "This is simply a compression ratio that can only be achieved by using black technology!"
"It's really unscientific! Unbelievable!" Xiao Zhang shook his head and sighed.
"I know this is very unscientific, but when the facts are in front of you, you should give me a professional judgment!"
Faced with such black technology software, Mr. Ha didn't dare to make a decision easily. He didn't know much about the details of compression technology, but he also knew clearly that if anyone had a way to reduce the volume of network disk files to one tenth, he would definitely save a lot of money.
Xiao Zhang, a technical expert, replied: "I can only say that this software is beyond what I understand and cannot give you an accurate evaluation."
Finally, Mr. Ha decided: "Ours need to conduct a lot of tests and more rigorous tests!"
After some tests, the results were very good. No matter what file it compresses, it can stabilize the compression ratio at about 10 to 1, and the compression method is lossless compression.
Penguin testers praised the compression effect of this compression tool and were quite interested in the compression technology. This result also drove Mr. Ha to make up his mind and called the monkey to the network disk department that day to ask questions about the compression algorithm.
"Cha? Are you talking about the algorithm here?" The monkey was stunned by the question.
"Yes, can you reveal what algorithm this software uses to achieve such a high-ratio lossless compression?" Xiao Zhang asked with concern.
"Uh, this is a trade secret!" the monkey replied inexplicably.
The lustful monkey didn't understand these things. It would be better to ask the master of ferry than to ask him. However, after Xiao Zhang's persistent questioning, he accidentally let the other people know that there is someone else in this software developer.
"You mean that the software author authors will give you full authority to agent?" Mr. Ha asked.
"Yes, he was a colleague of mine before, and his programming level was similar to mine." Monkey replied shamelessly: "But he has been resigning for many years and has not gone to work. He spent time at home studying the technical problems of compression algorithms. He has only recently come up with this result."
Under the hype of monkeys, Li Maoye was described as a master who had lived in seclusion for many years. If he didn't make a sound, he would make a big splash. The compression algorithm he has come up with is just a slight test.
Unfortunately, Ha, the person in charge of the network disk, was not fooled by him, and he had to face the issue of negotiating the issue of purchasing patent copyrights related to "Liquid Cat".
This is not the result that Monkey hopes. If he cannot solve the problem of software sales alone, his commission will be ruined. Li Maoye had repeatedly emphasized that he must not bother him.
"Without the software author signing the contract in person, we Penguin will not buy this software!" Mr. Ha did not approve of the authorization letter in the monkey and asked Li Maoye to meet at Penguin Company.
In desperation, the monkey had to report the results of this contact to Li Maoye on QQ.
Chapter completed!