On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, were not doing hyperbole, etc.

OK, but then:

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:00 PM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That works and I do that about 1/2 the time. If the bandwidth between me
and the system is high I unzip with 7zip locally and FTP. If it's medium to
low I do it on the i. It just seems slower there and of course most of us
are more familiar with PC zip products than with jar.

If the uncompressed file is essentially the same size as the
compressed file, why would the bandwidth ever make a difference in the
decision to do it on the i versus on your PC?

(Valid answers might be "human beings are irrational creatures" and
"human beings are creatures of habit".)

John Y.

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