[rom1504]

So I tried it and it's 72135 bytes using tar czf (created by `fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/file',new Buffer(74207281).fill("1"),'utf8')`)

Not that it's the most efficient representation at all, 74207281 fits in 4 bytes.

[dchest]

This thread is officially dumb. One guy miscalculates 75 Mbit as ~75 MiB, another guy fills ~70 MiB file with ASCII "1"s.

[yitchelle]

Strange but very useful things could emerge from just mucking about and poking around...

[dchest]

Hehe, I didn't mean to sound negative! Agree with the other poster that it's quite fun.

Oh, and I also forgot to mention that the guy used `tar` for compressing one file. I'll see myself out.

[coldpie]

I'm glad I started this stupid thread, and this is my favorite comment in it.

[banku_brougham]

dumb, but fun

[daveguy]

M49 (for the 49th mersenne prime) fits in 2 bytes! Or even better just 49! 6 bits! Assuming your decompression algorithm is optimized for mersenne primes. :)

[alasdair_]

It can fit in a single bit if your algorithm is optimized for "primes that are equal to M49" :)

[lakofsth]

You could optimize the single bit away by assuming that there would be a bit.

[ekimekim]

http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/lenpeg.html

[graylights]

Great, I've just discovered the 50th mersenne prime, M50. Decompression takes a lot of time.