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Re: Animal Tail Section end (NEW)
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Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:49:05 GMT
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Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Bernd Broich wrote:
> > I tried to reduce the filesize of the x378.dat actual on
> > the tracker is this 98 kB file:
> > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x378.dat
> >
> > here is the new 69.5 kB file. Please tell me which one
> > the better file is.
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> If it's not broke why fix it? I think the one on the PT is just fine.
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> The file size concern have gotten entirly out of hand.
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> Let's do some math:
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> Peeron has 3628 out of 5589 (64%) sets invertoried for a total of
> 8062 parts (this includes Moved To parts).
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> The official library has 2582 parts, 344 subparts, and 212 primitives
> for a total of 3138 files.
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> The size entire official library (35.3 MB) plus every part on the PT
> (17.0 MB) (which includes quite a few part fixes from the official
> library) is 52.3 MB.
>
> Using these numbers:
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> Assume 8062 is 64% of the total LEGO catalog in parts, this gives us
> 12597 parts. Alternatively you could find the average unique part
> per set and then apply that to the entire LEGO catalog. This method
> yeilds ( (8062 / 3628) * 5589) 12419 parts. I'll use the larger of
> the 2 values to be conservative.
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> The average file size of the official library is 11K (35.3 MB / 3138
> Files)
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> Assume we add 10015 parts (12592 - 2582) at 44K (4 times the
> average), we will add 440 MB. I'll inflate this number by 25% to
> account for primitives and subfiles (556 subs & prims / 2582 parts =
> 21% ). Therefore the amount addded in new files is 550 MB and total
> including current files is (550 + 35.3) 585.3 MB.
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> If 585.3 MB is too large for your hard drive then it's time to get a
> new hard drive. The current price on Pricewatch for a 20GB hard
> drive is $32 US which isn't very much even for a teenager mowing
> lawns for a living.
>
> If bandwidth is your concern, we can get around that by sending you a
> copy of the library on CD.
You are right, that is no longer a problem. And the CPU(s) on any machine
should render a 200k file as fast as a 10k file.
The only aspect could be the up- and download time. But for a "perfect" part
we shouldn't waste a thought on this.
CU Bernd
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| (...) If it's not broke why fix it? I think the one on the PT is just fine. The file size concern have gotten entirly out of hand. Let's do some math: Peeron has 3628 out of 5589 (64%) sets invertoried for a total of 8062 parts (this includes Moved (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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