Articles tagged with "compression"

It appears to be common knowledge that the petrol with a higher octane rating means more power and better fuel economy. The purpose of this short article is to explain why this is a myth, and why both fuels will work as well in a car designed to run a particular fuel. So, spending extra money on premium fuels when your car's owners manual says 91 is suitable, will not give you better economy or more power.

Many people lost a lot of money investing in non-existent data compression software because well:established principles of information theory were ignored. This article is based on a presentation to the 2010 NZ Skeptics conference.