Tell us what file archiver you use, we'll tell you who you are: === Mainstream === * .zip -- Conformist who runs Windows because everyone else does * .dmg -- Conformist who would **not** run Windows * .exe -- Idiot who thinks that creating self-extracting archives is a great idea * .rar -- Lame pirate who tries to compress MPEG video * .rar, .r00, .r01... -- Complete [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamer | Lamer]] * .7z -- Non-mainstream user of a mainstream OS === Old Skool === * .lzh -- MS-DOS or FidoNET, should probably stop playing with computers * .arj -- Lame FidoNET-era user * .lha -- Conservative Amiga user * .lzx -- Progressive Amiga user * .xpk -- Advanced Amiga user === UN*X family === * .tar.gz -- GNU-aware user * .tar.bz2 -- Modern UNIX OS, usually GNU/Linux * .tar.Z -- Traditional UNIX die-hard * .cpio -- Solaris user or someone stuck with an old SVR4 UNIX * .tar -- Lazy user who wastes bits recklessly * .tar.lzma -- Compression freak * .tar.xz -- Up-to-date compression freak ---- Copyright 2009 Bernie Innocenti -- it's a wiki, feel free to add your humor too