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OK, I was wrong, the human eye can distinguish between 7 million and 10 million colors.  This includes all hues, saturations, and brightnesses:

Number of Colors Distinguishable by the Human Eye

"Our difference threshold for colors is so low that we can discriminate some 7 million different color variations (Geldard, 1972)."

"It has been estimated that humans can distinguish roughly 10 million different colors, although the identification of a specific color is highly subjective, since even the two eyes of a single individual perceive colors slightly different."

This includes all saturations and brightness levels from pitch black to staring at the sun, as we can actually only distinguish roughly 150 different hues.

We often use the HSB model to classify colors. This model includes three components: Hue, Saturation, and Brightness. The hue of a color can be referred to as a particular shade or appearance of a color. There are 150 hues the eye can distinguish and they include the colors of the visible light spectrum.

(at least according to this one article, feel free to prove me wrong)

The thing about WinZIP is that some system com with it bundled and some do not.　On those systems that do have it bundled, it's often trialware but not always.

Google, folks.

'.zip files on Windows XP'

yields

Zip or unzip a file - Help and How-to - Microsoft Office OnlineWindows XP has basic built-in zip capability so that you can compress files by using the Compressed (zipped) Folder feature. Folders compressed by using ...
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Creating a zip file with Windows XPIf you're using Windows XP, it already has the ability to create .zip files. To create a .zip file, first select all of the files you want to add. ...
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How To Zip or UnZip a File or Folder in Windows XPWindows XP has a built-in program that allows a file or folder to be compressed. ... NOTE: Please be cautious of opening .zip files from unknown mail ...
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How To Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XPThis step-by-step article describes how to create and use compressed (or "zipped") folders in Windows XP. You can use compressed folders to store files in a ...
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Windows XP Free ZIP compression for files and foldersBoth Windows XP Professional and Home Edition (and Win 2003 Server) now include a zip compression utility (similar to WinZip) that you can use to compress ...
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Etc.

Mr. T wrote:

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I've been working in OpenGL recently and discovered functions for 256-bit color (192 color bits + alpha).  Implementation is another story.  Games are generally written in 128-bit, though.

(apologies for resurrecting this thread)

It's probably more correct to say something on the lines of games still being authored with 24-bit art assets. Implementations these days with the more complex DX9 and DX10.x functions range into, say, this (from the new ATi 4xx0 series).

Shared exponent HDR (RGBE 9:9:9:5) texture format support

On the output side,

Two independent display controllers
• Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
• Full 30-bit display processing
...
• Spatial/temporal dithering provides 30-bit color quality on 24-bit and 18-bit displays

Two integrated dual-link DVI display outputs
• Each supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200

Much of this actually goes goes back some ways. And there are some displays, mostly in the pro range, that can take the wider output range w/out dithering. This might be the new HP in question...

HP also showed off its new DreamColor LP2480zx professional LCD monitor at the event:

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Based on a 24" 30-bit 1920 x 1200 S-IPS panel, the most interesting feature of the display was that it shipped with factory calibrated color space options: sRGB, Adobe RGB, Rec. 601, Rec. 709, DCI-P3 emulation and full gamut.

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdo … 31&p=4

$3,500... but schweet.