On Sat, August 18, 2007 10:20 am, Wade Curry wrote: > Stewart Stremler wrote: >> >> begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:37:27PM -0700: >> > >> > No one has ever figured out how to meaningfully merge binary files, if >> > that's what you mean. >> >> It would require a custom merge program for every format. There is no >> general solution. >> >> However, binary diffs are, um, different. They're just hard, not >> impossible. >> >> > "OK, now merge this jpg of Mickey with this gif of Goofy." >> >> You get a tiff of bugs bunny, of course. >> >> -- >> If you do it the other way, you get a PNG of Speed Racer. >> Stewart Stremler > > You all seem to think that binary diffs are a problem, but > I *like* bugs bunny and speed racer... so what's the problem? > They are much better than the tripe that they broadcast > these days... Cartoons became trash when the smurfs came along. > > I got my kids a DVD of Speed Racer to save them from Muppet Babies, > all that other stupidity. Now they're turning out to be model > citizens! ;-) (all the boys love it... the girl is indifferent) > I rue the day my kids found out about Dora the Explorer. Their > collective IQ drops about 3.5 points per viewing! Little Einsteins > isn't any better, either. The /real/ Einstein would be _appalled_. > APPALLED, I tell you! > > Merges, source code, binaries, cartoons... GIGO > > Wade Curry > syntaxman > > P.S. I'm glad this list finally broached such an important and > societally impacting topic! :-D > >
But allow me to point out that our generation was exposed to (depending on your age) "Howdy Doodie," "My Mother The Car," and other tripe without any evidence of significant reduction in our collective IQ ... oo, oo, gotta go, "Sponge Bob Sqaure Pants" just came on!! -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
