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 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
