Lan Barnes wrote: > 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!!
Although I never became an addict, a candidate for similar genre (in my generation) might be Saturday matinée serials. Eg, Flash Gordon. And westerns were always popular -- even before my childhood. They _did_ have talkies when I went to the neighborhood Cameo, in case anyone was wondering. I will admit to liking the cartoons best, though. Just about any cartoon, I think. Hey, I wonder if there are any Mr Magoo's still around? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
