(I just pressed Meta-q, meaning fill-paragraph, not kill-netscape-and-lose-my-diary-entry. Yah boo sucks. I guess I should go ahead and implement autosave of diary entries for raph.)

man pages of the future

NAME

   rdiff -- rsync-style delta generation

 SYNOPSIS:

   rdiff generate [OPTIONS] OLDFILE SIGNATUREFILE

   rdiff delta [OPTIONS] SIGNATUREFILE NEWFILE DELTAFILE

   rdiff apply [OPTIONS] OLDFILE DELTAFILE NEWFILE

This generates binary diffs, in a way somewhat similar to xdelta. Unlike xdelta, it does not require both the old and new files to be present at the same time. Instead, you just need a short signature of the old file (from "generate").

This is basically already present in the libhsync test suite, but just needs to be split out as a separate product. It opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities, such as rsync-over-email; smoother integration into other tools; use for incremental backup; ... Fun fun.

nongeek

Went out with various Eazelites in the Castro; met mjs.

semibizarre thought: I wonder if the corporate workplace perk of the future (after free beverages, massage, etc) will be makeovers for fashion-oblivious geeks? (This is not a dig at any person in particular, just something that came up in conversation.) Massage and laundry can make people more effective and give them more time at work, and perhaps personal attractiveness would have a similar effect.