Just FYI, Thumbnailator itself doesn't delegate processing to native processing -- it's just a wrapper around Java's Image I/O[1] functionality. In other words, it delegates the compression/decompression to loaded Image I/O plugins, hence, whether native processes are used depends on those plugins.
In terms of cross-platform support, the default Image I/O plugins that come with Java shouldn't be much of a concern. For 3rd party ones, IIRC there are some that will use native libraries, while others are pure Java. One good library on the Image I/O plugins front is TwelveMonkeys ImageIO[2], which provides plugins to support a wide variety of image formats.
I probably still have some LEDs and transistors in my parts bin that (my dad) bought for me from that Fry's.
Fry's really made me feel like a kid in a candy store -- all the PC software and hardware along with electronics parts too. I was less interested in the household appliances, but I think the small Sony Trinitron TV that was in my bedroom was from Fry's.
Oh yes, they also had candy as well, strategically placed in the isle where we'd wait before reaching the cashier. Must have picked up dozens of Reese's peanut butter cups and Skittles over the years.
That was my local Fry's and I wouldn't touch any returned item with a 10-foot pole given the stories I heard about them, despite them being on discount. This was back in the late 90s before social media, so it must of been word of mouth through my high school friends.
I had the impression that their return process was very lax so you'd have "customers" returning broken items or worse... And they'd end up on the shelves with the white "returned item" sticker with the discounted price.
And the discount was never even big enough for me to even consider taking that risk for a moment! $395 new, but then returned and restocked with that sticker and only marked down to $390? Nah. I always wondered who was actually dumb enough to fall for that.
Only time I ever considered it was when the returned one was the only one left.
IIRC, the Athlon XP processors also had these contacts, but it required an additional step to fill a gap dug between the contacts with super glue. (Probably possible because previous processors used a ceramic package while the newer ones used organic plastic.)
> What is this obsession with the past and the early days of computing? The reason why people don't cherish these types of things is they are rational. Technology is about tomorrow. It's not about yesterday
This reply hanging off a thread about prior art is telling.
As surprising as it may be, the past can tell a lot about the future, as the past was present at a point, and the future is now.
Take an example about AI. This past couple of years isn't the first time that AI had been a hot topic. Look back to the late 80's -- there was a lot of research into it and lots of predictions about how the world would change -- but that didn't happen. It definitely didn't affect the general public as has today. So why is that? Looking at the different circumstances between the past and today (i.e., increase in computing power, availability of networks and broadband, general availability of computing devices, etc. etc.) could then be used to predict the future.
Looking back at the past can give hints about what the future may hold.
waves in the general direction of all the millions of books about history and all the history classes we've had in school and all the people studying history and all the history channels on YouTube or TikTok or all the history subreddits
What does that even mean? Our history is important to us. Full stop.
since I wrote that: it's actually pretty rare that a defendant can actually use a piece of prior art in a case, but there's always a hope that ONE time, you will.
The other difficulty is that lawyers and jurors will make fun of anything that's too old. I know, it isn't fair, but you do have to overcome a built-in bias against ancient stuff.
I realize you're not talking about litigation, but that was what I meant.
If you want to see a world without fair use, check out the Japanese Wikipedia pages -- it's noticeably lacking in pictures and images than the English counterpart, likely because the latter was written by those in the U.S. It's especially ironic when there's more photos and images on the English language article for topics about Japan!
I remember when AltaVista was the best, and despairing because it was so terrible.
At a dinner party, we were arguing about how to move forward with discovery on the web, because the situation was so dire. Someone was arguing for keyword registration, a la AOL.
I really, really hope that someone wasn’t me; I’ve convinced myself over the years it wasn’t, but I didn’t have any better ideas, just knew that wouldn’t work.
Note that the Hokuriku region is where the large earthquake struck on January 1st and at least some of the places listed has been affected.
One example is the "Royal Squid" on page 31 -- the website says that they're going to be closed indefinitely. While the building did not collapse but the tsunami flooded the building, and the parking lot is uneven.[1]
Seems like precautions would be necessary before visiting some of these sites, especially those in the Noto region of Ishikawa prefecture.
Just FYI, Thumbnailator itself doesn't delegate processing to native processing -- it's just a wrapper around Java's Image I/O[1] functionality. In other words, it delegates the compression/decompression to loaded Image I/O plugins, hence, whether native processes are used depends on those plugins.
In terms of cross-platform support, the default Image I/O plugins that come with Java shouldn't be much of a concern. For 3rd party ones, IIRC there are some that will use native libraries, while others are pure Java. One good library on the Image I/O plugins front is TwelveMonkeys ImageIO[2], which provides plugins to support a wide variety of image formats.
1: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/image...
2: https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys