load: use magic number to detect image format #140
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To solve #129 and problems like soumith/imagenet-multiGPU.torch#43.
I kept the old detection via the extension, but it should never been called (except for exotic JPEG files?). Of course we can as well remove it.
UPDATE: keeping the old detection is handy precisely if someones loads a non supported format, e.g.: