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ndogg writes "The open source Python projects Pantyshot and Upskirt have caused quite a stir within the Python community, and catalyzed the leaving of one of their developers (a woman whose native language is not English.) The original developer, Frank Smit, has renamed Pantyshot to Misaka, but that too has suspect etymology, as Violet Blue points out."
Oh no you di'nt!
Really, if you get offended by words like that you need to crawl out from under that rock and get out more.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
How about telling us what it ACTUALLY DOES!?
That's the beautiful thing about freedom, you're free not to use media or software that offends you...
There's plenty of bigots and assholes out there. If you feel it's worth the fight, be my guest. I'm gonna go with the second choice, which is ignoring it. They'll both have the same end result, anyway...
lol these are easy nowadays. rip /.
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It's a thing. It' can't do that. It's the *people* that gave it that name who offend. And they are the ones to take responsibility for their actions.
Just rename it to BiriBiri.
my favorite part is when the author boohoos about drawings of girls panties as if they are actually CP.
It’s not that the names were simply sexual in nature: it was that they targeted a women over the very thing that makes them a minority in the Python community in the first place: you could call it a sexual exploit.
So generally speaking, I support the name change, especially if this is true:
She, not being a native English-speaker, had accepted on trust a foreign-language name for her library. According to Holden, the revelation - and the attention to her unknowing complicity - brought about with the name was so uncomfortable for her that she quit working in open source altogether.
But it's still a slippery slope.
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Would anyone working for/at a real-world business ever use any of that software? I highly doubt that anything that can bring about a sexual harassment suit just from publishing its documentation is worth even a penny.
Java has a whole gui toolkit named swing.
it's good to know people who are supposedly smarter than myself are so stupid as to 1. Name something important in a childish manner and 2. getting offended by something in a language they don't understand in the first place. Things like this negate my faith in the tech industry, it seems like it's filled with either law suit trolls like Sony or pathetic immature people...it's no wonder why there has been a complete lack of original, innovative, or useful tech in the past 20 years.....
I love how this is all framed as people being "offended," so that everyone can say "Ooh, look at the little baby, so offended by harsh language." When actually the issue is that the names for these (non-panty-related) software has been picked out by dudes who apparently think that it's hilarious to take pictures up women's skirts without their consent (which is what everyone knows "upskirt" and "pantyshot" mean, on the internet). You don't need to be a native speaker of English to know what they think of women.
You are free to change the name then.
But i honestly must admit that i never got why you would call your software in any weirdly conotated way. You will just narrow the circle of users. Before i have to explain inside a company where non-geeks also participate in meetings that i use libupskirt i would rename it and use it under the other name.
I was driving the other day and seen a vanity plate "LVSCATS". This could be taken several ways. I am pretty sure that the driver Loved Cats!!
it's the aspies who give their software hostile and immature names which offend.
What the fuck kind of idiot thinks "upskirt" and "pantyshot" are good names for a computer program?
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
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For Christ's sake it's a name! Who cares about the author's stupid prOn tastes?
And here's the flamebait part: If you use a more mature language than Python (and it's users silly names won't occur and as an additional benefit your programs will run faster. So if e.g. you want to process real pantyshots pixel for pixel I'd suggest using C. If you need to process pantyshots in parallel and with high safety and reliability demands (after all, reliable delivery of prOn is essential for internet economy), Haskell or Ada might also be good choices!
âoeUpskirtâ is shorthand for porn (images or video) that features a nonconsensual look up a girlâ(TM)s skirt or dress.
I've never seen nonconsent feature in any such definition. It's not the natural reading of the word, and if you look at the way the term is used (e.g. check the tags on any anime imageboard), it generally applies to any picture looking up a skirt, consensual or not. I think the article is misrepresenting the meaning of the word to lend support to its arguments.
I am trolling
Jesux proposed to remove '"kills" and "aborts" and "daemons"' and other anti-christian parts from linux and redistribute it. It was a colossal fail (or more likely a hoax), but it gave us all a pretty good laugh at the time. That was what, 12 years ago? I think that was far more offensive.
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FSCK you!
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Give it the name you want. Open source solves yet another perplexing issue! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Why does this assholes opinion even matter? What's to stop people from saying 'Ok - now this package is named MDparser'? It seems to me that an offensive name is a perfectly good reason to fork.
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a memorable name, and they change it? who would remember a name like topdownparserXYZ? fucking nobody.
if it's really that easy to offend them, how can they remain online? let's all boycot cd's because you can buy punk bands on cd's.
"Because you are a fine, upstanding kind of reader, I’m sure you know very little about online filth such as pornographic subcategories, their nicknames or history. Luckily for you, I am here to go where bald eagles dare."
bzz wrong. and what's wrong knowing about the stuff? teens? as if they didn't know.
so uh wtf python is now the land of kindergarten where a committee decides what all people do and under what title to boot? there's something very badly wrong with the python community if they go up the walls for something so simple and focus on something stupid like package naming on free software and if it's not free, wtf do they have power over it's name? he shouldn't have renamed it in the first place, he should have just made it better. maybe treating everyone like retards who need guidance is exactly the problem with python community. people who are exclusively only part of python community and treat it as a "friendly community" and use that for their safe social environment should just fuck off anyways, that came on through a bit offensively, yeah. are they going to skip patch number 76768787?(it's a bit hard to 'get' the offending joke in that number but it's there, it's there.. you gotta know both finnish and swedish to get it).
also I think it's extremely sexist to run the community so that you would attract more females to come and stay (and to fall in love and date and etc etc), it's not a dating service. just having it on the agenda to "have more chix, no matter who" is when online communities go south.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
I don't know the details of this case, but for me these names differ from the (harmless) four-letter words in that they are intrinsically sexistically loaded: based on their use in historic precedent (and hence by their primary association) they are part of a vocabulary that treats women as sex objects. Sexism is far too alive and real to let these slip as an mildly amusing historical references. Using these words as project titles (and hence presumably intending a positive association) is equivalent to naming your new two-class scheduling algorithm the `back-of-the-bus' algorithm: it attempts to associate positive meaning with concepts that stigmatise certain groups of people.
Sorry, but no thank you. Amusing titles are good, but program names whose most obvious meaning appears to be that they support misogyny or racism are too likely to be taken seriously until we've eliminated those problems in RL (which we're quite far away from).
Why would you name a parser like that? I mean, I'm all for freedom of speech, and that has to include potentially offensive speech, but why choose that? It's dumb. And I don't mean just the "potentially offensive" angle, but from a technical standpoint too. Talk about poisoning the Google searches! When people go looking for it, the legitimate software library you worked so hard to code is going to be buried way at the end of a long list of ... other stuff. Simultaneously I'm not keen on how easily offended some people are. It's not that bad. I can think of far worse choices.
Suggestion: rename it to "upkilt". That would solve the problem in true Pythonesque style.
I remember about 7-8 years ago, when someone coded up an emulator for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color. The supposed full name of the product (which none of the developers ever used) was "Rather A Pokemon Emulator?" and the logo was a Pikachu poorly Photoshopped for, shall we say, reasons of endowment. I don't recall if the software was open-source or not, but the naming controversy doesn't sound too different from this.
Free speech allows you to name your project whatever you want, no matter how tasteless. Free association, however, allows people to decide not to use your project based on its name. Open-source even lets someone fork it, changing little if anything but the name, and snag the userbase out from under a puerile manchild.
I don't have a problem with a developer deciding to use names like this for a package, if they want to stick their neck out.
The point here, is apparently that *the developer* wasn't sticking their neck out; someone else did it *for them*. *That*, I have a problem with.
So, y'all people shooting at the name itself? That's a strawman; please look at what's actually offensive here.
Maybe the package should just be named after what it *does*, instead of some cutesy name that tells you nothing about the purpose of the software.
Code names are great in proprietary software companies or military/intelligence operations where you're trying to hide what you're doing from your competitors/adversaries. In FOSS, though, generally you want people to use your stuff and contribute to it, and code names interfere with that.
To be fair, FCKeditor was named after its author, Frederico Caldeira Knabben, who is from Brazil. Evidently that was his real name and he didn't at first realize the unfortunate similarity of his initials to an English swear word--but even if he had realized this, they were still his real initials, so I think he would still have some right to name it that. In any case, the name of the editor has now been changed to CKEditor.
I read the entire article and still have no idea what the upskirt/pantyshot libraries actually do. Seems like a bit of critical info to leave out of the article.
There's plenty of stuff that offends me to some degree or another, but I ignore it and move on because I can't censor someone else without giving them the power to censor me in return. Yes, those names are stupid, juvenile, and annoying. I'll be damned if I want to put anyone in the position of having the power to ban or reject software for those reasons, though. I'd rather be offended and annoyed than silenced.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
For those who may not know, upskirt is the Markdown parser used and developed at GitHub under the name 'RedCarpet.' Both packages--upskirt is a fast C parser for Markdown, and pantyshot is its python wrapper--are immensely useful. Giving them those names, however, makes it difficult to integrate them into a professional software project. I find this to be the same attitude developers seem to have about users in general--library users, in this case. Some developers have a certain disdain for those whom do not conform to their notions of humor, design, aesthetics, etc. That's fine, it's their software project. Just know that you're shooting yourself in the foot. You're literally wasting your work when people avoid your project over something as trivial as a project name. And if you don't want people to use it in the first place, then why make it free in the first place?
In the case of pantyshot, the developer has associated his name to that project. If I were an prospective employer doing a search on his name, I'd seriously question his judgement.
Frank Smit is a cocksucking asshole.
I like it.
If I was using Python in a professional setting, I definitely wouldn't be using libraries that would bring up child porn warnings (according to TFA) in Google search.
Also, it's nice to have a bit of freedom in naming packages, but if it's at the cost of alienating contributors, then it only hurts open source. I personally wouldn't be comfortable contributing to a package called 'libjigaboo' since that alienates and marginalizes me as a person, but I wouldn't make a hissyfit and quit open source because of that either. There's a reason why we can fork projects after all, it's so we don't have to associate with people who are unproductive to work with.
While it would be helpful if more of us had thicker skin, it is more important to be professional, mature, tactful, and accountable for our actions and inactions. Idiots like Frank Smit set open source back by making us all seem like prepubescent boys. Geeks have enough of an image problem without this douchebag making a royal ass out of himself.
True story - when I was implementing an internal IRC network for a former employer, I was instructed to add BitchX to our desktop UNIX builds - but rename the binary.
It used to be this was much bigger of an issue. Look up mnemonics for resistor color codes for examples. These names are mild in comparison. Boys must understand that a woman who is working on code is not going to look kindly when she is treated primarily as an object to be used to satisfy the boys need for sexual gratification.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
So humor you might use with your friends with whom you have understandings creates a problem when you use it publicly?
I thought any kind of humor you want to use is always acceptable in all contexts. It never occurred to me that one might want to use diplomacy in a public project that you want wide acceptance of.
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"Toaru Majutsu no Index" is the name of the anime series referenced by the name Misaka. I beleive they are making a reference to Mikoto Misaka, one of the primary protagonists. Incidentally, I enjoy that series, I've seen that series twice over and I don't remember there being promiscuous amounts of panty shots of the characters. Were there some here and there? Sure, but it's not something I'd deem unsuitable for anyone who's at least high school age. Ironically enough, there's a particular scene where one of Misaka's friends points out that Misaka always wears shorts underneath her skirt. So you can't see Misaka's panties.
....consider the CUSTOMER.
Understandably, many Aspies despise convention, but if I name something "couchslug's wrinkly ballsack" I should understand that will have a rather limited appeal.
It may alienate a tiny minority of potential customers who don't care to picture my nuts. That I find my nuts quite nice is beside the point.
This concept is terribly difficult for some people to understand.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
Just because it is on Wikipedia does not make it true or complete. I can assure you that upskirt refers to the composition of a photo or video, not its consensuality. Dare I ask, what do you think a consensually-taken upskirt photo would be called if not also 'upskirt'
You are right. "Upskirt" very often often refers to consensually taken photographs of women who are paid to pretend that the photographer is taking nonconsensual photos up their skirts. These photos are then sold to men who wish or pretend that the photos were truly taken nonconsensually.
Further, if in the course of some other activity a woman accidentally shows her underwear on camera, that too is called a 'pantyshot' even though the camera was not there for the explicit purpose of capturing the event.
Excellent example! And then they humiliate the woman by publishing the photos without her consent.
Are you adequate?
...when people in the community, instead of setting a good example, fetishize the act of trolling itself. When high technical contribution is combined with presentations full of pornographic images/metaphors and Twitter streams full of laughter at others' consternation, such childish behavior becomes the New Conformity. It's just as cliquish and pointless as the Old Conformity these rebels without a clue pretend to reject, but whenever aspiring programmers see that opinions presented in one set of clothes get a quicker/more friendly hearing than the same opinions presented in a different set of clothes it's totally predictable how they'll respond. They'll imitate all the off-color and trollish behavior that they see, and some of them will end up stepping over lines that actually matter. It's all good fun until promising projects and startups fail because would-be users and collaborators get turned off by the hipster posing. What kind of sociopath would make a decision where the only possible upside is a few laughs and the potential downside is colleagues losing their jobs? It doesn't matter if you feel your own job is secure, or if you feel that people shouldn't react as they do; anybody who pulls this kind of stunt doesn't deserve a job or funding or anything else but our contempt.
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It's only offensive if you know what it means.
My own program to perform deconvolutions upon image data is developed as 'repornolyser' for it's obvious use. I also have a script called PonyMath that does math involving video compression, as the test file I used was a Friendship is Magic episode. Those are for my own use though.
You could give yourself the offensive name and become a millionaire like "Tigole Bitties" at Blizzard Entertainment.
Just because you have an Open Source Project you should always try to keep professional about it. This doesn't mean you cannot have some light hearted humor going around for names. But you need to think if you are in a business meeting and you need to bring up the name, would you feel uncomfortable using the words. Or after the meeting you have been sent to HR for some additional "Sensitivity Training".
Are Americans in general a kinda overboard about these things... Sure but why make a product that you want to share with everyone, then put words in it to make people uncomfortable using it? It just isn't professional.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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So, maybe I should change the name of our Intranet before anyone notices?
C**** L*** Information Technology Organizational Resource Intranet Site
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I disagree completely, the name is way more important than the functionality or accuracy of code. We are all talking about this no mark utility because of the name. We would otherwise never even know or care it existed. The brand is everything.
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This is simply a crazy misinformed post by an idiot.
Smit re-named Pantyshot/Upskirt after a Japanese name. Not just any name, but popularly belonging to an Anime (adult comics) character
Anime is NOT adult comics. Anime is simply Japanese animation. Anime are moving pictures. Comics are the things that don't normally move and often printed on dead trees.
There's nothing "adult" to anime just like there's nothing "adult" to videos.
There's nothing "adult" to the character either. The character certainly does have strong "upskirt" and "pantyshot" references, but honestly it's not much of a "pantyshot" than a "boxershot", a running gag when the character's friend(s?) pull a prank on her by an upskirt and disappointingly realizes she wears "boxers" instead of sexy panties.
FYI, this is the typical "upskirt" in that "adult anime" we're talking about: http://25.media.tumblr.com/eO5rDDFIRmiprfxkBtraxpq6o1_500.jpg
You may say this is offensive, I understand people get offended over many things. But it's simply wrong and FUD to claim that this character has any "adult" connotations.
Like Momoko, who could be Momoko the Japanese porn star (AV Idol)
I do watch Japanese porn regularly (sorry) , and I've never heard of anybody half famous that goes with the name Momoko. A quick google indicates that a "Momoko Tani" is a "Japanese Idol" that wears suggestive clothings (usually scanty swimsuits/bikinis), but not anything that you could call "porn".
Search for Misaka and upskirt, and you'll get a Chilling Effects message from Google about the removal of alleged child porn from their search results.
Just donâ(TM)t âoeinterpretâ Momoko along with the term upskirt on Google or you'll get the same Chilling Effects child pornography warning.
Perhaps it's not the weird Japanese names that's causing Google to give you all those Chilling Effects, but maybe "upskirt"? I've turned off any "safe filters" in Google, and probably my jurisdiction is less anal about child porn (but I haven't seen any of child porn in those searches), so I can't check whether "Jessica upskirt" (or whatever) gives you the same warning, but I suspect it would.
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I don't disagree that there are better choices of names than "upskirt" and "pantyshot", but seriously there's really no need to spread FUD and lies.
The misinformation above may be lies, or they may be misunderstandings by the author of TFA. If really the latter, she really has no standing writing this piece of misinformed piece of crap.
Don't quote me on this.
If the author's goal was to diminish the professionalism and acceptance of Python, then he has succeeded. If the author's goal was to diminish and degradate women, then he has succeeded. If the author was attempting humor, then he has failed. However, his blaze` reply in his "re-naming" suggests that he's just another juvenile idiot.
I would have thought that Slashdot would be the one bastion of freedom away from that annoying twit. If you want to find a useless troll, just read any of her countless self-aggrandizing bullshit articles. How she has a career, I'll never understand.
Renaming components can actually mean you violate some copyright-agreement.
I saw an episode of simpsons the other day that had a panty shot of Lisa, does that make simpsons child porn too? "Misaka" is a common name in Japan, saying it is offensive is like saying "Jones" is a porn name.
(1) Not getting any makes people find creative outlets for their sexuality. (2) If you know your command of a language is lacking, expect nasty surprises.
Source: own life experience.
Sincerely,
Klaus Wanker
Berlin, Germany
There's NO solution to this. Sooner or later everything is offensive to someone, just ask the creators of South Park. What are you going to name something then? X9So4TeW? And I'm sure someone's going to be offended by that as well. Heck, some people don't even like certain characters in the alphabet.
The internet and unix have all been created/expanded upon over the years by college students with warped senses of humor: Unwanted email is called "Spam", "Python" itself comes from Monty Python, File Transfers used to be done with "Kermit", and the list goes on.
Christians were offended that Unix uses "deamons", so, do we have to rename those to "Angeals"?
The point is: You can't give something a non-offensive name, because the name is in the eye of the beholder, and they will interpret a meaning to it that even the original author didn't intend.
Admittedly, in this case, the author was deliberately being screwy, but, that's the way computer geeks work, as shown above. If you don't like it, don't use his library.
But if Linus Torvalds had named his kernal "ElmosOnFire", would that have stopped any of us from using it? I don't think so.
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
There is a huge difference between a pantyshot and an upskirt. ALL accidental or intended (by the female) exposures of a panty being worn are pantyshots. This can be anything from the female just being dressed in undies, a short skirt and the camera (in movies/anime) being in the right place, to the reliable old gust of wind which by the way rarely happens in real life with plated skirts because they are to heavy. There are even skirts with weights sewn into the edge to keep them down... bloody cheats.
Upskirt is a shot made without the females consent from below her skirt aimed at her panty in such a way that the wearer can expect some privacy. People do it by either placing a camera in hidden location or even by tying a camera or mirrow to their shoes.
The picture you show is NOT an upskirt, it is a pantyshot, part of fanservice. There is nothing hidden about, neither the viewer or any characters in the clip are being voyeuristic and the female is aware of what she is showing, this is after all why she is wearing the boxershort.
If you want people to know the difference between anime (animation) and hentai (perverted/adult animation) then you need to know the difference between pantyshots and upskirt.
Gravure videos are filled with pantyshots but upskirt is reserved for the seedier porn.
Nobody is going to arrest you in japan for seeing a woman's panties when her skirt is blow up by the wind. Try getting an upskirt shot and prepare to do some hard time.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
If we're going to rename software packages with sexually suggestive names, can we finally get a better name than GIMP.
If your goal is to build a community to develop software, doing things which drive people from the community tend to be counterproductive.
True but, thanks to OS licenses, there is a perfect solution which the community can take without having to resort to censorship: fork and rename the project. Then, when presumably the community all downloads and uses the more appropriately named project it will send a very strong message to the jerk who wrote the original package that the community as a whole does not tolerate such behaviour.
All this modern push for more and more rules and regulations is not always needed. If the community really believes that this sort of behaviour is not acceptable then let them act to show it. That is a FAR more powerful message than having a rule against it since the offender knows that the entire community thinks he is behaving inappropriately. If a rule is passed then s/he can just dismiss it as "those in power not liking them" - far harder to do that if just about everyone out there feels the same.
It's their message board.
In the same way an author of a software project can name it whatever he wants, and if people don't like it they are more than welcome to say so, and perhaps go work elsewhere
Yet another storm at the bottom of a chamberpot has emerged.
And here I thought IBM had found a new application for their darling supercomputer...
See subject-line: Who cares what they called a program, as long as it does the job! Python's excellent stuff for text processing & very simple to learn with EXCELLENT online help out there too... plus, it's multi-platform! What more could you ask for?
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Judging by Google, it's taken over the phrase. Perhaps this is a good way to get rid of sexually suggestive or offensive terms - name popular open-source projects after them.
I can't bring it up in any decent Japanese conversation.
I wish they would stop wasting time on this non-issue and get back to stewarding Python. Hell, I submitted a package for review a few weeks ago, and I haven't heard anything back yet. I put a lot of work into the package -- CamelToe/Creampie -- and if I don't hear anything back soon, I'll either port it to Perl (after all, I think CamelToe works better with Perl, anyway) or leave FOSS entirely.
To be fair, FCKeditor was named after its author, Frederico Caldeira Knabben, who is from Brazil. Evidently that was his real name and he didn't at first realize the unfortunate similarity of his initials to an English swear word--but even if he had realized this, they were still his real initials, so I think he would still have some right to name it that. In any case, the name of the editor has now been changed to CKEditor.
According to wikipedia, he changed the name of the editor because of the similarity to FUCK.
sysadmins and parents of newborns get the same amount of sleep.
Can we get it banned from the inter tubes, please?
There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.
Sorry, too late... there're a whole bunch of folks who have gimp fetishes... fact is there's fetish for just about anything. What kind of software would you associate with "scat play with pregnant teenage leather mamas in high heels"? I'm kinda thinking Windows security myself.
Isn't "gimp" a slur against the physically challenged?
If you keep stuff in proper context then it's just the name of a computer program.
The article reminds me of this comic.
This is why men need a sphere our our own. All realms open to women are eventually forced to conform to womens' preferences. Women control "the home" (Wife Acceptance Factor.) They control what we do and say in the workplace (sexual harassment laws.) They control the media (can't have TV characters that are too attractive for fear of threatening jane sixpack.) They control the marketplace (they're the sole shopper for nearly all households.)
All men have left are sports and porn. Everything else has been feminized to hell and back.
Every time we establish a MAN FRIENDLY zone, women demand entry and proceed to fuck it all up.
One of their primary tactics, and sadly something that has been picked up by the male feminists, is to label behaviors they don't approve of as immature, childish, or offensive in an attempt to shame men into acting the way they want. The true definition of a "man child" is a guy do does a bunch of things women don't approve of and none of the things they want him to.
"Liechtenstein is the world's largest producer of sausage casings, potassium storage units, and false teeth."
Come up with one and fork the project.
I'll have to admit, however, that gimp is not a term I've heard or read in the last decade in any context other than the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Still, it might well be a good marketing move. If someone would bother to do it. And could come up with a better name. (I would hope they could keep the icon, but I wouldn't count on it, so plan on needing to come up with an equally attractive icon, too.)
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
The blog post got several things wrong about the anime character "Misaka" (actually Misaka Mikoto) from To aro Majutsu no Index/To aru Kagaku no Railgun.
Firstly, she's about 15, not 11. In no way could you look at her and think she's 11. There is a clone of her who's biologically about 8 (Last Order) - maybe they mixed them up.
Secondly, the whole upskirt bit in Railgun is having a laugh at pantyshots. Mikoto wears shorts under her skirt, so she's actually immune to upskirt and panty flashes, much to the disappointment of her roommate Kuroko.
There is another character in Railgun who is constantly suffering panty flashes thanks to a friend, but it's not Misaka Mikoto.
The blog also characterises Anime as "adult comics" when as we all (should) know, it's all animation (child-oriented or adult-oriented) in Japan.
Excellent example! And then they humiliate the woman by publishing the photos without her consent.
Humiliating? Sure. Evil? Perhaps. Comparable to rape? Certainly not.
Of course it can be compared to rape. There is a clear continuum of disregard, contempt and abuse of women's right to control who sees and touches which parts of their bodies. Rape is one of the worst offenses in that continuum—usually by far.
But other things that fall in that area are rape apology ("she was asking for it"), posting your ex's sexting photos to 4chan, taking nonconsensual upskirt photos, watching porn that depicts nonconsensual upskirting, watching porn that depicts women misogynistically (which is about, um, 95% of porn), buying tabloids because they feature accidental upskirt photos of celebrities, etc.
Are you adequate?
Oh come on, every time I have to do any sort of image transformation I simply love announcing to the office that it's "time to bring out the GIMP!!!"
Sexually suggestive? I always though a gimp or gimpy was an endearing term for a lame person or amputee...
"We call her 'Gimpy' because the bitch is a gimp. She's still thoroughly breedable despite the accident; The dog's genetics are certified."
gimp
–noun
1.
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
2.
a coarse thread, usually glazed, employed in lacemaking to outline designs.
–noun Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
spirit, vigor, or ambition.
–noun
1.
a limp.
2.
a person who limps; lame person.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks.
— noun
1.
offensive , slang ( US ), ( Canadian ) a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame
2.
slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains
Those damn tailors and disabled people are so offensive!
... oh look, we'll just change the whole Unix subsystem because someone got offended by being able to get root.
on the description of the second name. Though I might point out, the new name based on a chick that has to wear boxers under her skirts to keep from being disrespected is an obvious intended insult. You're free to name your work anything you wish. The rest of the world is free to refuse to have anything to do with a "community" so immature, rude, and unprofessional as to use and support such a name, and to drive members of that community out who refuse to be a party to such obvious lack of comprehension of basic social utility. If you want business to use your product, a minimum degree of respect is called for. Open source is great, but the "the customer can go to hell" attitude is not what works in the real world, and being insulting to women may seem cute in your little social circle-jerk, but the rest of us just think you're a butt.
Why not Goodthinkful?
The software was offensive? or the name?
HUGE difference.
"Although even fans complain about idiotic naming: "I buy my eggs at the cheese shop."" - by walterbyrd (182728) on Monday July 11, @04:47PM (#36726330)
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* Hey - Is that some "snide" way of trolling me, or, is it just busting on those that complained about FCKEditor (or, whatever it was called for Python)??
In any event, if you're going to do analogies or innuendos???
Suggestion - Use more "commonly widely known" examples (I often use big movies scenes quite often, rather than quoting scripture or classical literature which I could do as well, but... the meanings often get "lost" on others unless explicitly written out! I use BIG famous films usually, & only because big famous films are widely often known by wider groups of folks!)
APK
P.S.=> Also - Can you explain that cheesecake thing to me? I really do NOT "get it" (i.e.-> I have never heard that expression before)
... apk
I never thought that anyone would take the name GIMP badly, reading this thread was the first time I have seen it criticized and said that people joke about it. My native language is not english but I read and write a lot in english, especially on tech sites... :)
Personally I think GIMP is kinda cute and all together a fine name... I never associated it with word 'gimp' in my head even though calling it gimp in speech too
In capitalist USA corporations control the government.