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  1. Re:name change on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    dude, finish your sentence! The suspense is killing me!

    i dont mean to troll, but once the name changes

    ...the general, untrained populus will get the two identical apps confused as being different, repositories will have their keyword for "gimp" changed, thus forcing regular users to dig up what the name change was (annoying to do, especially if a script handles fresh installs), etc, etc.

    So many people used the javax.swing library before it was officially released that they chose not to change the "javax" to "java" because of the pressure from developers not wanting all of their GUI programs to fail at the next java update.

    To play my own devil's advocate, Pidgin did this nicely, though they were forced into the situation and got a decent amount of online press for it, which informed the public of the name change.

  2. Re:Yep on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't mind the gimp UI as long as it has it's own workspace. Gimp on windows or gimp on a desktop used by someone that doesn't utilize multiple workspaces is...agonizing.

  3. Re:ehh on Best Developer's Laptop? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My laptop (thinkpad t61p) has a 15.5 inch (I think) screen and 1920x1200 res. I love it. Sooo much workspace room. Everyone that walks up to it whines about how small it is, but rarely do I ever care what other people see on my screen - in fact, it's usually not their business. Everything is small, but that's not stopping me from having a 10-point font default. I guess I just have good vision...

  4. Re:some advice on Facebook App Exposes Abject Insecurity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The thing that annoys me is when someone ELSE posts my picture on the internet. It takes a community to keep an individual safe, and the facebook community is quite security inept.

  5. superbounce on Finding New and Unintended Ways of Playing Games · · Score: 2, Interesting

    man, I must have spent a whole summer in halo 2 superbouncing and rocketlauncher-sword zooming (I forget what we called that) to see where I could get on maps. I hated it when people did that in ranked matches though.

    I think we do these things because it's a new way to play a familiar game. Games get old and new games can be fun - especially when all your friends are already playing them - and you're tired of the "real" game.

    Take a game like halo: standard shoot-em-up. Now you're practically free-running with superhero-like glitches flying you around the map juuuuust short of that one ledge. *runs around and tries it again*

    It's just a matter of time before someone mentions machinima. Machinima is awesome. Most noteable is Red vs. Blue (another halo ref, I'm sorry) - a fan machinima that's been going for YEARS and even got it's most recent full-length film put into CANON. I couldn't believe that when I heard it. You know what, I just tried to get a citation and couldn't (going off of what my friend said). Who can confirm/deny that claim? I'd appreciate it.

    Tricks and machinima. I think game developers (at least at Bethesda(spelling) and Rockstar games) are quickly realizing that sandboxy games are an easy way to let the gamers' imaginations add 100s of playing hours.

  6. Re:Missed one: on Ten Things We Still Don't Understand About Humans · · Score: 1

    Now's the part where you get hit on. They'll get their ass kicked for THAT. As gbarules said,

    A: fairer sex on slashdot
    B: ass kicked

    A -> B

    True statement. My God, discrete math has scarred me!

  7. Re:Nose picking? on Ten Things We Still Don't Understand About Humans · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Peace on CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL · · Score: 1

    The bottom line is that it's unprofessional to hold up others at work when you want to take a vacation. Either he's hoping to get a promotion, momentary lapse of reason, or the company-who-must-not-be-named has kidnapped him.

    I wonder who gets all three of those refs...

  9. Re:Yahcrosoft or Microhoo!? on Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Deal · · Score: 1

    Colbert?

  10. Re:Google in trouble? on Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Deal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hey, do not deem chocolate OR peanut butter to be an inferior technology. Fellow chocoholics and peanut butter enthusiasts! Grab yer pitchforks!

  11. Re:What is their motivation? on ImageShack Hacked, Security Groups Threatened · · Score: 1

    >>This looks to be a lone black hat who...

    wants to prove to someone that his life wasn't a waste.

  12. Re:Next up! on Can Bill Gates Prevent the Next Katrina? · · Score: 3, Funny

    The irony of your username is hilarious.

  13. ...and the pursuit of happiness on Tech Or Management Beyond Age 39? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do what makes you happy, man. If you wanted to do management like you said, then go for it. The only reason people want money is for happiness. Getting happiness out of the job is a bonus.

  14. Re:Bible 0.1.1-beta on British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online · · Score: 1

    (Citation needed)

  15. Re:This is absurd on ArenaLive, an Open Source MMOFPS · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey, I clicked the link and even started installing it. That's more than 95% of the articles on this site can say, for me. The reason I stopped installing it was because I already decided I didn't like playing quakelive, since I have Unreal on the windows side anyway, and because I genuinely suck compared to people that play that game. It is neat to see someone targetting the linux crowd before anyone else, but that feeling is overruled with the question "why?" I guess they're doing this just for the hell of it.

    Also, I use Epiphany. \o/ I was going to wait for Chrome to be competent enough for me, but not anymore. Great app.

  16. Re:Slow news day? on Massive Bank Fraud In EVE Online · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Then why didn't you submit it then?

  17. Epiphany on Ubuntu 8.04 on Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used my addressbar to search a rather long search term that should have hit google, but instead hit bing which said it couldn't find anything. I was baffled to say the least. My search terms point to google's "I'm feeling lucky" entry, by the way - but put the terms in google search if the terms are too specific.

    Happened today. True story.

  18. Re:Proprietary Issues on Hackable In-Car GPS Unit? · · Score: 1

    >some might consider paying extra for that feature.

    Actually, TomTom already has that ability - for free.
    http://garmingpsunit.findfastr.com/garmin-gps-devices/glados-voice-for-tomtom-gps-devices
    Oh Glados...

  19. Re:Unconvinced on Need a Favor? Talk To My Right Ear · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Unlike sight, the auditory system doesn't work cross-hemispherically.

    This article just got owned. No more comments needed.

  20. code words on Mozilla To Launch "Build Your Own Browser" · · Score: 1

    BYOB = bring your own beer. Somehow the firefox party invites got out to the public...must be the new guy.

  21. Re:The essense of Judo on Soccerbots Learn How To Fall Gracefully · · Score: 1

    That would probably cause more damage to the limbs than it saves the torso. Who knows?

  22. Chrome on Mozilla Preparing To Scrap Tabbed Browsing? · · Score: 1

    This makes me glad I'm moving to chrome when that's available for linux (and is stable -.-).

  23. Re:More data forces the need for more bandwidth on The Road To Terabit Ethernet · · Score: 1

    My first comp-sci teacher had an upright trashcan waxed to the floor. It was like a little clear igloo with no door or blocky-texture.

  24. Re:Slow as usual... on Anonymous Network I2P 0.7.2 Released · · Score: 1

    You must get zero spam and have either no family or the most technically savvy family I've ever heard of. Crypto-granny is it? :P

  25. Re:Who really cares? on The Copyrightability of Twitter Posts · · Score: 1

    I agree, but have you ever stumbled flicker? There are some really awesome photographs and image manipulation.