Same can be said about stealth fighters, ICBMs, and anything else developed with tax payer dollars. Not 100% sure all of that information should be publicly available however.
Why not? When a government has exclusive right to military technology, they in effect have an exclusive right to unlimited power, which is a gross violation of the Constitutional principle of liberty.
Note that the Second Amendment provides no exclusions regarding what arms the citizens are allowed to own and carry - also note that the reason the Second Amendment exists is to allow the citizenry to defend ourselves not from each other, but from a tyrannical, oppressive government.
I thought that giving my opinion to change the name of a program that suggests it's crippled was positive enough.
Calling a creative tool like ths one gimp, dork, dick, etc is not very smart or creative.
You didn't suggest the name implied that the software was crippled, you suggested that the name implied something sexual. Sorry that I, like the rest of the population, lack the clairvoyance to know what you meant to imply. You may want to keep that in mind when posting in the future.
How about names like FreePaint, PhotoMagic, CreativeImage, CreativePhoto? (Imagemagick is already taken) None of these names suggest crippled.
Perhaps not, but IMO they also lack marketing appeal, don't have an established base of users like GiMP does, and at least the first and last of them sound like malware.
Also, I'm pretty certain PhotoMagic is already taken by a brick-and-mortar. You're thinking, though, not just bitching for the sake of it, and I have to respect that.
The only "children" in this discussion are those who, rather than attempting to understand how others think, simply dismiss them as "childish."
So, instead of attempting to understand how others (in this case, me) think, you go off on a tirade doing the exact same thing you accuse me of? Yea, no, hypocrisy isn't childish at all, man...
The rest of us understand that whining and crying and bitching and moaning about the fact that people don't like the name GIMP
Nice generalization there, too bad it's bullshit... unless by "the rest of us" you're referring to yourself and the mouse in your pocket.
Anyway, how many people "don't like the name?" For that matter, why should I fucking care? If you're childish enough (yes, childish) to boycott a perfectly good, useful, and best of all free piece of software simply because you get all butt-hurt about the name, then don't fucking use it. We (i.e., those of us who aren't pedantic douchebags) don't care if you call it the Islamo-Nazi-Fascist-BDSM Simulator, so long as it does the work we need it to do.
isn't going to make people want to use your product.
GiMP obviously ain't hurting from their lack of participation, and besides, if a person has that strong an objection to the name of the software, they're welcome to A) fork it and rename the software whatever they want - this is open source, B) suggest a few alternatives instead of merely bitching so they can hear the sound of their own voices, or C) eat a big ol' fat cock and go fuck themselves.
Hell. Even if he is a slightly competent lazy bastard he could fork GIMP and change nothing but the name.
My guess is he does not really care about the name at all. Changing the name would not do anything for people like him.
He just needs something to rail against.
Indeed; elsewise, why would he be here bitching and not doing something about it?
Then again, perhaps we are giving him too much credit in the "slightly competent" department... apparently, the only thing some folks are competent at is complaining about what other people do.
So I can't contribute with a positive opinion to make The GIMP (sigh!) more appealing to the masses?
A "positive" opinion would include suggestions for alternative names; you merely criticize them for the name they chose.
It's not that I think it's the best name ever, but I'm fed up with the habit people seem to have of criticizing stuff without offering any alternative suggestions. When someone complains about something, but fails to offer any suggestion on how to actually make it better, it comes off to me as childish bitching, to which my natural reaction is, 'then fuck off and don't use it.'
And I was right. Please do NOT repeat lies that have no evidence of being true. It's as bad as citing Alex Jones as a reliable source.
Indeed; I have since removed the phrase from my vocabulary.
However, though he may not have used those exact words, other words and actions of his make me confident that the aforementioned phrase is an accurate descriptor of Bush's attitude regarding the framework of our republic.
" We hope the Senate takes the time to fully and openly consider these issues with stakeholder input before moving forward with this legislation."
Unsurprisingly the main stakeholder, the one who would be most affected by this legislation is never consulted.
Well, that's what you get for thinking we still have a government by, for, and of the People.
Apparently, when Bush referred to the Constitution as "just a goddamn piece of paper" he wasn't only being a traitorous ass, he was setting legal precedent.
Plese keep in mind that the islamists and their like do not invent a single thing they use to kill others with.
You, sir, have obviously never seen the roadside bombs they place on our convoy routes.
Not that I support their goals, but I do admire the ingenuity of the little goat-fuckers when it comes to building deadly explosives out of trash they've found littered about.
This has been bugging me all day. It really pisses me off when people try to tell me what I mean. I know what I mean. I say what I mean.
Well, then, we have common ground, as it pisses me off when assholes try to tell me what and how I think, because of where I'm from. So, you know, dose of your own medicine and all...
The fact that "patriotic Americans" don't like it is their problem.
I never said it wasn't my problem, get over yourself - I merely pointed out that blaming the people who live here is wrong; you should, as we Americans do, be directing your rage at the more-appointed-than-many-realize government that feels they have the right to do things their citizens don't agree with. FYI, so you know, the American Congress, who is chiefly responsible for a lot of the policies that are obviously pissing you off, has an approval rating of less than 20%.
You are the very DEFINITION of a fascist country which engenders and encourages blind, national fervour and faith in the waving flag of the nation above all else.
You... watch entirely too much television. Take it from someone who actually lives in the nation you're making assumptions about - the propaganda you see in media is far from the norm here. Most of the population are regular folks, just like you, trying to scrape by day to day without getting on the wrong side of assholes who would do us harm. Working full time jobs (sometimes multiple ones) and contributing to society doesn't leave a lot of time for flag waving.
But apparently there aren't enough of them VOTING.
It boils down to what was the intent? BART Police have already indicated that the intent was to disrupt communications because they wanted to prevent an effective protest.
Disrupting the comm system gives them plenty of time to round up all those pesky cell phones before the video can be uploaded. After all, anything in the name of "security," right?
Take the Stinger missile defendant James Cromitie, a low-level drug dealer with a criminal record that included no violence or hate crime, despite his rants against Jews. "He was searching for answers within his Islamic faith," said his lawyer, Clinton W. Calhoun III, who has appealed his conviction. "And this informant, I think, twisted that search in a really pretty awful way, sort of misdirected Cromitie in his search and turned him towards violence."
THE informer... was being paid by the F.B.I. to pose as a wealthy Pakistani with ties to Jaish-e-Mohammed, a terrorist group that Mr. Cromitie apparently had never heard of before they met by chance in the parking lot of a mosque.
"Brother, did you ever try to do anything for the cause of Islam?" Mr. Hussain asked at one point.
"O.K., brother," Mr. Cromitie replied warily, "where you going with this, brother?"
Two days later, the informer told him, "Allah has more work for you to do," and added, "Revelation is going to come in your dreams that you have to do this thing, O.K.?" About 15 minutes later, Mr. Hussain proposed the idea of using missiles, saying he could get them in a container from China. Mr. Cromitie laughed.
Reading hundreds of pages of transcripts of the recorded conversations is like looking at the inkblots of a Rorschach test. Patterns of willingness and hesitation overlap and merge. "I don't want anyone to get hurt," Mr. Cromitie said, and then explained that he meant women and children. [What kind of terrorist cares about women and children?] "I don't care if it's a whole synagogue of men." It took 11 months of meandering discussion and a promise of $250,000 to lead him, with three co-conspirators he recruited, to plant fake bombs at two Riverdale synagogues.
"Only the government could have made a 'terrorist' out of Mr. Cromitie, whose buffoonery is positively Shakespearean in its scope," said Judge Colleen McMahon, sentencing him to 25 years. She branded it a "fantasy terror operation" but called his attempt "beyond despicable" and rejected his claim of entrapment.
They spent almost a year trying to convince the guy, as well as paying him a quarter of a million dollars? Sure as hell sounds like entrapment to me; of course, when you consider who gets to decide what "entrapment" is the same government the FBI happens to work for, I can see how nothing the feds ever do could be considered entrapment in a legal sense - all they have to do is move the goalposts.
Side note: you said
Just yesterday such a event happened, a group of OWS protesters planned to bomb a bridge
No they didn't - a group of radical anarchists, who happened to have attended an OWS rally at one point, tried to blow up a bridge. FYI, you shouldn't believe everything you read on FreeRepublic and InfoWars.
Personally, I always thought the only thing metrosexual hipsters ever tried to blow up were their girlfriends.
Awww, butthurt fanboi is butthurt - what a shocker.
That is your opinion, which you are entitled to, but with which I disagree. While I don't own any Apple products, I have used them before, and found their functionality and user interface to be lacking.
that was Steve Jobs fucking mantra.
Hate to burst your bubble but IMO your human Adonis, The Great and Powerful Jobs, was an abject failure in following his own mantra, then. If so, why do I hate their stuff? Oh, right - because locked down, proprietary bullshit that I pay for but technically do not own is the complete opposite of "functional" in my book. BTW, how long did it take Jobs to catch up to the PC industry, by realizing that having to click the mouse and hold a hotkey down is not the most functional way to access a context menu? 20 years?
It WHY they are successful, you git.
Negative, Ghost Rider - they are successful because they managed to turn being a douchebag hipster with more money than sense from a niche market to the mainstream... or maybe because douchebag hipsters became mainstream on their own...
Their image comes from having better products.
Again, this is a purely subjective topic, but what exactly makes their products "better," and what are they better than? Their OS is interesting but not spectacular, and kind of a pain-in-the-ass to use; their MP3 players are pretty, sure, but require locked-down, proprietary software; Their tablets are... well, as useful as any other tablet (which, to me, is not useful at all), but hardly anything to write home about.
Their products are "pretty," I will admit. Unfortunately, in this case, pretty doesn't make the sale.
That's the theory, anyway - however, it is a fact that the popular vote doesn't matter, as the will of the people can be overridden by the Electoral College, if they so see fit.
If not a single American citizen voted in the November election this year, someone would still be "elected" President. Judging by the tone of your accusations you are not American, and thus are excused for parroting bumper stickers, as you obviously know fuck-all about how our electoral process actually works (as opposed to the image our government wants the world to have of it)..
Stop pretending it's not your fault. You, the people, are the ones who put up with their schite.
Yea, like how it's the people of Iraq's fault they were getting raped by Saddam, and it's the Iranian people's fault their nation is run by despots, and it's the North Korean people's fault that they starve while their government blows millions on failed missile programs, right?
For the record, this one didn't vote for any of the evil fucks running the show, and sure as hell isn't 'putting up' with any of the authoritarian shit coming from the feds, so you can get the notion that all Americans are fat, lazy cattle right out of your ignorant head.
Hard as it might be for someone not directly involved to understand, there are still a fair number of us fighting against the tyrannical oppression that is systematically replacing our much venerated Constitution.
Not to mention, the guys I vote for never end up being elected, and I refuse to fall prey to the fallacy of voting for "the lesser of 2 evils." If they candidate is evil, they're not worth voting for. Period.
In summation, fuck you and your baseless accusations. Oh, and have a nice day.
Hmm, rocky outcroppings, howling winds... throw in a horde of pillaging vikings and a volcano or two, and you've got the perfect setting for a heavy metal music video!
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"Gee, that's an awful nice launch system you have there... be a shame if something happened to it..."
Same can be said about stealth fighters, ICBMs, and anything else developed with tax payer dollars. Not 100% sure all of that information should be publicly available however.
Why not? When a government has exclusive right to military technology, they in effect have an exclusive right to unlimited power, which is a gross violation of the Constitutional principle of liberty.
Note that the Second Amendment provides no exclusions regarding what arms the citizens are allowed to own and carry - also note that the reason the Second Amendment exists is to allow the citizenry to defend ourselves not from each other, but from a tyrannical, oppressive government.
I thought that giving my opinion to change the name of a program that suggests it's crippled was positive enough.
You didn't suggest the name implied that the software was crippled, you suggested that the name implied something sexual. Sorry that I, like the rest of the population, lack the clairvoyance to know what you meant to imply. You may want to keep that in mind when posting in the future.
How about names like FreePaint, PhotoMagic, CreativeImage, CreativePhoto? (Imagemagick is already taken) None of these names suggest crippled.
Perhaps not, but IMO they also lack marketing appeal, don't have an established base of users like GiMP does, and at least the first and last of them sound like malware.
Also, I'm pretty certain PhotoMagic is already taken by a brick-and-mortar. You're thinking, though, not just bitching for the sake of it, and I have to respect that.
The only "children" in this discussion are those who, rather than attempting to understand how others think, simply dismiss them as "childish."
So, instead of attempting to understand how others (in this case, me) think, you go off on a tirade doing the exact same thing you accuse me of? Yea, no, hypocrisy isn't childish at all, man...
The rest of us understand that whining and crying and bitching and moaning about the fact that people don't like the name GIMP
Nice generalization there, too bad it's bullshit... unless by "the rest of us" you're referring to yourself and the mouse in your pocket.
Anyway, how many people "don't like the name?" For that matter, why should I fucking care? If you're childish enough (yes, childish) to boycott a perfectly good, useful, and best of all free piece of software simply because you get all butt-hurt about the name, then don't fucking use it. We (i.e., those of us who aren't pedantic douchebags) don't care if you call it the Islamo-Nazi-Fascist-BDSM Simulator, so long as it does the work we need it to do.
isn't going to make people want to use your product.
GiMP obviously ain't hurting from their lack of participation, and besides, if a person has that strong an objection to the name of the software, they're welcome to A) fork it and rename the software whatever they want - this is open source, B) suggest a few alternatives instead of merely bitching so they can hear the sound of their own voices, or C) eat a big ol' fat cock and go fuck themselves.
Hell. Even if he is a slightly competent lazy bastard he could fork GIMP and change nothing but the name. My guess is he does not really care about the name at all. Changing the name would not do anything for people like him. He just needs something to rail against.
Indeed; elsewise, why would he be here bitching and not doing something about it?
Then again, perhaps we are giving him too much credit in the "slightly competent" department... apparently, the only thing some folks are competent at is complaining about what other people do.
So I can't contribute with a positive opinion to make The GIMP (sigh!) more appealing to the masses?
A "positive" opinion would include suggestions for alternative names; you merely criticize them for the name they chose.
It's not that I think it's the best name ever, but I'm fed up with the habit people seem to have of criticizing stuff without offering any alternative suggestions. When someone complains about something, but fails to offer any suggestion on how to actually make it better, it comes off to me as childish bitching, to which my natural reaction is, 'then fuck off and don't use it.'
The first unnatractive GIMP feature is its name. Please change it to something more appealing while describes what it does.
GNU image Manipulation Program isn't descriptive?
please find a more clever name.
Wait, do you want it to be clever, or descriptive?
Here's an idea: write your own image manipulation program, then you can name it whatever you want.
Warning: non native English speaker here.
I didn't know gimp was an offensive word. Do children recognize it as offensive? Is it because it sounds like "chimp"? Are monkeys offensive?
Children? Nah, the only reason they think the word might be offensive is because of the way idiotic, childish adults react to it.
And I was right. Please do NOT repeat lies that have no evidence of being true. It's as bad as citing Alex Jones as a reliable source.
Indeed; I have since removed the phrase from my vocabulary.
However, though he may not have used those exact words, other words and actions of his make me confident that the aforementioned phrase is an accurate descriptor of Bush's attitude regarding the framework of our republic.
Checked out the link... interesting read.
Interesting because, considering the plethora of stupid shit that man said in his 8 years as President, people actually bother to take time to make stuff up.
Anyway, thanks for the update, I'll remove that notion from my vernacular immediately.
" We hope the Senate takes the time to fully and openly consider these issues with stakeholder input before moving forward with this legislation."
Unsurprisingly the main stakeholder, the one who would be most affected by this legislation is never consulted.
Well, that's what you get for thinking we still have a government by, for, and of the People.
Apparently, when Bush referred to the Constitution as "just a goddamn piece of paper" he wasn't only being a traitorous ass, he was setting legal precedent.
Plese keep in mind that the islamists and their like do not invent a single thing they use to kill others with.
You, sir, have obviously never seen the roadside bombs they place on our convoy routes.
Not that I support their goals, but I do admire the ingenuity of the little goat-fuckers when it comes to building deadly explosives out of trash they've found littered about.
Silver-plated electrode, away!
This has been bugging me all day. It really pisses me off when people try to tell me what I mean. I know what I mean. I say what I mean.
Well, then, we have common ground, as it pisses me off when assholes try to tell me what and how I think, because of where I'm from. So, you know, dose of your own medicine and all...
The fact that "patriotic Americans" don't like it is their problem.
I never said it wasn't my problem, get over yourself - I merely pointed out that blaming the people who live here is wrong; you should, as we Americans do, be directing your rage at the more-appointed-than-many-realize government that feels they have the right to do things their citizens don't agree with. FYI, so you know, the American Congress, who is chiefly responsible for a lot of the policies that are obviously pissing you off, has an approval rating of less than 20%.
You are the very DEFINITION of a fascist country which engenders and encourages blind, national fervour and faith in the waving flag of the nation above all else.
You... watch entirely too much television. Take it from someone who actually lives in the nation you're making assumptions about - the propaganda you see in media is far from the norm here. Most of the population are regular folks, just like you, trying to scrape by day to day without getting on the wrong side of assholes who would do us harm. Working full time jobs (sometimes multiple ones) and contributing to society doesn't leave a lot of time for flag waving.
But apparently there aren't enough of them VOTING.
Wouldn't matter if they did.
Was specifically referring to iTunes...
Wait, rooted a MacBook? How does that work, and why would you have to root your computer?
Sounds pretty metal to me!
It boils down to what was the intent? BART Police have already indicated that the intent was to disrupt communications because they wanted to prevent an effective protest.
This.
Hard to imagine noble intent from the same group of people that pinned a guy to the ground and shot him in the back, in front of a crowd of people who recorded their crime.
Disrupting the comm system gives them plenty of time to round up all those pesky cell phones before the video can be uploaded. After all, anything in the name of "security," right?
Fourth. interfearing with communications are the acts of totalitarian governments around the world, and it is not compatible with Freedom.
Best.
Misspelling.
Evar.
In other words, make everyone afraid to talk to anyone about anything, as they might be government informants?
Hey, why not? Worked for Hitler*...
*No, this isn't a Godwin, it's a historical reference.
They spent almost a year trying to convince the guy, as well as paying him a quarter of a million dollars? Sure as hell sounds like entrapment to me; of course, when you consider who gets to decide what "entrapment" is the same government the FBI happens to work for, I can see how nothing the feds ever do could be considered entrapment in a legal sense - all they have to do is move the goalposts.
Side note: you said
Just yesterday such a event happened, a group of OWS protesters planned to bomb a bridge
No they didn't - a group of radical anarchists, who happened to have attended an OWS rally at one point, tried to blow up a bridge. FYI, you shouldn't believe everything you read on FreeRepublic and InfoWars.
Personally, I always thought the only thing metrosexual hipsters ever tried to blow up were their girlfriends.
That is your opinion, which you are entitled to, but with which I disagree. While I don't own any Apple products, I have used them before, and found their functionality and user interface to be lacking.
that was Steve Jobs fucking mantra.
Hate to burst your bubble but IMO your human Adonis, The Great and Powerful Jobs, was an abject failure in following his own mantra, then. If so, why do I hate their stuff? Oh, right - because locked down, proprietary bullshit that I pay for but technically do not own is the complete opposite of "functional" in my book. BTW, how long did it take Jobs to catch up to the PC industry, by realizing that having to click the mouse and hold a hotkey down is not the most functional way to access a context menu? 20 years?
It WHY they are successful, you git.
Negative, Ghost Rider - they are successful because they managed to turn being a douchebag hipster with more money than sense from a niche market to the mainstream... or maybe because douchebag hipsters became mainstream on their own...
Their image comes from having better products.
Again, this is a purely subjective topic, but what exactly makes their products "better," and what are they better than? Their OS is interesting but not spectacular, and kind of a pain-in-the-ass to use; their MP3 players are pretty, sure, but require locked-down, proprietary software; Their tablets are... well, as useful as any other tablet (which, to me, is not useful at all), but hardly anything to write home about.
Their products are "pretty," I will admit. Unfortunately, in this case, pretty doesn't make the sale.
The government is elected by the people.
That's the theory, anyway - however, it is a fact that the popular vote doesn't matter, as the will of the people can be overridden by the Electoral College, if they so see fit.
If not a single American citizen voted in the November election this year, someone would still be "elected" President. Judging by the tone of your accusations you are not American, and thus are excused for parroting bumper stickers, as you obviously know fuck-all about how our electoral process actually works (as opposed to the image our government wants the world to have of it)..
Stop pretending it's not your fault. You, the people, are the ones who put up with their schite.
Yea, like how it's the people of Iraq's fault they were getting raped by Saddam, and it's the Iranian people's fault their nation is run by despots, and it's the North Korean people's fault that they starve while their government blows millions on failed missile programs, right?
For the record, this one didn't vote for any of the evil fucks running the show, and sure as hell isn't 'putting up' with any of the authoritarian shit coming from the feds, so you can get the notion that all Americans are fat, lazy cattle right out of your ignorant head.
Hard as it might be for someone not directly involved to understand, there are still a fair number of us fighting against the tyrannical oppression that is systematically replacing our much venerated Constitution.
Not to mention, the guys I vote for never end up being elected, and I refuse to fall prey to the fallacy of voting for "the lesser of 2 evils." If they candidate is evil, they're not worth voting for. Period.
In summation, fuck you and your baseless accusations. Oh, and have a nice day.
The US government has declared wars on drugs, terrorism, copyright violations, crackers, and a whole host of other things.
In doing so they've declared "war" on pretty much every nation in the world, including the very ones that they claim are friends and allies.
So what can we conclude?
The US government is Enemy #1 to the world.
FTFY.
In Soviet Russia...
Hmm, rocky outcroppings, howling winds... throw in a horde of pillaging vikings and a volcano or two, and you've got the perfect setting for a heavy metal music video!