Number one, while you can point to some obscure and -to be blunt- bizarre definition of the word, people who are decision makers are not going to think of the word you mean; they are going to think of the meaning which the word "GIMP" currently has in popular vocabulary
Secondly, the target audience which I'm referring to are people who already endure the stigma of either mental illness, chemical dependencies or physical challenges; the word "gimp" is a direct insult to at least two of those people.
Third, coming up with clever and obtuse rationalisations may get you trolling points on an obscure internet message board, but they do nothing to address what is a very real concern, nor do they carry any weight with people who are faced with making the decision as to how to spend tax payer money in a non profit organisation (of any sort).
It's worse than that. While I'm usually not a fan of changing things around for the sake of being PC, calling a program "The Gimp" is downright offensive. This is particularly a problem when needing to describe or advocate for the program to health professionals (particularly those in the mental health or rehabilitative fields).
The shame of this is that those very people are working with tax payer money which would be better spent on something other than photoshop, but are going to be turned off by a name such as "The GIMP", just as they would be if it was called "The Cripple" or "The Retard"
Both are in the same general field, but having used both I can tell you that daz3d is light-years away from blender when it comes to good UI design and usability; also daz3d comes from an established (5+ years, iirc) content provider so there is a variety of pre-made materials and content that is ready to use with daz3d right now.
I'm not a graphics professional (and maybe blender is more useful to someone who is), but from an ameteur's point of view, there's really no comparison to be made. daz3d is easier to use, and therefore more powerful, and there is a lot of ready-to-use content out there for it (with blender3d you pretty much have to roll your own everything as far as I know).
And ed has a search and replace function; but I wouldn't recommend ed to someone who is used to working with microsoft word! The same is true for daz3d vs blender only more so.
[obvious]First, you shouldn't just try to execute code you find on/.[/obvious]
After I'm done backing up my files from my linux partition to my windwos one, linux is getting nuked, so I don't really care; I just wanted to point out that
a)maybe it doesn't run it and therefore b)maybe it doesn't deserve to be bashed.;)
Here's what I got when I put it into a file called 'wtf.pl'
Can't modify constant item in scalar assignment at./wtf.pl line 2, near "".URRUU\c8R";"
syntax error at./wtf.pl line 5, near "&&}" Execution of./wtf.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
So, if I understand you correctly, your desire for apple computers means that you will endorse any kind of DRM (hardware, software) scheme that apple decides to enforce?
Some people value freedom, other people value branding (and as I understand it, with the switch to x86 what you'll be paying for is the brand name; not the quality hardware).
I don't know what RMS's thoughts on this one are, but I have a feeling I'd agree more with them than I do with yours.
Hey, look, up in the sky, it's my point...going right over your fucking head.
Nothing is 'stopping' independent distros, you're right; but this doesn't 'benefit' them, either. Who does this benefit
This benefits blowhards and corporations -who get quite enough breaks as it is.
I'm sorry to piss on the little "omg! p2p iz legt now' party, but I don't think this is newsworthy. If ibiblio was setting up seeds and torrents for homebrew projects That would be newsworthy. But just them allowing mandriva to save ten bucks isn't.
Ah, nice knee-jerk there, mr mod. SORRY! Sorry to point out the fact this only benefits people and organisations who can quite well afford to get their message out on their own fucking dime!
Who does this benefit? It benefits corporations and it "legitimises' bittorrent so you can KEEP DOWNLOADING PIRATED MOVIES AND APPZ.
Fuck corporations looking for yet another free ride, fuck warez kids gushing over the thought of their p2p app being 'legitimate' and most of all FUCK BITTORRENT.
So, your point is that because the BSA would go after people pirating OS X that somehow it means BSD is bad? That strawman don't hunt, chum. Are you going to blame Linux for the actions of SCO next?
If someone did try that, it wouldn't stop the original from being distributed. The BSA angle probably wouldn't get very far either, because Apple (among others) has a vested interest in preventing something like that. (not to mention that the ATT vs BSDI suit would act as precedent).
As far as "evil" goes, Apple feeds changes back to FreeBSD, so they're a long ways from being "evil" (at least on this front; mea culpa wrt DRM).
So, long story short; take your GNU-biased fear-mongering and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
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Yes, for a couple of important reasons.
Number one, while you can point to some obscure and -to be blunt- bizarre definition of the word, people who are decision makers are not going to think of the word you mean; they are going to think of the meaning which the word "GIMP" currently has in popular vocabulary
Secondly, the target audience which I'm referring to are people who already endure the stigma of either mental illness, chemical dependencies or physical challenges; the word "gimp" is a direct insult to at least two of those people.
Third, coming up with clever and obtuse rationalisations may get you trolling points on an obscure internet message board, but they do nothing to address what is a very real concern, nor do they carry any weight with people who are faced with making the decision as to how to spend tax payer money in a non profit organisation (of any sort).
It's worse than that. While I'm usually not a fan of changing things around for the sake of being PC, calling a program "The Gimp" is downright offensive. This is particularly a problem when needing to describe or advocate for the program to health professionals (particularly those in the mental health or rehabilitative fields).
The shame of this is that those very people are working with tax payer money which would be better spent on something other than photoshop, but are going to be turned off by a name such as "The GIMP", just as they would be if it was called "The Cripple" or "The Retard"
Both are in the same general field, but having used both I can tell you that daz3d is light-years away from blender when it comes to good UI design and usability; also daz3d comes from an established (5+ years, iirc) content provider so there is a variety of pre-made materials and content that is ready to use with daz3d right now.
I'm not a graphics professional (and maybe blender is more useful to someone who is), but from an ameteur's point of view, there's really no comparison to be made. daz3d is easier to use, and therefore more powerful, and there is a lot of ready-to-use content out there for it (with blender3d you pretty much have to roll your own everything as far as I know).
If anyone speaks for Linux, it would be Linus himself; and his desire for world domination has been very well docemented.
And ed has a search and replace function; but I wouldn't recommend ed to someone who is used to working with microsoft word! The same is true for daz3d vs blender only more so.
Please take a look at this!
more like:
Google slogan: "Do no evil".
Microsoft slogan: "The Devil You Know".
Microsoft's motto actually is "Total World Domination".
The same as Linux's; but yet that's fine when we're talking about Linux? I call shennigans.
Except that no one has (afaik) ever heard of google's "organise the world's information" slogan. But we have heard their "Do No Evil" slogan.
And really, looking at their record it's pretty easy to see how that would be the opposite of Microsoft's typical business strategies.
Nothing in particular; I'm just set env my ways.
yes, yes; ,s/windwos/windows/g I didn't catch the typo in time. :(
After I'm done backing up my files from my linux partition to my windwos one, linux is getting nuked, so I don't really care; I just wanted to point out that
a)maybe it doesn't run it and therefore
b)maybe it doesn't deserve to be bashed.
That wasn't half the surprise that seeing this was.
So, if I understand you correctly, your desire for apple computers means that you will endorse any kind of DRM (hardware, software) scheme that apple decides to enforce?
Some people value freedom, other people value branding (and as I understand it, with the switch to x86 what you'll be paying for is the brand name; not the quality hardware).
I don't know what RMS's thoughts on this one are, but I have a feeling I'd agree more with them than I do with yours.
as long as the RIAA has the ability to use the legal system to adjust rates and enforce patents, things will remain as they are.
We live by the golden rule; those with the gold (the international corporations) make the rules. All of this crap is just bread and circuses.
Hey, look, up in the sky, it's my point...going right over your fucking head.
Nothing is 'stopping' independent distros, you're right; but this doesn't 'benefit' them, either. Who does this benefit
This benefits blowhards and corporations -who get quite enough breaks as it is.
I'm sorry to piss on the little "omg! p2p iz legt now' party, but I don't think this is newsworthy.
If ibiblio was setting up seeds and torrents for homebrew projects That would be newsworthy. But just them allowing mandriva to save ten bucks isn't.
Ah, nice knee-jerk there, mr mod. SORRY! Sorry to point out the fact this only benefits people and organisations who can quite well afford to get their message out on their own fucking dime!
Who does this benefit? It benefits corporations and it "legitimises' bittorrent so you can KEEP DOWNLOADING PIRATED MOVIES AND APPZ.
Fuck corporations looking for yet another free ride, fuck warez kids gushing over the thought of their p2p app being 'legitimate' and most of all FUCK BITTORRENT.
Seriously.
So corporations like Redhat, Mandrake and IBM will be getting a free ride while homebrew distributions will fail to qualify.
Oh But hey IT MKAES PPL REELIZ BITTORRRENZ KEWWWLLLL!!!!
Bleah; I'm going to be sick.
I recently found out that there were kqemu modules for windows and FreeBSD; but I hadn't tried the FreeBSD one out yet. How well does it seem to work?
slackware's what I started on, originally. I can't stop crying when it asks me for cd #2.
Of course not! It's not the standard text editor!
So, your point is that because the BSA would go after people pirating OS X that somehow it means BSD is bad? That strawman don't hunt, chum. Are you going to blame Linux for the actions of SCO next?
So, how's that fanatic thing working out for you?
If someone did try that, it wouldn't stop the original from being distributed. The BSA angle probably wouldn't get very far either, because Apple (among others) has a vested interest in preventing something like that. (not to mention that the ATT vs BSDI suit would act as precedent).
As far as "evil" goes, Apple feeds changes back to FreeBSD, so they're a long ways from being "evil" (at least on this front; mea culpa wrt DRM).
So, long story short; take your GNU-biased fear-mongering and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Nano. ;)