Gravity pulled him down. But inertia and the fact that two objects can't occupy the same space at the same time were responsible for the physical damage caused by that sudden stop at the end. DAMN YOU PHYSICS!
"Wee" has a cute connotation, associated with children. It's what parents (in the U.S. anyway) teach their kids to say as a synonym for urination. Naming your product "The Nintendo Piiss," by contrast, would not be cute or acceptable to most people (though "Wee" and "Piss" have the same literal meaning in slang, the connotations are much different). And "Gimp" has a MUCH worse connotation than even that.
Just about any polymer used in a modern consumer good is going to off-gas chemicals to SOME extent, over time (it's probably even worse with "environmentally friendly" plastics meant to more quickly degrade over time). Singling out Apple is this regard is just petty. I'm sure you could find just as much in any computer made by a French company (not that France is ever going to complain about THAT, though).
And I suppose you would stand up at a business meeting and tell your boss and colleagues about this great new software you came across called "COXSUXOR"?
"Wii" is cute. But I'm pretty sure that, had Nintendo went with "The Nintendo Cripple Boy" or the "The Nintendo Sado-Masochistic Rapist Home Entertainment System," they would have faced some problems.
Mod this man to Mount Olympus!
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Sir, I wish I could mod you to infinity. That's one of OSS's biggest hurdles right now, keeping it locked out of mainstream awareness. OSS has great coders, but a real dearth of UI designers, technical writers, and basic marketing people. So you end up with coders (who think they don't need these people) designing great software that is rendered completely inaccessible by horrid UI's, poor to non-existent documentation, and stupid marketing moves (like this kind of poorly-thought-out naming).
Just look at 99% of OSS websites, done by coders who have no idea how to present their software to anyone but other coders--leading to my tip:
The first page of your application's webpage should explain what the software *IS* and *HOW TO USE IT*, not just provide a long list of your bug-fixes.
Now I'm really confused. So you're saying that developers can talk about their stuff because it's theirs, but they can't talk about their stuff because it implies talking about Apple's stuff?
Me head hurt.
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Yeah, and "faggot" has also been used as an English term for a log for centuries. That doesn't mean I'm going to advocate for a software program named that to a bunch of middle-aged business people.
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Even putting aside the Pulp Fiction connotation, I'm pretty sure our HR department would have a shit-fit over a program whose name also invokes a nasty derogatory term for those with leg deformities and injuries.
Perhaps some contributors misunderstand the concept of a "summary." I've seen more than a few who could definitely use a primer on the effectiveness of "brevity" as well.
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Does he advertise projects he works on in his spare time as being comparable to Photoshop?
Re:Any chance we can draw circles and boxes now
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A missing feature is still a missing feature, no matter the workaround. If someone was selling a car with no seatbelts, I wouldn't buy it just because someone pointed out I could make my own easily enough.
People laugh. But when I taught a web class for my company last year, that name kept me from using this as the recommended graphic program of choice (used Photoshop elements instead). It's typical developer thoughtlessness to use a name that most people associate with a disturbing scene in the movie Pulp Fiction for an application that supposedly wants to be taken seriously. You can have the greatest application in the world, but if you name it "FUCK" you're going to be spending every subsequent Thanksgiving sitting at the kid's table.
WoW has so much grinding (and so much of it is required to advance) that players need an automaton program just to advance without being bored out of their skulls.
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The University of South Carolina was so named in 1865. The University of Southern California wasn't founded until 1880.
Just like their bread.
Gravity pulled him down. But inertia and the fact that two objects can't occupy the same space at the same time were responsible for the physical damage caused by that sudden stop at the end. DAMN YOU PHYSICS!
It's called a secret identity for a reason. I bet if you check with their dry cleaner you'll find that they go through a LOT of tights.
Reiser said Fossett went back to Russia with "some Puerto Rican guy."
According to my girlfriend, a stubby mushroom stick is NEVER, in fact, superior to a normal joystick.
For just a minute, I thought hackers had successfully cloned Elvis. Then I saw it was just his passport.
Oh well, it's a start.
"Wee" has a cute connotation, associated with children. It's what parents (in the U.S. anyway) teach their kids to say as a synonym for urination. Naming your product "The Nintendo Piiss," by contrast, would not be cute or acceptable to most people (though "Wee" and "Piss" have the same literal meaning in slang, the connotations are much different). And "Gimp" has a MUCH worse connotation than even that.
Just about any polymer used in a modern consumer good is going to off-gas chemicals to SOME extent, over time (it's probably even worse with "environmentally friendly" plastics meant to more quickly degrade over time). Singling out Apple is this regard is just petty. I'm sure you could find just as much in any computer made by a French company (not that France is ever going to complain about THAT, though).
In an unrelated story, recent studies have show that the French tend to hate American companies.
You forgot to answer the most important question.
And I suppose you would stand up at a business meeting and tell your boss and colleagues about this great new software you came across called "COXSUXOR"?
You're an undergrad alright.
That might work if, the first time my students started it up, it didn't splash "GIMP" in big letters across the screen.
"Wii" is cute. But I'm pretty sure that, had Nintendo went with "The Nintendo Cripple Boy" or the "The Nintendo Sado-Masochistic Rapist Home Entertainment System," they would have faced some problems.
Sir, I wish I could mod you to infinity. That's one of OSS's biggest hurdles right now, keeping it locked out of mainstream awareness. OSS has great coders, but a real dearth of UI designers, technical writers, and basic marketing people. So you end up with coders (who think they don't need these people) designing great software that is rendered completely inaccessible by horrid UI's, poor to non-existent documentation, and stupid marketing moves (like this kind of poorly-thought-out naming).
Just look at 99% of OSS websites, done by coders who have no idea how to present their software to anyone but other coders--leading to my tip:
Now I'm really confused. So you're saying that developers can talk about their stuff because it's theirs, but they can't talk about their stuff because it implies talking about Apple's stuff?
Me head hurt.
Yeah, and "faggot" has also been used as an English term for a log for centuries. That doesn't mean I'm going to advocate for a software program named that to a bunch of middle-aged business people.
Even putting aside the Pulp Fiction connotation, I'm pretty sure our HR department would have a shit-fit over a program whose name also invokes a nasty derogatory term for those with leg deformities and injuries.
Once I told him that the alternative was a program name "Gimp," I think he would understand.
Perhaps some contributors misunderstand the concept of a "summary." I've seen more than a few who could definitely use a primer on the effectiveness of "brevity" as well.
Does he advertise projects he works on in his spare time as being comparable to Photoshop?
A missing feature is still a missing feature, no matter the workaround. If someone was selling a car with no seatbelts, I wouldn't buy it just because someone pointed out I could make my own easily enough.
People laugh. But when I taught a web class for my company last year, that name kept me from using this as the recommended graphic program of choice (used Photoshop elements instead). It's typical developer thoughtlessness to use a name that most people associate with a disturbing scene in the movie Pulp Fiction for an application that supposedly wants to be taken seriously. You can have the greatest application in the world, but if you name it "FUCK" you're going to be spending every subsequent Thanksgiving sitting at the kid's table.
WoW has so much grinding (and so much of it is required to advance) that players need an automaton program just to advance without being bored out of their skulls.
I propose a government bailout so he can afford that yacht. After all, why should he settle for second-best just because he failed?