But such system wouldn't work well in a multiuser environment. Anyway, if you care about having this setup, you CAN have it - just recompile your apps with prefix=~/ and you'll be all set AFAIK.
Average Joes like yourself typically launch programs via their graphical menu, so why would they even care where a program is installed? It might not make sense (actually it does, but that's a rant for another day) but why do you care?
Wow. Every day I enter market transactions with many people and companies - just off the top of my head, the public transport company, whatever place I go to for launch, any bar I stop at night, any cinema I might visit, any... You get the idea. And you believe that I am responsible for everything that each and every one of these companies do? Are you serious? Is my employer also responsible for everything I do? No really. Should my employer be held responsible for my weekly session of GURPS? How about the car accident I had?
Not really. GIMP does everything differently than any other app I've ever used. It doesn't take long to understand that THIS is GIMP's main UI-related problem. All they need to do to fix that mess is design the UI so that it is similar to every other app out there - single window, one menu with all the commands and a few toolbar, you know the drill. Dump GTK while they're at it.
So no, I don't think this is a case of selection bias - it's pretty clear to anyone who's used it that GIMP is simply the odd one out. I have quite a few other peeves with GIMP but those *do* stem from my own habits rather than the app's design flaws, so I won't comment on them.
Well they're not musicians either. They are strictly perfomers, and very good ones at that, judging from their success. But real musicians can and do put together well-organized albums that work like a single piece of art, rather than a collection of songs that happened to be written in a given time span.
MySQL destroys MSSQL in performance Yeah, and Notepad beats OpenOffice.org's pants when it comes to loading, saving and rendering time.
Your comparison makes about as much sense.
Yeah really... being the victim of "aggressive emails" warrants a tailor-made law now? Are they crazy or what? Oh right. Elections are coming... must be seen doing something!
You are totally right but back then it made sense to establish the embargo. It's hard to go back on your decisions like you suggest. But I agree that US tourists would start a sudden deluge on money on Cubans and that would spell the beginning of a "strange friendship", as you say. I was talking purely about the historical situation.
I wouldn't call it a pointless grudge - it was established in times of war (not open war, but still) and it makes perfect sense to inconvenience your enemy if you can, and don't even suffer any damage in doing so. So, why not? As for the rest of the world, which is where I live I suppose, we have learned to "deal with it" but that does not mean we *like it* and wouldn't have it any other way. If you have the option to create further damage to your enemy, you just go ahead and do it. The fact that I am not in a position to do so does not mean that you should avoid it too in the name of... empathy? Or what?
I guess the rest of the world hasn't had Cuban missile bases a few km off their coast and those missiles pointed at them. It tends to lead to grudges being held, you see.
IIRC = if I recall correctly. I seem to remember that the version of BB I tried replaced the standard windowing system completely. Have a look here http://www.bb4win.org/. There was also some LiteSTEP available for Windows that worked pretty well.
Civil War is about the worst possible solution Oh really? Care to elaborate? Would you prefer an all-out war against an invading force? Thermonuclear holocaust, anyone? Besides, shooting cops in the streets IS civil war. Your policemen are still people of your nationality.
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Heh, good point. Bug your vendor until your software is customized to suit your needs? Maybe they'll listen!
But such system wouldn't work well in a multiuser environment. Anyway, if you care about having this setup, you CAN have it - just recompile your apps with prefix=~/ and you'll be all set AFAIK.
Average Joes like yourself typically launch programs via their graphical menu, so why would they even care where a program is installed? It might not make sense (actually it does, but that's a rant for another day) but why do you care?
Wow. Every day I enter market transactions with many people and companies - just off the top of my head, the public transport company, whatever place I go to for launch, any bar I stop at night, any cinema I might visit, any... You get the idea. And you believe that I am responsible for everything that each and every one of these companies do? Are you serious? Is my employer also responsible for everything I do? No really. Should my employer be held responsible for my weekly session of GURPS? How about the car accident I had?
Exactly as I thought, you have nothing to contribute. Why I am not surprised, after considering your political stance?
Wow. Your mind is fucked up beyond belief.
Yeps, and (for completeness sake) der Feind im Innern ought to mean "the enemy within", but then again I'm not too good at German :)
Not really. GIMP does everything differently than any other app I've ever used. It doesn't take long to understand that THIS is GIMP's main UI-related problem. All they need to do to fix that mess is design the UI so that it is similar to every other app out there - single window, one menu with all the commands and a few toolbar, you know the drill. Dump GTK while they're at it.
So no, I don't think this is a case of selection bias - it's pretty clear to anyone who's used it that GIMP is simply the odd one out. I have quite a few other peeves with GIMP but those *do* stem from my own habits rather than the app's design flaws, so I won't comment on them.
That's what *they* want you to think!
Well they're not musicians either. They are strictly perfomers, and very good ones at that, judging from their success. But real musicians can and do put together well-organized albums that work like a single piece of art, rather than a collection of songs that happened to be written in a given time span.
+5 Opeth reference :)
Your comparison makes about as much sense.
Yeah really... being the victim of "aggressive emails" warrants a tailor-made law now? Are they crazy or what? Oh right. Elections are coming... must be seen doing something!
You are totally right but back then it made sense to establish the embargo. It's hard to go back on your decisions like you suggest. But I agree that US tourists would start a sudden deluge on money on Cubans and that would spell the beginning of a "strange friendship", as you say. I was talking purely about the historical situation.
I wouldn't call it a pointless grudge - it was established in times of war (not open war, but still) and it makes perfect sense to inconvenience your enemy if you can, and don't even suffer any damage in doing so. So, why not?
As for the rest of the world, which is where I live I suppose, we have learned to "deal with it" but that does not mean we *like it* and wouldn't have it any other way. If you have the option to create further damage to your enemy, you just go ahead and do it. The fact that I am not in a position to do so does not mean that you should avoid it too in the name of... empathy? Or what?
The power of projection never fails to amaze me.
I guess the rest of the world hasn't had Cuban missile bases a few km off their coast and those missiles pointed at them. It tends to lead to grudges being held, you see.
I would gladly accept an RFID implant. All I'd ask for would be a +500/1000 EUR per month raise. Win-win!
They wouldn't have to worry about paying for marketing, packaging, pressing, shipping or making money out of it... There, fixed it for you :)
IIRC = if I recall correctly. I seem to remember that the version of BB I tried replaced the standard windowing system completely. Have a look here http://www.bb4win.org/. There was also some LiteSTEP available for Windows that worked pretty well.
Oh please. Nobody would even TALK to a Chinese company by your line of reasoning. Get a grip, nobody cares.
Well duh, that's obvious to anyone who can read. Your point was?
You might want to start fixing that pesky abysmal latency and its friend, horrendously slow transfer rate; then we can talk.
Somewhat offtopic but, you know you CAN run X11 and/or fluxbox right? There is a native version for Windows and an X11-based one IIRC.