One of my instructors kept calling it "the unfortunately-named GIMP":)
Since they've already taken GNU out of the acronym, why not just go with IMP? The mascot is kinda impish anyway.
Realistically, I don't think a name change will ever happen. There should just be a fork with literally nothing changed but the name, so that people who want to deploy the software but feel the name will impede them in doing so have another option. GIMP not only has unpleasant associations, it implies that the application is "crippled" in some way.
I feel like whomever approved this needs to take Linguistics 101. Or maybe an artificial intelligence course. They really think those electrical signals will be intelligible as speech if they just run them through the correct hardware/software?
Re:you can't stop the doomsayers
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What distresses me is the level of coverage these nutbars have had on the news channels.
That distresses you? Do a quick YouTube search and see what some of the most popular videos today are. The doomsayers are tying this to Nostradamus...who, y'know, also predicted I'd spill my morning coffee, if you interpret his quatrains "correctly".
That said, I do think the public should have MUCH more control over industry and scientific research, especially huge and expensive projects like the LHC. There are plenty of conceivable mega-projects like the LHC that could be dangerous, without any input/oversight from the people that might be harmed. For all I know, the LHC could do damage if something goes awry.
An example of one of your trolls is a link to a wikipedia article about an album with a disparaging word about a particular race as its name, and your comment was "what does the the slashdot community think about this?" It had nothing to do with the article, summary, or comment it responded to. I am not a member of the race you seem to hate, but that doesn't make what you did any less a troll.
...and, btw, the joke was that the article was about Network Attached Storage (NAS) and I linked to an article on the new Nas album that was shipping at the time. NOTHING to do with racism on my part. Period.
But I clicked your link, looked at the comments marked "troll", and I hate to break it to you, son, but all the comments marked "troll" are, indeed, trolls. Look up "internet troll" on wikipedia and you'll see that a "troll" is an offtopic comment designed to generate an emotional response.
Well, pops, I changed my sig as requested. However, I don't think you are being fair to the bulk of my comments.
This is a troll/OT? (long excerpt from a George Carlin interview that sheds light on his comedic outlook)
This is a troll/OT? (commentary on the article with bits of my personal experience and a link to a relevant book)
This is a troll/OT? (my personal experience with Charter as a 5-year customer)
There are more, but those examples are sufficient. I agree that some of the comments in my history fit the definition you state. However,/. is FULL of these comments which are consistently modded up as funny. And many of my comments were, in fact, modded up as funny or insightful before they were retroactively (i.e. many days later) modded down by someone (*poof* down to 0, Troll). Why would anyone even go back and do this, when the/. community apparently thought my comments were okay at the time?
Good to see someone calling out/. on its sloppy moderation, which has gotten pretty ridiculous recently. I recently had some respectably-modded posts that were retroactively modded down to Troll. So, from what I can tell, some moderator(s) didn't like one of my most recent comments and went back and modded my older comments down. Needless to say, I was a bit stunned.
This is my only post since then, because I'm afraid to post comments lest my karma keep falling. We'll see what happens with this one...
No can't say that I am:) But apparently now I'm a troll. At least the AC comment that got modded 5 pts is marked "Funny" instead of "Informative" now...
Ok. It's run by Jews in a secret conspiracy to take over the World using sharks with frickin' lasers and gorgeous fembots with a penchant for evil.
"Score 5, Informative"!?! Seriously? Something is VERY wrong in slashdotland.
I've been researching Nas too...
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...and I'll probably buy this in a few days. What does the/. community think of it? Also, what's the best way to tie my shoes? I fear I'm being inefficient.
I agree, but it also must be noted that upgrading ffx2 --> ffx3 is much easier to upgrade than IE6 --> IE7. Also, slow adoption of IE7 is obviously a by-product of slow Vista adoption. And then there's the fact that Firefox is cross-platform...
...one less complaint I have with Charter (maybe). Almost every Charter customer I've ever talked to has horror stories.
I have no other choice for broadband where I am, so I've just been putting up with it for ~5 years. So I don't want to hear any of this "vote with your wallet" crap.
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Anyone know how this will effect MythTV?
...I've had trouble with that name too, as far as in-office communications are concerned.
One of my instructors kept calling it "the unfortunately-named GIMP" :)
Since they've already taken GNU out of the acronym, why not just go with IMP? The mascot is kinda impish anyway.
Realistically, I don't think a name change will ever happen. There should just be a fork with literally nothing changed but the name, so that people who want to deploy the software but feel the name will impede them in doing so have another option. GIMP not only has unpleasant associations, it implies that the application is "crippled" in some way.
The answer is 17.
Maybe you should get one of those pumps.
I think the article is about dark flow, not blood flow.
The article summary might be NSFW, for some workers.
I feel like whomever approved this needs to take Linguistics 101. Or maybe an artificial intelligence course. They really think those electrical signals will be intelligible as speech if they just run them through the correct hardware/software?
What distresses me is the level of coverage these nutbars have had on the news channels.
That distresses you? Do a quick YouTube search and see what some of the most popular videos today are. The doomsayers are tying this to Nostradamus...who, y'know, also predicted I'd spill my morning coffee, if you interpret his quatrains "correctly".
That said, I do think the public should have MUCH more control over industry and scientific research, especially huge and expensive projects like the LHC. There are plenty of conceivable mega-projects like the LHC that could be dangerous, without any input/oversight from the people that might be harmed. For all I know, the LHC could do damage if something goes awry.
Google's just thinking "above the cloud".
I use Wizz RSS, which is nicely integrated in Firefox.
Thanks.
An example of one of your trolls is a link to a wikipedia article about an album with a disparaging word about a particular race as its name, and your comment was "what does the the slashdot community think about this?" It had nothing to do with the article, summary, or comment it responded to. I am not a member of the race you seem to hate, but that doesn't make what you did any less a troll.
...and, btw, the joke was that the article was about Network Attached Storage (NAS) and I linked to an article on the new Nas album that was shipping at the time. NOTHING to do with racism on my part. Period.
But I clicked your link, looked at the comments marked "troll", and I hate to break it to you, son, but all the comments marked "troll" are, indeed, trolls. Look up "internet troll" on wikipedia and you'll see that a "troll" is an offtopic comment designed to generate an emotional response.
/. is FULL of these comments which are consistently modded up as funny. And many of my comments were, in fact, modded up as funny or insightful before they were retroactively (i.e. many days later) modded down by someone (*poof* down to 0, Troll). Why would anyone even go back and do this, when the /. community apparently thought my comments were okay at the time?
Well, pops, I changed my sig as requested. However, I don't think you are being fair to the bulk of my comments.
This is a troll/OT? (long excerpt from a George Carlin interview that sheds light on his comedic outlook)
This is a troll/OT? (commentary on the article with bits of my personal experience and a link to a relevant book)
This is a troll/OT? (my personal experience with Charter as a 5-year customer)
There are more, but those examples are sufficient. I agree that some of the comments in my history fit the definition you state. However,
True, true. But I would rather have a spray like this.
From the FAQ on the website:
a. People get confused and think this is a spray. It is not, the coating needs to be applied in a piece of equipment.
Good to see someone calling out /. on its sloppy moderation, which has gotten pretty ridiculous recently. I recently had some respectably-modded posts that were retroactively modded down to Troll. So, from what I can tell, some moderator(s) didn't like one of my most recent comments and went back and modded my older comments down. Needless to say, I was a bit stunned.
This is my only post since then, because I'm afraid to post comments lest my karma keep falling. We'll see what happens with this one...
No can't say that I am :) But apparently now I'm a troll. At least the AC comment that got modded 5 pts is marked "Funny" instead of "Informative" now...
Ok. It's run by Jews in a secret conspiracy to take over the World using sharks with frickin' lasers and gorgeous fembots with a penchant for evil.
"Score 5, Informative"!?! Seriously? Something is VERY wrong in slashdotland.
...and I'll probably buy this in a few days. What does the /. community think of it? Also, what's the best way to tie my shoes? I fear I'm being inefficient.
My ancestors were radical cod, you insensitive clod!
FSM may have hidden them there to test our faith.
I agree, but it also must be noted that upgrading ffx2 --> ffx3 is much easier to upgrade than IE6 --> IE7. Also, slow adoption of IE7 is obviously a by-product of slow Vista adoption. And then there's the fact that Firefox is cross-platform...
Actually, it's www.pcpro.co.uk (TFA's site)
Now that this has been posted on /. I can only assume those numbers for ffx3 are going to be inflated.
...Why'd it have to be snakes?
I can only assume this is somehow related to another Indiana Jones movie.
...one less complaint I have with Charter (maybe). Almost every Charter customer I've ever talked to has horror stories.
I have no other choice for broadband where I am, so I've just been putting up with it for ~5 years. So I don't want to hear any of this "vote with your wallet" crap.