Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-08-07 Thread Archie Arevalo
On Aug 7, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: After you have talked with Linus, let us know what he said. :-) If I recall correctly he claimed that his projects are named after himself due to his 'egocentricness'. Hence 'Linux' and 'git'

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-08-06 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: > > After you have talked with Linus, let us know what he said. :-) If I recall correctly he claimed that his projects are named after himself due to his 'egocentricness'. Hence 'Linux' and 'git' =p _

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-08-06 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-07-23 01:29 PM, Enda wrote: The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive I have seen enough comments along the lines of the above so I now find them more amusing than annoying that some people don't pick up on the difference between a word (in lower

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-24 Thread Steve Kinney
On 07/24/2012 02:55 AM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: > Ofnuts writes: > > [...] > >> I'd go for GINP. GINP Is Not Photoshop. > > Ahah, make people think it's a new name, while they pronounce it the old > way due to phonological assimilation. Sneaky. A certain well known "closed source" image

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Ofnuts writes: [...] > I'd go for GINP. GINP Is Not Photoshop. Ahah, make people think it's a new name, while they pronounce it the old way due to phonological assimilation. Sneaky. -- Kevin Brubeck Unhammer GPG: 0x766AC60C ___ gimp-user-list mail

[Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread erroneus
>>> The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less >>> offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? >> >> No >GIMP is an acronym. It first stood for General Image Manipulation >Program. Later it got a new license, and the acronym now stands for >GNU Im

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Kinney
On 07/23/2012 05:37 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Enda wrote: >> The word gimp is defined as: >> >> a physically disabled or lame person. >> a feeble or contemptible person. >> >> >> The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less >> off

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Enda wrote: > The word gimp is defined as: > > a physically disabled or lame person. > a feeble or contemptible person. > > > The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less > offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? No

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 07/23/2012 07:29 PM, Enda wrote: The word gimp is defined as: 1. a physically disabled or lame person. 2. a feeble or contemptible person. The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now s

[Gimp-user] gimp definition

2012-07-23 Thread Enda
The word gimp is defined as: 1. a physically disabled or lame person. 2. a feeble or contemptible person. The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? - Enda