Give it up folksif you want to clean up language, there are more better
targets to hunt.
Thanks-
Jim Clark
LOO, Jim, I was with you 100% until you start talking about cleaning up the
'more better' parts of the language. I suppose you are either 'more clever'
in your sarcasm, or you
And if you can bear one more comment. Gimp is a noun that is virtually gone
from the American English language in this sense. There are lots of
disparaging words that the language police are trying to remove from usage,
but this one died a natural death long ago.
Much like those Southwest
On 04/03/2010 09:35 AM, Bob Smits wrote:
I know it's short for Gnu Image Manipulation Program, and that no one intended
any offense, but until the name is changed this discussion will recur - at
least once every several months. It's up to you.
You are so out of touch. Names like this are
On April 1, 2010 02:34:37 pm Chris Mohler wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, f...@gingerbreadday.com wrote:
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Not this again :( This has been discussed to death already.
Sure it has. But unless the developers stop getting
Quoting f...@gingerbreadday.com:
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball, the programmers who started the GIMP
project, decided upon the name. The question has indeed been asked
before (I suspect you were being facetious), with the answer
Op 03-04-10 18:35, Bob Smits schreef:
On April 1, 2010 02:34:37 pm Chris Mohler wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, f...@gingerbreadday.com wrote:
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Not this again :( This has been discussed to death already.
On 04/03/10 15:40, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:
snip
Well, anyone... when there are only native English speakers left on the
planet. Until then, to me - from the Netherlands - and many others it's
not offensive at all.
I'm American by birth and see no offense in the name. If someone finds
it
* Jogchum Reitsma j.reit...@hccnet.nl [04-03-10 16:39]:
Well, anyone... when there are only native English speakers left on the
planet. Until then, to me - from the Netherlands - and many others it's
not offensive at all.
It is not offensive to *most* English speakers, but several users take
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Patrick Shanahan ptilopt...@gmail.com wrote:
* Jogchum Reitsma j.reit...@hccnet.nl [04-03-10 16:39]:
Well, anyone... when there are only native English speakers left on the
planet. Until then, to me - from the Netherlands - and many others it's
not offensive at
I'm with you. I don't see the value of changing the name because a tiny
minority of intolerant agitators threaten to bully the maintainers.
The name is self-deprecatory, like less as a response to more. It's
an ironic response to the hyperbolic, boastful names of many commercial
programs.
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Here are the definitions I found
(1) a derrogatory term for someone that is disabled or has a medicial
problem that results in physical impairment.
(2) An insult implying that someone is incompetent, stupid, etc. Can
also be used
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, f...@gingerbreadday.com wrote:
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Here are the definitions I found
(1) a derrogatory term for someone that is disabled or has a medicial problem
that
results in physical impairment.
(2) An insult
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, f...@gingerbreadday.com wrote:
Who was the clever soul that came up with the name GIMP?
Not this again :( This has been discussed to death already.
Here are the definitions I found...
Then you did not try very hard:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:gimp
On 04/01/10 16:17, Frank Gore wrote:
snip
I wonder what the authors of less and lame feel about their choice of
name.
I'm sure the authors of less feel pretty lame, since there is a 'more'
tool (which, IMO, is not as useful as less).
As for lame, well. Let's not go there. ;)
--
Yours In
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Programmer In Training
p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote:
I wonder what the authors of less and lame feel about their choice of
name.
I'm sure the authors of less feel pretty lame, since there is a 'more'
tool (which, IMO, is not as useful as less).
less is more
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