Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-14 Thread Felix
Chuck Mead wrote: > On 12-Mar-98 Matt Woodbridge wrote: > > As yet, the GIMP can never be a full replacement of Adobe Photoshop. In > > comparison, the GIMP is slow, handles memory poorly, > > I disagree... I don't think it renders any slower (or faster) than any other > image tool I've used (

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-14 Thread Felix
Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote: > But that's nothing compared to the years their programmers have spent > trying to make Windows look like an operating system. > Umm, I think that was the joke -- | Andrew Duhan| Cereal is | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | g00d. | | http://chimera

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-14 Thread chuck . mead
On 13 Mar, Robert Hailman wrote: > Any more complaints and I'll make it a DOUBLE box... :o) > >>Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 12:07:54PM -0500: >>> /---+---\ >>> | Robert Hailman |Stupidity is Win95,| >>> |

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Robert Hailman
Any more complaints and I'll make it a DOUBLE box... :o) >Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 12:07:54PM -0500: >> /---+---\ >> | Robert Hailman |Stupidity is Win95,| >> | |Stupidity is 0S/2, | >>

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Scott McDermott
Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 12:07:54PM -0500: > /---+---\ > | Robert Hailman |Stupidity is Win95,| > | |Stupidity is 0S/2, | > |[EMAIL PROTECTED]|Stupidity is Linux on a 386| > \

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Robert Hailman
>Normative usage? Good idea. A stroll through my local market >recently convinced me that normative usage now regards "'s" as >a marker for plural nouns (apple's, banana's etc). I shall >therefore henceforth be using "it's" where I would hitherto have >used "they" or "them". > >[I suggested

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Jonathan Moore
David S. Jackson wrote: [...] > contraction. people get thrown by the apostrophe. however, we're > adopting a normative level of usage here on the list, I would say, > rather than a traditionally conservative one. i'd say the English [...] Normative usage? Good idea. A stroll through my loca

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Matthew Woodbridge
>> The Application is only available for Windows, Mac OS, SPARC Solaris >> and >> Irix. If you would like this to change, email Adobe. You have to >> actually be willing to _pay_ for the software, though. >> budgeted a >> like amount this year! You are being willfully snide here and the >> imp

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread chuck . mead
12 Mar, Gate News wrote: >> The Application is only available for Windows, Mac OS, SPARC Solaris > and >> Irix. If you would like this to change, email Adobe. You have to >> actually be willing to _pay_ for the software, though. > >>budgeted a >>like amount this year! You are being willfully

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-13 Thread Gate News
> The Application is only available for Windows, Mac OS, SPARC Solaris and > Irix. If you would like this to change, email Adobe. You have to > actually be willing to _pay_ for the software, though. >budgeted a >like amount this year! You are being willfully snide here and the implication >s t

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Chuck Mead
On 12-Mar-98 Matt Woodbridge wrote: > As yet, the GIMP can never be a full replacement of Adobe Photoshop. In > comparison, the GIMP is slow, handles memory poorly, I disagree... I don't think it renders any slower (or faster) than any other image tool I've used (i.e. Mo' RAM, mo' processor...

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:16 AM 3/12/98 -0600, you wrote: >And finally, there is no version of Adobe Photoshop for Linux. The >Application is only available for Windows, Mac OS, SPARC Solaris and >Irix. If you would like this to change, email Adobe. You have to >actually be willing to _pay_ for the software, thou

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Hailman
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, David Fisher wrote: > >> > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's >> >> Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference >> between "its" and "it's"? > >"its" is a 3rd person possessive singlular pronoun. "it's" is a >c

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Matt Woodbridge
As yet, the GIMP can never be a full replacement of Adobe Photoshop. In comparison, the GIMP is slow, handles memory poorly, is full of bugs and isn't even out of development stages yet. It also lacks a tremendous number of features that are employed every day by Photoshop users. The GIMP does,

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I think that the point of the messages is not giving a gammatical class but to take off a smile for your seriousness. Don't worry be happy __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M > -- > PLEA

Re: Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread John D. Hardin
> The web site says Gimp 1.0 will be out in less than 10 days. Hopefully > somebody will be cool enough to put together some RPMs for us all. (hint) ...and hoping that they don't overlook those of us still running 4.2 (i.e. RPMs that don't need glibc or the newer RedHat system management utiliti

Re: Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:36 AM 3/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >If they'd only port quark & photoshop to linux, my live would be way easier. Photoshop is available for linux, isn't it? - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - D

Re: Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread Erich Eyler
If they'd only port quark & photoshop to linux, my live would be way easier. I think they're afraid of that if everyone knew the speed increase those other OS's would never sell anything. -Erich - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Michael George
> "He who is without sin, let them cast the first stone." > > "If somone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the left one also." > > Pleae take this off this list. > > = > Keith Dart, Devtest Engineer

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Michael George
> Once upon a time David Fisher wrote: > > > > > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > between "its" and "it's"? > > No there are a few of us. But some days it seems like da

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Keith Dart
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Bob Taylor wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:04:07 -0600, "Fred W. Noltie Jr." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > > > Two things: 1) "Tolerance and open-mindedness" on *your* part in the > > first place might have moved you to "tolerate" the fact that someone > > els

RE: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread David . LANDGREN
>I hear they're starting [EMAIL PROTECTED] if your >interested. BBZZT I hope your (sic) the first subscriber. DL (in jest). -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /m

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Magnus Solvang
Quoting Bob Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): | On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:04:07 -0600, "Fred W. Noltie Jr." | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | [snip] | | > Two things: 1) "Tolerance and open-mindedness" on *your* part in the | > first place might have moved you to "tolerate" the fact that someone | > els

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Bob Taylor
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:04:07 -0600, "Fred W. Noltie Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > Two things: 1) "Tolerance and open-mindedness" on *your* part in the > first place might have moved you to "tolerate" the fact that someone > else made a mistake. Practice what you preach. 2) If you wa

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Bob Taylor
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 05:20:53 +, Pork E Pigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Fisher wrote: > > > > > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > between "its" and "it's"? > > N

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread David S. Jackson
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, David Fisher wrote: > > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > between "its" and "it's"? "its" is a 3rd person possessive singlular pronoun. "it's" is a contractio

Re: Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread Pork E Pigg
Larry Lade wrote: > >I would also be insterested in hoow well PS works under Linux. I don't > >use it but, my girlfriend does. That's THE major stumbling-block to > >getting her to test it out. > > I don't think you can get Photoshop for Linux (yet) although I know you can > get it to run under

Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread Larry Lade
>> switch over completely to linux. We're an authorized Adobe Service Center. >> Maybe I can talk the boss into getting me Photoshop for linux. :) > >I would also be insterested in hoow well PS works under Linux. I don't >use it but, my girlfriend does. That's THE major stumbling-block to >getting

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Chuck Mead
Between The GIMP and POVray (using the xfpovray GUI interface of course) Linux *rocks* graphic design! On 12-Mar-98 Dave Wreski wrote: > >> > An OS is nothing without applications. Windows apps have the upper hand >> > when it comes to graphics. I am a diehard photoshop user, and though I >> > h

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Fontenot
hahahaha A TRU brake in the munotonie... 'tanks Dave. -Paul (Did I spell that write?) On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > I hear they're starting [EMAIL PROTECTED] if your > interested. > > Dave -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http:/

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Wreski
> > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > between "its" and "it's"? > > Nice to see I'm not the only one terminally-pissed that the education > system doesn't see to be teaching! Gee, its either that, or people are too lazy to type the apostrophe. Hmm

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Wreski
> > An OS is nothing without applications. Windows apps have the upper hand > > when it comes to graphics. I am a diehard photoshop user, and though I have > > not had the chance to work with photoshop under linux, I hope to one day > > switch over completely to linux. We're an authorized Adobe S

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Pork E Pigg
David Fisher wrote: > > > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > between "its" and "it's"? Nice to see I'm not the only one terminally-pissed that the education system doesn't see to be

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Pork E Pigg
John Higginbotham wrote: > An OS is nothing without applications. Windows apps have the upper hand > when it comes to graphics. I am a diehard photoshop user, and though I have > not had the chance to work with photoshop under linux, I hope to one day > switch over completely to linux. We're an

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Scott McDermott
John Higginbotham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 05:27:38PM -0500: > I think that says it all right there. I am involved in a virtual flame war > with this local guy who's been using computers for two years, poor guy has > been trapped in 95/NT since the beginning. He doesn't know any

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Scott McDermott
Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 01:47:13PM -0800: > Actually I'd go further than that, at least as refers to Windows. The > reason people like windows is the applications that it will run, not the OS, > nor the user interface shell. Applications are the driving force, whil

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
> > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > > between "its" and "it's"? > > > > Don't you have anything better to than pick-out grammatical errors? I > > didn't join a Linux mailing list to hear about "its and it's"... > > Yes, I have many better things

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread David Fisher
> > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > between "its" and "it's"? > > Don't you have anything better to than pick-out grammatical errors? I > didn't join a Linux mailing list to hear about "its and it's"... Yes, I have many better things to do, but, a

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread David Fisher
Maybe, just maybe, there's hope... Larry Lade wrote: > >> > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > > >Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > >between "its" and "it's"? > > Nope. Hooray, I'm not the only one who knows when it's

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread David Fisher
> > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > > between "its" and "it's"? > > No there are a few of us. Glad to hear it. DF -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Paul Fontenot
> > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > between "its" and "it's"? Don't you have anything better to than pick-out grammatical errors? I didn't join a Linux mailing list to hear about

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Larry Lade
>> > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > >Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference >between "its" and "it's"? Nope. Hooray, I'm not the only one who knows when it's correct to use "its" and "it's!" -- -

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Deryk Barker
Once upon a time David Fisher wrote: > > > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's > > Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference > between "its" and "it's"? No there are a few of us. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Mu

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread David Fisher
> > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference between "its" and "it's"? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Erra

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Karl Asseily
ly those cool office suites and games. > >xun > >Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:47:13 -0800 >From: Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: A little humor to break the monotony >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >X-M

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Xun Cheng
agree, especially those cool office suites and games. xun Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:47:13 -0800 From: Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A little humor to break the monotony Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85 In

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread John Higginbotham
At 01:47 PM 3/11/98 -0800, you wrote: >Actually I'd go further than that, at least as refers to Windows. The >reason people like windows is the applications that it will run, not the OS, >nor the user interface shell. I think that says it all right there. I am involved in a virtual flame war wi

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Sam Ockman
On Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 01:23:20PM -0800, Keith Dart wrote: > > Monotony? What could be more exciting than this list? ;-) > > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote: > > > John Higginbotham wrote: > > > > > > But that's nothing compared to the years their programmers have spent > > try

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Keith Dart
Monotony? What could be more exciting than this list? ;-) On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote: > John Higginbotham wrote: > > > But that's nothing compared to the years their programmers have spent > trying to make Windows look like an operating system. how true. remember that wha

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
John Higginbotham wrote: > [snip] > > > > "That's nothing", Bill Gates replied. "We had our best plastic > > surgeons working for five years to make an alligator look like a > > Dachshund." > > But that's nothing compared to the years their programmers have spent trying to make Windows look