Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 20:45:33 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <8b262a1f-507f-ef10-e4d3-a981dca5b7d1@example.net> <655acbf6-05e5-69ff-8a44-9f7075aafa2e@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 21:45:45 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="462f3de967985b4e45391e2542ce7cad"; logging-data="861187"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18rxobVH1i46AR0nBU9T4XLUxASONx2/A4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wrl4d8ojY+NzMUJEyG3kQSrViL4= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4087 On 09/02/2025 20:23, Physfitfreak wrote: > On 2/8/25 10:36 PM, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> On 2/8/25 2:50 PM, rbowman wrote: >>> On Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:17:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> >>>> My university computer science courses left me quite disillusioned. >>>> Between my second and third years I managed to land a summer job >>>> programming in a small shop in the real world.  For my third year I >>>> arranged my schedule so that I had Thursdays off, and continued to work >>>> at my part-time programming job.  There was no fourth year - >>>> I dropped out and went full-time, and have been programming ever since. >>> >>> My 'formal' computer education consisted of a FORTRAN IV course in >>> '65. I >>> wasn't impressed. It took about ten years and an industry shift from >>> hardware controls to software to pique my interest. >> >>    Aw ... I just LOVE knobs and switches ! >> >>    More "human".  :-) >> >>> A shot at graduate school was similar. It didn't take long to realize >>> the >>> curricula had no bearing on what I was doing or ever wanted to do. >> >>    As some here have noted, 'academic' computing and >>    real-world are very different. Each kind of, oft >>    barely, influences the other but it's really two >>    universes. >> >>    Maybe the best cross-over was Professor Wirth with >>    Pascal/Modula. Alas it was a shorter fence to >>    straddle back then .... > > > Hehe :) "Real-world". Your worlds are each limited to 1 cubic "foot" > volume surrounding your dicks. That's your world! > > The real world is being explored inside universities, morons. > Pathetic > "Engineer" stench's so abundant here in this hellhole it stinks of old > grrrime.. You're a bunch of technicians. Nothing beyond. Read Bible on > your computers. Vote a thug into White House with it. > > Fucking idiots. > Arsehole. -- The higher up the mountainside The greener grows the grass. The higher up the monkey climbs The more he shows his arse. Traditional