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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 20:45:33 +0000
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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.


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