4 May
2006
4 May
'06
2:57 p.m.
tim hall wrote:
OK, so I'm out on a limb here. It's just that
the only colloquial usage of the
word 'smack' round these parts is drug abuse and violence. Perhaps I've just
seen too much of both. I know full well what GIMP means, but I find it mildly
amusing, perhaps because I'm naive when it comes to s&m.
Gimp is not only an S&M term for a submissive in a leather suit; it's
also a historical synonym for a person with crippled legs. I think it's
a horrible name and I've often taken steps to pronounce the acronym
fully; e.g. "GNU Image Manipulation Program". I love the program, by the
way. I've must've used it over a thousand times by now.
Smack would've been a better name if it weren't for the less ambiguous
slogan; "A new fetish in Linux audio".
YMMV on all above topics, of course.
Sunnan