Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: 31 Dec 2024 19:49:38 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <4f7tmjplbte7cnuh2pqrh1fufs4iatv3fd@4ax.com> <1126njll2vjtnlvjhrtme7k7oe3cds496q@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net i4RW01ffQW2s7n3pfOsLqAIwkXbtEWfkP2g3lDXLeONyl3zLvM Cancel-Lock: sha1:ovOSNp4Fohw36IhKr7Fcrcq/N9o= sha256:M4corUkXadn7CYvTSyWMMmH4nc5j01h0+XU+BBmb/bU= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63436 comp.os.linux.advocacy:681915 On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:34:18 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-12-30 21:09, rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:26:02 -0600, chrisv wrote: >> >>> It's nothing to do with wanting to "own the road". It is probably not >>> "just for status". Many just want a better vehicle to drive. BMW's >>> are, generally, better vehicles to drive. >> >> Better how? I'm not hating on BMWs in particular but 'better' is a >> nebulous concept as far as I'm concerned. Maybe it's cynicism from the >> days when Cadillacs were better than Buicks that were better than >> Oldsmobiles that were better than Pontiacs that were better than >> Chevrolets even thought it was the same damn platform. Of course if >> your Buick only had three faux portholes the neighbors knew you were >> either cheap or living above your means. > > Each one of those American cars was better than the other but they were > all shit. Again, what is better? The president of a company I worked for bought a Cadillac Cimarron when they tried to build a European style luxury sedan. It was a piece of crap. The final straw was when his secretary bought a Pontiac. He parked next to it and realized it was the same car.