Can I sort my applications in Launchpad?

Launchpad has chosen to sort my applications in some weird arbitrary order. Is there any way to tell it to sort them alphabetically?

So I don't know if this is going to totally help you, but I wanted to clear up what someone said earlier, because I didn't get it at first.
If the question is 'can you resort?' the answer unfortunately is no. But, there is a way to move around the applications to set it up in any order that you wish. I didn't know about this till i realized you can jiggle and delete the apps.
Enter into Launchpad, and click and hold down an app. Thereafter, you can set up and move your apps in any order or way you wish, and then when you click out of the jiggliness, they'll stay like that until you change them again. its not perfect, but if you spend a few minutes getting it the way you want, you won't have to do that much work later on as you add apps.
hope this helps.

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