Desktop Demographics - Page 6

Beestie · 06-09-2004, 12:06 PM

*cough*TS*cough*

**whistling, tapping toe, strumming fingers waiting to be psychobabblized over my desktop**

More importantly, waiting to see all the psychobabble dirt on all my Cell(ar) mates.

Beestie · 06-09-2004, 12:11 PM

Originally posted by dar512

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Why amusing?

Just a wild guess but it could be the way they are staring at us like those women in the 1-900- commercials that start coming on every twelve seconds at 3:00 am on Saturday morning.

jaguar · 06-09-2004, 12:20 PM

You're right! It's the dodgy camerawork/porn expression staring back at you while you write shell scripts.

dar512 · 06-09-2004, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by jaguar
Not entirely sure, attention to detail? Overkill? Stange juxtoposition of bash and beautiful women? I can't entirely put my finger on it but something about it amuses me.

To each their own, I guess. I can't understand how people can live with the default Windows setup - background, sounds etc.

If I'm going to staring at the screen for 8 hours a day, I want it to look nice.

jaguar · 06-09-2004, 12:27 PM

Quote:

I can't understand how people can live with the default Windows setup - background, sounds etc.

If I'm going to staring at the screen for 8 hours a day, I want it to look nice.

Ditto, that's why I run OSX and a photo I took

Pie · 06-09-2004, 01:02 PM

Here's the one I use at work. The background rotates every 15 minutes. Mostly landscapes I took, and a pile of astronomy pics.

Home is a mac... I'll get that one later today.

- Pie

<edit> PS: Oh yeah, the Fox rocks!

</edit>

Torrere · 06-09-2004, 01:27 PM

home.

smoothmoniker · 06-09-2004, 02:24 PM

UT - where did you get a firefox logo with enough resolution to expand to a desktop? It looks very hip.

-sm

Undertoad · 06-09-2004, 04:05 PM

here

alternative version here

Pi · 06-09-2004, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dar512

To each their own, I guess. I can't understand how people can live with the default Windows setup - background, sounds etc.

If I'm going to staring at the screen for 8 hours a day, I want it to look nice.

Actually when I'm working, I'm not looking at my desktop, but I AM working.

Torrere · 06-09-2004, 06:11 PM

work. My desktop here is a sloppy repository of current 'stuff' that I access using ^D. After I took the screenshot, I deleted everything that was selected.

BrianR · 06-09-2004, 06:36 PM

Okay. Here's mine. Well, the Windows XP side anyway. I haven't figured out how to do a screenshot in Linux yet. And resizing is a pain with the crappy drawing program I have. I need Photoshop.

ladysycamore · 06-09-2004, 07:21 PM

Here's mine:

Torrere · 06-09-2004, 10:25 PM

There are some damn cool desktops around here.

Brian: I used The GIMP. In the file(?) menu, select Acquire -> Screenshot. By the way, that is the background that I use on my Windows installation at home.

BrianR · 06-10-2004, 08:45 AM

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Originally posted by Torrere
There are some damn cool desktops around here.

Brian: I used The GIMP. In the file(?) menu, select Acquire -> Screenshot. By the way, that is the background that I use on my Windows installation at home.

How do you define the desktop then? Do I highlight it? Or does the function just go ahead and read my mind (Linux has ceased to surprise me with neato hidden tech).

GIMP is a program I have yet to use, I'll play with it and then try to do a snapshot. Then I will try to figure out the screensaver. It's set to ON but the screen only goes dark. Must be a power saver feature I have enabled somewhere. Or something. Or Linux refuses to display silly screensavers.

Brian

06-09-2004, 12:06 PM	#76
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	coughTScough whistling, tapping toe, strumming fingers waiting to be psychobabblized over my desktop More importantly, waiting to see all the psychobabble dirt on all my Cell(ar) mates. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

06-09-2004, 12:20 PM	#78
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	You're right! It's the dodgy camerawork/porn expression staring back at you while you write shell scripts. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-09-2004, 01:02 PM	#81
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Here's the one I use at work. The background rotates every 15 minutes. Mostly landscapes I took, and a pile of astronomy pics. Home is a mac... I'll get that one later today. - Pie <edit> PS: Oh yeah, the Fox rocks! </edit> Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-09-2004, 01:27 PM	#82
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	home. Attached Images

06-09-2004, 06:11 PM	#86
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	work. My desktop here is a sloppy repository of current 'stuff' that I access using ^D. After I took the screenshot, I deleted everything that was selected. Attached Images

06-09-2004, 02:24 PM	#83
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	UT - where did you get a firefox logo with enough resolution to expand to a desktop? It looks very hip. -sm

06-09-2004, 04:05 PM	#84
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	here alternative version here

06-09-2004, 06:36 PM	#87
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Okay. Here's mine. Well, the Windows XP side anyway. I haven't figured out how to do a screenshot in Linux yet. And resizing is a pain with the crappy drawing program I have. I need Photoshop. Attached Images __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-09-2004, 07:21 PM	#88
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	Here's mine: Attached Images __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

06-09-2004, 10:25 PM	#89
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	There are some damn cool desktops around here. Brian: I used The GIMP. In the file(?) menu, select Acquire -> Screenshot. By the way, that is the background that I use on my Windows installation at home.

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