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LAN.gnome

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« on: 01-09-2004 01:00 »
I've pretty much stuck to one desktop since I got my new computer, but when I upped to a higher resolution (1280x1024) I couldn't find that same wallpaper again to get the bigger size, so I decided it was time for a change:



Mmm... Elite-licious.  :D

Also Covenantastic.
Spice Weasel

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« Reply #1 on: 01-09-2004 01:16 »
Never seen the movie, but there's something about the poster that just appealed to me.  *shrug*
Xmpel

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« Reply #2 on: 01-09-2004 01:22 »
LAN, why don't you use that awsome wallpaper that you made yourself ?

I remember having it for 2 - 3 months.
CyberKnight

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« Reply #3 on: 01-09-2004 01:25 »
Gah! You stole my thread title for NationStates. I therefore shun this thread.

*shun*

It's just big talk, I'll be back once I've got my new monitor  :D

Also, I agree with Xmpel. Your original series ST wallpaper was great - a little too cluttered for my personal desktop, though.
Xmpel

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« Reply #4 on: 01-09-2004 01:36 »


Futurama Themed desktop. As always.
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #5 on: 01-09-2004 01:38 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 01:38 »
 
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Originally posted by CyberKnight:
Your original series ST wallpaper was great - a little too cluttered for my personal desktop, though.

Yeah, me too, now that I've got absolute control over my desktop. While I was still on the family PC, that was the wallpaper I used right up until I switched PCs in October. But now that I've got a place for everything and everything in its place, I like a simpler wallpaper.

And sorry about the thread title.   :D It's a habit of mine to title recurring threads using taglines reminiscent of crummy movie sequels (see "I Hate School 2: Son of I Hate School" for an example). Colons are almost always involved in any case.

May I suggest Nationstates: All Blown to Hell as a title, given the recent developments?  :D
CyberKnight

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« Reply #6 on: 01-09-2004 02:02 »
Hey, wait justaminute. The Empire Strikes Back is not a crummy sequel.  ;)

Actually, I rather like NationStates : The Drone Wars as a reference to Star War's Clone Wars.  :D

And just so I'm not totally offtopic, here's my incredible super-fangled really detailed desktop.



That's 1024 x 768 pixels of pure, unadulterated blue, baby!

(To be honest, I like backdrops which don't blend with the icons (all two of them, and one of them is temporary)). I also prefer abstract art for my desktop as opposed to something recognisable.
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #7 on: 01-09-2004 02:14 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 02:14 »
 
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Originally posted by CyberKnight:
Hey, wait justaminute. The Empire Strikes Back is not a crummy sequel.    ;)

But its name was inspired by the crappy movie sequels (read: serials) of George Lucas' youth. Hence "Attack of the Clones", etc.

PS: What's that "Cybernetic Systems Whatsit" on the toolbar?
CyberKnight

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« Reply #8 on: 01-09-2004 02:16 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 02:16 »
That's an assignment which I should have started about 10 weeks ago but which I have not. And it's due in for next Friday.   :p

And the forget.pdf is related to it.

Apparently it's not really that difficult, which is probably why I've held off on doing it for so long. (To increase the difficulty).  ;)
Col. Klink

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« Reply #9 on: 01-09-2004 08:28 »
Hey, What smells like blue?
Bloodclot

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« Reply #10 on: 01-09-2004 08:33 »
It's my desktop.  :D
Coop

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« Reply #11 on: 01-09-2004 08:52 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 08:52 »
Holy Jesus! Why is that one of your icons?? That's sick. Now, anytime you want to listen to music...
Anarchist

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« Reply #12 on: 01-09-2004 08:59 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 08:59 »
Bloodclot

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« Reply #13 on: 01-09-2004 09:16 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2004 09:16 »
 
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Originally posted by Coop:
Holy Jesus! Why is that one of your icons?? That's sick. Now, anytime you want to listen to music...

Well, actually it's just to annoy people in desktop threads.   :p
Nefnar

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« Reply #14 on: 01-09-2004 12:03 »
 
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Originally posted by Anarchist:

ARGH GNOME!!
I hate it because it has a built in navigator that's used in everything, sometimes buggy and insecure.
Switch to FluxBox!
Faster, smoother, nicer.   :love:
Teral

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« Reply #15 on: 01-09-2004 15:35 »
 
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Originally posted by CyberKnight:
Hey, wait justaminute. The Empire Strikes Back is not a crummy sequel.   ;)

Actually, I rather like NationStates : The Drone Wars as a reference to Star War's Clone Wars.   :D

And just so I'm not totally offtopic, here's my incredible super-fangled really detailed desktop.

^*pic*

That's 1024 x 768 pixels of pure, unadulterated blue, baby!

(To be honest, I like backdrops which don't blend with the icons (all two of them, and one of them is temporary)). I also prefer abstract art for my desktop as opposed to something recognisable.

Jeez, that's one cluttered desktop. Clean up those icons, they're all over the screen.  :p
Mercapto

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« Reply #16 on: 01-09-2004 19:12 »
My current desktop:



Representin'!  :p
Venus

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« Reply #17 on: 01-10-2004 00:15 »
How do you make a pic of your desktop?
Spice Weasel

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« Reply #18 on: 01-10-2004 00:37 »
« Last Edit on: 01-10-2004 00:37 »
Hold down the shift key, then hit print scrn.  That will take a screenshot and copy to your clipboard whatever is on your screen.  Then open your favourite image program like Irfan or Photoshop, hit paste and viola!  A screencapture.
Venus

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« Reply #19 on: 01-10-2004 00:46 »
this is probably a stupid question but where is my clipboard? i hit shift print scrn then went to photoshop but the paste option wasn't active.
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #20 on: 01-10-2004 00:52 »
« Last Edit on: 01-10-2004 00:52 »
 
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Originally posted by Venus:
this is probably a stupid question but where is my clipboard? i hit shift print scrn then went to photoshop but the paste option wasn't active.

This probably has something to do with your keyboard configuration. On my keyboard, all the F1-12 keys are dual-function, and I have a button that switches between "F" mode and whatever else the button does. That means when I want to do a screen capture, I have to hit the button and switch the F keys to they other function. Check to see if something similar isn't the problem.

Also, on my keyboard I don't have to hit the "shift" key when I press PrtScn, so you might try that, maybe press the Control or Alt buttons. One of those combinations should work... eventually.   :p

PS: I also noticed that Spice Weasel neglected to say you need to have some kind of file open in Photoshop to paste the image into. This could also be your problem, if you didn't figure out that part on your own. I usually just create a new canvas, and Photoshop autosizes it to the size of whatever image is in the clipboard.
Venus

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« Reply #21 on: 01-10-2004 00:59 »
« Last Edit on: 01-10-2004 00:59 »
still can't figure it out. But anyway here is the picture that i use as my background.
i have it as a link cause it's full sized.

 http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/graphics/freeg/skysong2.jpg

EDIT: i got it to take the screengrab but it only places like 1/4 of it in the file. So i get the top left of the grab but nothing from the rest.
Spice Weasel

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« Reply #22 on: 01-10-2004 01:07 »
Yes I neglected to mention that you may need to open a new image in Photoshop.  I tried my original post's method using MS Paint.  I held down shift then hit Print Scrn, then I opened MS Paint, clicked on the edit tab and my paste function was active, and bam, a screenshot.  I did not have to open a new file. 
Margarita

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« Reply #23 on: 01-10-2004 01:21 »
print + paste in any graphic program + save file + upload it

simple as that ^
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #24 on: 01-10-2004 01:24 »
 
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Originally posted by Margarita:
print + paste in any graphic program + save file + upload it

simple as that ^

Obviously not for her.  :p
Venus

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« Reply #25 on: 01-10-2004 01:29 »
« Last Edit on: 01-10-2004 01:29 »
HA! Venus: 1 technology: 1,586,584 1/2
Coop

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« Reply #26 on: 01-10-2004 01:46 »
« Last Edit on: 01-10-2004 01:46 »
 http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/351934/Desktop.jpg


Desktop I made called "Crossing over." (MY favorite Trish Thuy Trang song!)
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #27 on: 01-10-2004 01:57 »
 
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Originally posted by Venus:
HA! Venus: 1 technology: 1,586,584 1/2


*recoils in horror* Gah! What resolution is that?! And is that iMesh?!? They made this little thing called "KaZaA", you know.  :p

That reminds me of what my desktop looked like 3 years ago. *shudder*
Venus

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« Reply #28 on: 01-10-2004 02:01 »
i don't know what res that is i didn't check, and yes that is imesh cause Kazaa is full of record execs waiting to sue you. I had kazaa for a while but imesh works just as well.
Juliet

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« Reply #29 on: 01-10-2004 07:41 »
Since I watched that brilliant episode when they went to the UK, I thought that I change my wallpaper to this sexy picture of Homer.



Does anybody know a better wallpaper then this?
Xmpel

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« Reply #30 on: 01-10-2004 08:11 »
Wallpapers better than Juliets:
- Anything featuring Lesbians.
- Anything featuring somesort of stalking and or molesting.
- Anything featuring something other than a fat cartoon man in his underwear.
- That wallpaper LAN made.
Gleno

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« Reply #31 on: 01-10-2004 11:17 »
I change mine all the time, here is my current one....nothing too exciting.... :p
Xmpel

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« Reply #32 on: 01-10-2004 11:18 »
What's up with the blue and all ?
Gleno

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« Reply #33 on: 01-10-2004 11:39 »
I used Photostudio and that's the standard background....should have changed it I guess....
Farnsworth38

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« Reply #34 on: 01-10-2004 11:40 »
This has been on my laptop for a while now...
Bend-err

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« Reply #35 on: 01-10-2004 12:02 »
zoidyzoid

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« Reply #36 on: 01-11-2004 04:38 »
« Last Edit on: 03-09-2004 00:00 »
My new and old desktops

[Nothing there anymore]
Nefnar

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« Reply #37 on: 01-11-2004 12:45 »
Booze/Bend-err: a little resize would help  800x600 users.
Bend-err

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« Reply #38 on: 01-11-2004 12:55 »
nefnar: i only put it in the size i found it, sorry
Archie2K

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« Reply #39 on: 01-11-2004 17:09 »
I love Venus' wallpaper. If I'm not mistaken that is the Aurora. Seeing that is something on my list of things to do, including seeing a total solar eclipse.
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