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Adagio is offline Adagio

Emperor

Jun 2001
time: 06:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Asher
I like CGI fantasy landscape over crappy art that looks like it was drawn on a napkin with crayons.


I'd put it this way:

I like anything over crappy art that looks like it was drawn on a napkin with crayons.



Asher is offline Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:34
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quote:
Originally posted by monolith94
Apparently, Asher has a compulsion, bordering on the obsessive, to praise and hold in adulation, all of Earth's most boring things.

Look at your desktop and tell me how that is anything but boring.

Oncle Boris is offline Oncle Boris
Prince
Once in a brown moon
Aug 2001
time: 00:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:19
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quote:
Originally posted by nostromo
Here's mine. State of the art Win98 with taskbar on auto-hide.


Are you a philosophy student at the UdM?

Oncle Boris is offline Oncle Boris
Prince
Once in a brown moon
Aug 2001
time: 00:34
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Originally posted by FS*
Win 2000... still not ready to commit to XP, as was mentioned above, not sure if everything I've got is supported yet.


If it works in 2000, it works in XP. Case closed.

monolith94 is offline monolith94
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New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:34
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"Look at your desktop and tell me how that is anything but boring."

Color, composition, line, texturing, subject, everything about it is supremely aesthetic and enticing. The pure detail work makes the two dimensional aspect of the picture both paradoxical and clearly above your realm of artistic understanding.

Barinthus is offline Barinthus
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A Magical Moment...
Jan 2004
time: 21:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:34
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I keep on getting that message that my picture is too big. What size do you set your pictures to?

Asher is offline Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:37 Visit Asher's homepage!
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quote:
Originally posted by monolith94
Color, composition, line, texturing, subject, everything about it is supremely aesthetic and enticing. The pure detail work makes the two dimensional aspect of the picture both paradoxical and clearly above your realm of artistic understanding.

Apparently, monolith has a compulsion, bordering on the obsessive, to praise and hold in adulation, all of Earth's most boring things.

Data: 800 pixels in width is the maximum.

Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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Dec 2000
time: 06:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:38
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800*600 for attachments.

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I <3 etna, omg disgaea fag
Jan 1970
time: 22:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:39 Visit ixnay<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
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Az is offline Az
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MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
time: 07:34
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I just noticed that Asher has the Mac user group icon.

Asher is offline Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 03:42 Visit Asher's homepage!
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Originally posted by Azazel


I just noticed that Asher has the Mac user group icon.

It's been like that for a couple weeks, but you're the first who noticed it.

Barinthus is offline Barinthus
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A Magical Moment...
Jan 2004
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Ixnay, cute!

Thanks, folks. I did try 800 * 600. Will give it another shot.

EDIT: What is this Opera thing I saw in two or three desktops?

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A Magical Moment...
Jan 2004
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I know I need to clean up my desktop

EDIT: Hmm when I try to resize, parts of the picture keeps on getting cut out. Ah whatever.

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Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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Dec 2000
time: 06:34
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quote:
Originally posted by DataAeolus
EDIT: What is this Opera thing I saw in two or three desktops?

Simply the best Internet experience

(It's a browser/email client/news reader with popup blocker, spam filter and much more )

nostromo is offline nostromo
Prince
Montréal, Québec
Mar 2002
time: 00:34
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Originally posted by Oncle Boris


Are you a philosophy student at the UdM?


No, at UQAM. I'm also teaching undergraduates.

alva is offline alva
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Republic of Flanders
Sep 2001
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  Old Post 23-02-2004 04:01
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Any addresses for great desktop themes ?

quote:
I just noticed that Asher has the Mac user group icon.


Yeah, made me chuckle too when I noticed it

Az is offline Az
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MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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The kid on the avatar looking at the symbol unhappily is just the icing on the cake.

BustaMike is offline BustaMike
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You think you're better than me? You've been handling my ass pennies!!!
Nov 1999
time: 21:34
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Barinthus is offline Barinthus
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A Magical Moment...
Jan 2004
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Nasty one!

And UT2004 demo was awesome, just downloaded it last nite.

BustaMike is offline BustaMike
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You think you're better than me? You've been handling my ass pennies!!!
Nov 1999
time: 21:34
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Originally posted by DataAeolus
Nasty one!

And UT2004 demo was awesome, just downloaded it last nite.


Yes, UT2004 rules. If the game lives up to what the demo promises (which I'm sure it will) UT2004 will be the best FPS DM game ever by far. I love the Onslaught mode

Oh, and as for the desktop... I figure everyone should see the lyrics to the song that guy is from, hehe.

Dr. Piranha by Dog Fashion Disco

He rose up from a toilet,
Bearing gifts and bleeding from his ass,
And from his disinfected mausoleum,
He scrubbed his hands and prepared for surgery,
Inside the operating room he screamed,
I believe this patient is already dead,
The nurse's laughter echoed through the halls,
As the doctor lit a smoke and shook his head,

I've discovered another flaw in god's sick invention,
We have built a time machine to travel through other dimensions,

The mercitron engaged the patient in,
A defenseless war against brutality,
Angered by the latest turn of events,
The doctor felt he should part company,
Upon arrival on the planet mars,
While waiting for the mothership to come,
Dr. Piranha and his faithful disciples,
In orbit searched for a baboons heart,

We are what we are,
Christ clones are imprisoned,
In slave camps on a planet of trolls,
As coal mines and tar pits,
Are filled with dead astronauts,

Malpractice in the cosmos,
The garden of stars is filled with vengeful enemies,
Assassins and hitmen eagerly await orders for research subjects to be
purchased by the highest bidder,
I will be hunted for infinity,
Detected with a DNA radar they'll watch my every move,
The voices in my head will never cease,
Mocking me over and over and over again,

We are what we are,
Christ clones are imprisoned,
In slave camps on a planet of trolls,
As coal mines and tar pits,
Are filled with dead astronauts.

curtsibling is offline curtsibling
King
of the Kill!
May 2002
time: 05:34
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My current desktop craziness...

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Aeson is offline Aeson
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orangesoda
Nov 2001
time: 22:34
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I suppose I could have scaled things down a little more and not lost any detail...

Things which fail to detract attention from yourself, the job at hand, or your life are only boring if you are.

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alva is offline alva
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Republic of Flanders
Sep 2001
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Are you related to Diss???

Aeson is offline Aeson
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orangesoda
Nov 2001
time: 22:34
  Old Post 23-02-2004 06:02
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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

No, I just stole his avatar, scaled it up a bit, and put it on my desktop.

Inverse Icarus is offline Inverse Icarus
Emperor
flying too low to the ground
May 2001
time: 00:34
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this is old, but i'm too lazy to update.

Giancarlo is offline Giancarlo
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Los Angeles
Apr 2000
time: 02:34
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Hey Uber, you used digitalblasphemy backgrounds?

Inverse Icarus is offline Inverse Icarus
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flying too low to the ground
May 2001
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yeah. they rock.

Asher is offline Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
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Lesser people like monolith don't understand the skill it takes to pull off CGI like that.

monolith94 is offline monolith94
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New England
Jan 1970
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CGI is certainly as valid an artform as any other, it just so happens that in its infancy, it's done little more than suck majorly. Hopefully in 10 or so years, some really interesting stuff will be done with it.

Asher is offline Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
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I'm talking about skill. The skill it takes to pull off those beautiful images impresses me far more than color choice of crayons on napkins.

 
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