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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Solatar on April 05, 2003, 06:25:23 pm

Title: custom windows
Post by: Solatar on April 05, 2003, 06:25:23 pm

http://www.wincustomize.com cool.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/hades/desktop.jpg)

Title: custom windows
Post by: Ulundel on April 05, 2003, 06:48:20 pm

Looks nice but eats the system memory like chocolate cookies. With milk.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Solatar on April 05, 2003, 06:59:13 pm

yeah, it is a big bad purple system eater...

But I never use much of my system stuff except when playing games.

Title: custom windows
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on April 05, 2003, 07:03:41 pm

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Originally posted by Solatar
yeah, it is a big bad purple system eater...

ummmmmmmmm... purple....

Title: custom windows
Post by: Solatar on April 05, 2003, 08:12:14 pm

yeah..the Purple People Eater's cousin...

Don't tell me you haven't heard of the Purple People Eater:D

Title: custom windows
Post by: Kamikaze on April 05, 2003, 08:21:13 pm

I use litestep, nice 'cause it doesn't take more memory than explorer does.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Fetty on April 05, 2003, 09:56:10 pm

i knew a program wich generated moving nebulae for desktop backroud
forgot name thou :(

Title: custom windows
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 05, 2003, 10:14:21 pm

Quick Flash fix and an active desktop?

As for this stuff:  Been there, briefly done that. Waste of time, memory hog, pain in the ass to set up, and actually reduces your usable desktop space. Also, buggy as hell, and a buggy attachment in a position to corrupt your OS is a very bad thing indeed. I took it off after about ten minutes of trying to make it not suck too much worse than the ordinary Windows setup.

Title: custom windows
Post by: deep_eyes on April 05, 2003, 10:24:13 pm

aston wasnt a bad windesktop either...

Title: custom windows
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 06, 2003, 12:45:36 am

I tried this once (with LiteStep, IIRC) and wasn't terribly fond of the fact that it didn't actually replace Explorer but rather ran on to of it. Combined with the fact that I've never had a serious enough of a problem with the default UI of any version of Windows (even XP) to warrant replacing it I haven't tried it again since.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 06, 2003, 03:31:40 am

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Originally posted by Solatar
yeah..the Purple People Eater's cousin...

Don't tell me you haven't heard of the Purple People Eater:D

The real question is, is the Purple People Eater a monster who eats Purple People, or a Purple monster who eats People? :nervous:

Title: custom windows
Post by: Stunaep on April 06, 2003, 04:06:42 am

okay, you could just do that with WinXP, yes?

Which is about as purple as the winoptimizer for resources.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Ulundel on April 06, 2003, 06:07:29 am

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
The real question is, is the Purple People Eater a monster who eats Purple People, or a Purple monster who eats People? :nervous:

Now who said it's a monster?

Title: custom windows
Post by: Odyssey on April 06, 2003, 06:38:56 am

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Originally posted by Ulundel


Now who said it's a monster?

Maybe it's a hyperferocious shade of the colour purple? :drevil:

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 06, 2003, 01:35:56 pm

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Originally posted by Ulundel


Now who said it's a monster?

Well, he has one eye and three horns and he flies.  Sounds monster-like to me.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Stunaep on April 06, 2003, 01:48:36 pm

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Well, he has one eye and three horns and he flies.  Sounds monster-like to me.

Haven't you heard? It's the inner beauty that matters.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sandwich on April 06, 2003, 06:27:25 pm

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Originally posted by Stryke 9
As for this stuff:  Been there, briefly done that. Waste of time, memory hog, pain in the ass to set up, and actually reduces your usable desktop space.

Ditto. :doubt:

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Well, he has one eye and three horns and he flies.  Sounds monster-like to me.

Three horns? AFAIK the song is "...one eyed, one horned, giant purple people eater..." :wtf:

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 06, 2003, 10:32:02 pm

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Originally posted by Sandwich

Three horns? AFAIK the song is "...one eyed, one horned, giant purple people eater..." :wtf:

Well, I know it as one eyed, three horned, flying purple people eater.  Either way, the Great Question remains: a purple monster who eats people or a monster who eats purple people?

Title: custom windows
Post by: Solatar on April 06, 2003, 11:07:00 pm

One of life's many unanswered questions.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Galemp on April 07, 2003, 12:37:11 am

It eats purple people. Listen to the whole song. :D

Title: custom windows
Post by: Goober5000 on April 07, 2003, 01:27:54 am

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Well, I know it as one eyed, three horned, flying purple people eater.  Either way, the Great Question remains: a purple monster who eats people or a monster who eats purple people?

I heard it as "one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater".  Looks like a trip to the Archive of Misheard Lyrics is in order. :nod:

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sandwich on April 07, 2003, 06:58:08 am

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Well, I know it as one eyed, three horned, flying purple people eater.  Either way, the Great Question remains: a purple monster who eats people or a monster who eats purple people?

Methinks you're getting it mixed up with the Book of Revelations, with the seven-horned beast. :p

Title: custom windows
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 07, 2003, 05:57:46 pm

You're both wrong.


It's four-horned. Sounds better that way anyway.

Title: custom windows
Post by: Goober5000 on April 07, 2003, 06:07:02 pm

:p

http://www.shebwooley.com/ppe.htm

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sesquipedalian on April 07, 2003, 11:42:34 pm

Egad!  The mystery, it has been solved!  'Tis a monster who eats purple people!

But now a greater mystery arises...

Where does the Purple People Eater find purple people to eat? :nervous:

(When I was a wee lad of only 4, my parents told me that in the province of Quebec the people were purple.   But I've been to Quebec many a time since then, and never a once have I seen a purple person there.  The New Great Mystery of the Location of the Purple People™ remains unsolved...)

Title: custom windows
Post by: Sandwich on April 08, 2003, 06:56:03 am

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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Egad!  The mystery, it has been solved!  'Tis a monster who eats purple people!

But now a greater mystery arises...

Where does the Purple People Eater find purple people to eat? :nervous:

(When I was a wee lad of only 4, my parents told me that in the province of Quebec the people were purple.   But I've been to Quebec many a time since then, and never a once have I seen a purple person there.  The New Great Mystery of the Location of the Purple People™ remains unsolved...)

No, they all got into music. Look right here (http://www.okehamptonband.co.uk/about_us.htm), at the bottom.