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Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 18, 2003, 03:20:42 pm
Meh, I'm bored.

Same old rules apply - please keep images compressed where possible (no BMPs please ;)).

To take a pic of your desktop - get it how you want it and press the "prntscreen" key. Then go into your favourite paint package, paste and save the image. Upload or attach to this thread and there you go.

I'll begin - same old Longhorn windows skin with a shiny image of Alucard and Ceres from Hellsing.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 18, 2003, 03:28:12 pm
YOU HAVE STOLEN MY WALLPAPER!








:p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 18, 2003, 03:35:14 pm
Well it's not all bad, hope you like your new title ;) (PM me if not...)

But lets not derail this after only 2 posts - desktops people!
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Drew on November 18, 2003, 03:54:50 pm
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ksickafoose/images/desk1.jpg)
www.digitalblasphemy.com :nod: and u thought whats his name was a good artist :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Solatar on November 18, 2003, 04:26:23 pm
Same old Mac hack thingy, but I cut the Aqua wallpaper.
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Solatar/desktop11.18.03.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 18, 2003, 04:31:16 pm
Same HOL paper as before. I'll eventually render my own background, when I get a comfortable work environment.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Stryke 9 on November 18, 2003, 05:04:21 pm
My desktop is only really visible on the infrared scale. I've found you can get some quite nice effects going if you stop being restricted to the normally visible spectrum.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Stealth on November 18, 2003, 05:17:03 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
My desktop is only really visible on the infrared scale. I've found you can get some quite nice effects going if you stop being restricted to the normally visible spectrum.


hehehe

Thunder, you forget that we can't upload attachments :)

(http://www.swooh.com/lorenzo/hlphosted/background.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Turnsky on November 18, 2003, 05:40:04 pm
(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Turnsky/Sketches/ascension1280.jpg)

i have a habit of using my latest works as a wallpaper...:p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Corhellion on November 18, 2003, 05:46:20 pm
I got it uploaded finally

Copy and paste this link

http://www.geocities.com/corhellion666/DT_Mine_latest.JPG

I must warn you, you might be faintly freaked out by it...

...Eye See You...

Cor
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Knight Templar on November 18, 2003, 07:31:50 pm
(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/KT/Halo.jpg)

which replaced..

(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/KT/Elisha.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Drew on November 18, 2003, 08:58:52 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/KT/Halo.jpg

which replaced..

http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/KT/Elisha.jpg

ummm....... Ud replace her with Halo 2??? :wtf:
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Corhellion on November 18, 2003, 09:03:07 pm
exactly my thinking Drew...Why KT!?!?! WHY?!?!?!!

*sobs*
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: phreak on November 18, 2003, 09:06:21 pm
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/phreak/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Stryke 9 on November 18, 2003, 09:28:35 pm
KT's just got this thing for men in power armor. Keeps slobbering on about the "creamy center", I dunno.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fury on November 18, 2003, 11:23:29 pm
I wonder how long I've had this wallpaper already. ^^
Desktop (http://mbnet.fi/fury/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Knight Templar on November 19, 2003, 01:46:35 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
KT's just got this thing for men in power armor. Keeps slobbering on about the "creamy center", I dunno.


Odd that you say that, because I had the Arthas/Lich King desktop after Elisha.. I just didn't feel like uploading it.

*sees a nasty trend comming
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ulala on November 19, 2003, 02:41:09 am
*crosses fingers*

I never have much luck with posting pictures. ;)

(http://server3.uploadit.org/files/191103-ulalasdesktop.jpg)

Whoa, it worked... w00t!
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 19, 2003, 02:44:31 am
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,18980.0.html

:D
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ulala on November 19, 2003, 02:46:14 am
Quote
Originally posted by TheCelestialOne
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,18980.0.html

:D


Yeah, just make sure there's no spaces in the name of the file you're uploading. ;) :p :o
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Setekh on November 19, 2003, 04:01:02 am
This is a shot I took of the roof of the hall where I had my high school formal (think prom... man am I sick of saying that). :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Sandwich on November 19, 2003, 05:25:20 am
I'm quite proud of my desktop, as it is a photo I took a few weeks ago. If any of you recall the lunar eclipse we had on the night of the 8th-9th of this month? Anyway, I was able to see it quite excellently from our balcony. But even with the 4x zoom on my camera, the moon just came out tiny. Then I remembered we had a very nice pair of binoculars with an adjustable 7x-20x zoom factor. ;7

So I set up the binoculars on the ledge around our balcony, propped up on some wooden blocks my brother helpfully brought out, and aligned it with TEH MOON!!12 Then it was "just" a matter of getting the digital camera positioned to see through the binocs, zooming with the camera as much as possible, and then zooming in the rest of the way with the binoc. Turned out that I couldn't get a good focus with them both at full zoom, though, so I had the camera at 2x and the binocs at around 15x.

SNAP! :D

The only processing I did after the picture was taken was to bring out the stars, which had gotten flooded out of the picture by the brightness of the moon.

So without further ado, I present to you The Partially Eclispsed Moon:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sandwich/images/desktop_20031119.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Setekh on November 19, 2003, 05:29:31 am
Dude, that's quite impressive - no postwork on the Moon! It really looks good. :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 19, 2003, 05:48:19 am
I agree, could we have the original? :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Setekh on November 19, 2003, 05:58:17 am
All 5 megapixels of it? ;)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Sandwich on November 19, 2003, 06:00:01 am
Sure, just a sec...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 19, 2003, 06:10:51 am
Sit back kids, and prepare yourselves for...

High-res!!
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Sandwich on November 19, 2003, 06:13:43 am
lol


Original pic #1, cropped, no post-processing.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Turnsky on November 19, 2003, 06:14:04 am
*puts ADSL modem in a freezer*
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Sandwich on November 19, 2003, 06:15:20 am
And Original Pic #2, a 3-second exposure to bring out the shadowed part of the moon.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Gloriano on November 19, 2003, 06:57:45 am
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/hig/yuabg1-1280.jpg)

i using until i find better or make one;)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Devils_Hitman on November 19, 2003, 06:59:17 am
(http://members.iinet.net.au/~meloury/devils_hitman/untitled.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 20, 2003, 08:54:36 pm
Well, I'm hella-late for this, and it's a bump, but...

(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/qm/pub/snipes/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Knight Templar on November 20, 2003, 08:58:39 pm
Careful there trigger fingers.. :p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 20, 2003, 09:13:21 pm
I made sure not to show details... only 2 turrets are scarecly visible... :p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: StratComm on November 20, 2003, 09:14:13 pm
So that's what happened to that ship.  It was made but then dissapeared, and I was wondering where it had gone.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 20, 2003, 09:16:11 pm
I textured it, and put on turrets, but the turrets are giving me grief. They don't work, and are ignored in FRED... Don't know why...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: StratComm on November 20, 2003, 10:35:52 pm
Are they set up properly and named to match your entries in the tables?  I could probably debug it in 10 minutes tops if you like.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: JC Denton on November 20, 2003, 11:44:13 pm
(http://quantium40.port5.com/images/desktop_new.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 21, 2003, 11:43:33 am
Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
Are they set up properly and named to match your entries in the tables?  I could probably debug it in 10 minutes tops if you like.


They are... and you'd have to ask KT if you can... It's not for my mod...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: TrashMan on November 21, 2003, 11:52:27 am
Is that Carl?:D
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Martinus on November 21, 2003, 03:53:08 pm
[color=66ff00]No, Carl has a medallion around his.... 'neck' so that we can identify him plus he only attacks trolls for the most part which is damn picky for a Shivan if you think about it.
[/color]
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 21, 2003, 03:55:01 pm
When ever I down a Manticore or something I always hope I didn't get Carl. I mean... does he fly regularly or what? Am I going to be able to tell if I'm shooting at him?
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Martinus on November 21, 2003, 04:21:07 pm
[color=66ff00]Look for the fighter with 'pimp daddy' scrawled on the side in something resembling blood... something resembling blood right down to the molecular level. Actually I'm going to assume it is blood.
[/color]
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: aldo_14 on November 21, 2003, 04:28:47 pm
Either that or he really needs to go to a proctologist........
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Stunaep on November 21, 2003, 04:43:58 pm
I don't understand people with 200+ ICQ lists. If I've got more than 60 people in mine, I start deleting 'em.

That said,

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/lmarshal/Woosha2.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Admiral LSD on November 23, 2003, 08:25:38 pm
Mine's virtually the same as last time:

Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Deepblue on November 23, 2003, 11:05:16 pm
(http://server4.uploadit.org/files/241103-desktop pic.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: StratComm on November 24, 2003, 12:04:34 am
I just noticed, is one of those Claymores upside down?
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Corhellion on November 24, 2003, 05:02:44 am
...*looks at pic with the claymores*

...Well...I'll be damned...1 is up-side down. :lol:

I thought 2 were...but it was just a reflection of the sun on the hull (2nd closest fighter, very small reflection near the front looks like a cockpit)


(Edit: whoa...600 posts...I need to post more often I think :D /:Edit)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 24, 2003, 10:28:09 pm
Heard of the Yellow Submarine? Well, here's the Yellow Battlecruiser! Under attack from a red Vagyr Battlecruiser I might add.

(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/excellence/yellow.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Deepblue on November 25, 2003, 09:38:41 am
Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
I just noticed, is one of those Claymores upside down?

Yes.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: an0n on November 25, 2003, 09:50:27 am
/me is using this:
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/achilles2.jpg)
I was going for that EMP look. And thanks to the appauling JPEG compression I used to tard it up some, the file's only 18kb.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: übermetroid on November 25, 2003, 10:38:11 am
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/ubermetroid/background.jpg)

:D
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 25, 2003, 11:02:33 am
Quote
Originally posted by ubermetroid
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/ubermetroid/background.jpg)

:D



that car should never be put under mods....its bad.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: übermetroid on November 25, 2003, 01:07:54 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Ashrak



that car should never be put under mods....its bad.


:confused: Why do you say that?  Sure it only has a 120hp engine, but with the AWD it is a super fun car to drive!  And the fact that you can get a good one for under 1000$ makes it an exclent car if you want to learn to rally...   :D

Not that I would do much else with one, they suck on the street (unless it is wet!)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Joey_21 on November 25, 2003, 03:01:20 pm
denebsystem.250free.com/desktop.jpg

(http://denebsystem.250free.com/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Galemp on November 25, 2003, 03:52:12 pm
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/fsport/misc/desktop.jpg)
Yes, that's Windows XP.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: StratComm on November 25, 2003, 04:05:42 pm
Joey... Woah.  That's cool.

Galemp... traitor :p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Corhellion on November 25, 2003, 04:07:50 pm
ARGH!!!!!! MAC OSX!!!!! KILL IT!!!! KILL IT!!!!! IT BURNS!!!! BURNS!!!!!

*his eyes combust into flames*

ARGH!!!!!

...hmmm...on a related note:

(http://cor_renders.danmattia.net/Renders/DT_Mine_latest.JPG)

Phear My desktop (can an Admin delete my other post with the link to the same pic?)

Cor
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Knight Templar on November 25, 2003, 06:23:41 pm
Why does that seem 'gross' ?
Title: great...
Post by: Star Dragon on November 25, 2003, 06:51:41 pm
You just reminded me, I HAVE to find some Victoria Celes hentai...
:mad:

     Ok, as for MY desktop...same as last year (why mess with Perferction?) Man that's funny, look at the pic while saying that...

http://photo.starblvd.net/Star_Dragon/3-1-1-1038420732?m=0&pg=2&ro=0&co=0

BTW:  Maybe we can get Carl a custom fighter? I remember the robotech project made a perseus or Herc with pink fuzzy dice and a pimp license plate... Maybe if we do it up in Shivan colors he would like it?  Thoughts? (maybe I'll try it)... ;)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Solatar on November 25, 2003, 06:56:03 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Galemp
*snip*
Yes, that's Windows XP.


Yay, another person who has a Mac Poser!:D

You want a more Mac like skin for Object-dock? I have it around here somewhere, I'll upload if I can find it.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fractux on November 25, 2003, 07:47:04 pm
One name: Bedard. :)

(http://www3.sympatico.ca/kbros/dsktp.jpg)

Cheers!
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 25, 2003, 08:07:26 pm
IS that that cartoon that's on Cartoon network?
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fractux on November 25, 2003, 08:13:23 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
IS that that cartoon that's on Cartoon network?


Nope - Bedard is an artist:

http://www.postershop.com/artist/bedard_e.htm

Check the link for his other works.

That picture is entitled, "Ship of Fools".

Cheers!
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Taristin on November 25, 2003, 08:21:10 pm
Yeah, there's a cg cartoon on Cartoon network by this guy. I saw 10 minutes of it once... It was, odd.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fractux on November 25, 2003, 08:31:40 pm
From his drawings, I would assume it would be rather strange. I don't like most of his stuff, but this one I like a lot.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 26, 2003, 04:47:34 am
Say, can you guys point my in the direction of that MAC skin stuff? I like the dock idea and so forth - but can't for the life of me get the damn stuff working. Any help would be great :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 26, 2003, 06:24:56 am
Actually, does anybody know of any site where I can download skins for Windows XP??? I remember seeing my friend's desktop. It was very different from the standard design but it was still Windows XP. Some scheme or something.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Styxx on November 26, 2003, 06:27:39 am
Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Yeah, there's a cg cartoon on Cartoon network by this guy. I saw 10 minutes of it once... It was, odd.


It's called Sitting Ducks. I think it's rather funny, myself. The episode where the alligator starts using "duck patches" to try not to eat the duck is hilarious.

:p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Galemp on November 26, 2003, 06:32:01 am
Kalfirethunder: I'm working on a page which has all the necessary downloads and instructions, but for now you'll have to use Iceman's site (http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/) and ObjectDock. (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 26, 2003, 06:37:27 am
Cheers, I'll try to make head and tail of it :)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Sandwich on November 26, 2003, 09:52:13 am
Don't forget to disconnect your second mouse button. :doubt:
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Turnsky on November 29, 2003, 06:14:27 am
(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Turnsky/turnskydesk.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on November 29, 2003, 06:16:50 am
Mine changed. Roar.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 06:20:20 am
Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Turnsky/turnskydesk.jpg)


mmmmm LWG one of the not so great renders :p
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 08:25:41 am
(http://www.imagination.t-designs.net/Image1.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 08:53:08 am
Changed my wallpaper again...everybody loves the NX-01. Why?

(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/excellence/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 08:56:18 am
i like my desktop piccie cuz i made it 10 min ago hihi
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 08:57:37 am
Where did you get your Enterprise mesh from? SciFi Meshes.Com?
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 09:00:02 am
i dont remembre...but it was made by a guy called KennyZ
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 09:01:19 am
Well, there must be somewhere you downloaded it from...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 09:01:56 am
about a year ago...how am i suposed to remembre where i got it from :/
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 09:02:56 am
A year ago?! Wow. Make it fire a few photon torpedoes and I want a copy.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Gloriano on November 29, 2003, 09:35:35 am
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/hig/FFXII.jpg)

some artwork from FFXII as my wallpaper
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 10:18:03 am
Woah...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 10:19:19 am
Quote
Originally posted by Ashrak
i like my desktop piccie cuz i made it 10 min ago hihi


Erm..I hate to point this out to you, Ashrak, but your NX-01 is flying with what? The impulse engines seem to be offline. Only the warp nacelles are active.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on November 29, 2003, 11:11:15 am
uhm wtf :p


EDIT: Fixed on pic ;)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: NeoHunter on November 29, 2003, 06:14:18 pm
Hahaha...:)

By the way, do you know how to make nice photon torpedo effects?
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Alikchi on December 03, 2003, 06:08:43 pm
Bump!

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/desktop.jpg)

Obscures the wallpaper, I know, but I'm lazy.
Title: Chang0r3d
Post by: Joey_21 on December 03, 2003, 06:12:24 pm
denebsystem.250free.com/desktop2.jpg

(http://denebsystem.250free.com/desktop2.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Stealth on December 03, 2003, 06:22:06 pm
heeey joey, how's it going.  been a while!

Send me a PM.
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 04, 2003, 11:50:57 am
(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/images/desktop.jpg)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Ashrak on December 04, 2003, 12:38:27 pm
Quote
Originally posted by NeoHunter
Hahaha...:)

By the way, do you know how to make nice photon torpedo effects?



yup
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Fineus on December 04, 2003, 01:13:56 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Corhellion


http://cor_renders.danmattia.net/Renders/DT_Mine_latest.JPG

Could I have the link to that image? I've always loved the look of eyes...

Oh... and yet another new one...
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: TrashMan on December 09, 2003, 06:16:39 pm
Here's mine!

Sorry you don't see it completely, but I used this pic to show someone something anyway, and I didn't feel like uploading a new one!
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Trashman/Pics/Desktop.JPG)
Title: Desktop Thread - November 2003
Post by: Corhellion on December 09, 2003, 07:00:07 pm
Sure Kal! Just give credit to Nobilis Draco from Warpstorm, here's the original topic: http://www.warpstorm.com/showthread.php?threadid=3281