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# OK, Ladies and Gents
This is perhaps as geeky as you can want on a Monday morning...

I was observing how disgustingly cluttered my desktop was, and how it needed a good clean, Also, it had been saying something about Active Desktop Recovery for something like 3 months.

Anyone normal would just tidy up and restore the desktop, oh, no... not me.

For some reason I've found it necessary to take a screen shot of the desktop and, after re-locating all those poor orphaned icons and files, load the screen shot as my desktop... meaning it has the impact of the dirty place it formerly was, but with none of the functionality.

It's all very postmodern.

Geekier still, I'm telling y'all about it, and pondering if it's more geeky yet again to have a screen shot of someone else's ugly desktop as your wallpaper... Obviously, if you're as geeky as me, you'd snap up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Then again, it's unlikely...

g'wan - Save As Background...

Here it is

edit: ooh! If peeps wanna upload their desktops, I may make nice online collection of other people's desktops... sounds like fun, no?
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:25, archived)
# uh?
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:26, archived)
# croydon
?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:27, archived)
# yesh,
I work for the council... marketing and stuff.
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:27, archived)
# ahhh
I hear screenshotting the desktop then removing all the icons is a good April Fools Joke to play on the boss.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:29, archived)
# hehe, I used to do
something similar as a kid, but using Klik 'n' Play (if anyone remembers that) to add lots of nice blue-screeney error messages...
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:30, archived)
# Not as good as full screening photoshop (F, and then hit tab)
into a format your disk drive picture, hacking an action so when they click it says "Insert drive into A:/ for backup)". Oh the joys.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:31, archived)
# your quite
annoying really. Nobody is as geeky as thou
(I helped save b3ta! ProfHawking Lalalalala BANG!! Run! dammit, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:28, archived)
# uh oh
...

edit: There it is.
\/
(I helped save b3ta! Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:28, archived)
# you're
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:30, archived)
# .
you pedantic bastard :P
(I helped save b3ta! ProfHawking Lalalalala BANG!! Run! dammit, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:31, archived)
# I
thank you :D

Stick around guys, I'm here all week...
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:32, archived)
# as if we have anywhere else to go...
:)
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:33, archived)
# ????
you mean we are actually allowed to leave?
(I helped save b3ta! Kris Fucking Kristofferson, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:52, archived)
# just
wondering why your desktop had a folder ominously marked "croydon" ; tho the bubble bobbles cute ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Flamebunny i only have eyes for ewe, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:28, archived)
# You are weird
Have my home one though:

homepage.ntlworld.com/fenrisuk/images/ScreenShot1.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:29, archived)
# TY,
I may start a collection, y'know...
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:31, archived)
# wooo.. (right click, save as)
I have new wallpaper.
geeking out totally, I now have Firefox and thunderbird om my home machine too...

Next job this morning, reghack and set "nodesktop" to true.

That'll knacker IT support......
(Dangermouse., Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:30, archived)
# Reminds me of the DOS days....
setdircmd=0

Put that into the config.sys.

then, when ever any user types DIR to get a directory listing, it says: "File not found."

Class.... :)
(Mr Joe Bangles, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:43, archived)
# woo to upsetting support services....
bunch of twunts....

been waiting for authorisation to DL and install firefox for a week now......
(Dangermouse., Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)
# That looks rather tidy to me.

Heres
mine
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:31, archived)
# Yay!
More! More!
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:35, archived)
# But I only have the one desktop

/attempt at humour
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:36, archived)
# The Southpark Joke's on miine too.
Always a treat.
(I helped save b3ta! chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:38, archived)
# It's a tricky problem...
But I think I can get 'em on rotation...

oh dear, it's getting worse.
(Aphasian, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:39, archived)
# Ooh
I'd like the b3ta background
(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:36, archived)
# You want me to upload it for you?
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:37, archived)
# yes please
(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:38, archived)
# Have you got
teh uplaod codez?

ahem... sorry
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:42, archived)
# yes
49p

sorry

(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:43, archived)
# OK
you get a proper LOL for that and I am going for a fag.

Well played sir :)
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:44, archived)
# I have....
(Mr Joe Bangles, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:46, archived)
# Sorry it took so long Windows Explorer crashed on me 7 times.

I hope you appreciate the effort;)

clicky

Oh and its a 3 Mb bmp.
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:49, archived)
# Very nice
but surely you could .jpg it?

Edit: Here you go www.fenris.me.uk/images/b3ta/b3ta_desktop.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:52, archived)
# Cheers and yes I could

/lazy fucker.
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:55, archived)
# My
mouth is squeeking o_O

Surely it'd have been less lazy to spend the literally 30 secs I took converting that to jpg than to upload 3mb worth of .bmp? But I guess if that's on a college site you have bandwidth to burn :)
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:57, archived)
# No and yes

Our connection is bloody amazing!

All thanks to SUPER Janet
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 12:02, archived)
# Yeah
she's great.

*sighs*
(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 12:12, archived)
# Cheers


That's splendid.
(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:56, archived)
# No problamo!
(I helped save b3ta! Danblez, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 12:02, archived)
# I like that you have
media files beginning "Deodato"... Also sprach Zarathustra?
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:40, archived)
# ELAINE PAGE. ELAINE PAGE!!!!!!
I know him so well. Hope that's some dodgy movie of her getting it up the gary and not the song!!!
(BadgerPirate, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:41, archived)
# Ans what are we to make
of "Weekid.avi"?
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:49, archived)
# noticed the
elaine paige mp3.

oh dear...
(sunny chiba, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:43, archived)
# it's quite a common "trick"
although admittedly not generally one you do to yourself

maybe you should give yourself a blue screen of death screensaver and turn all your drawers upside down as well?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:31, archived)
# glasscock
(I helped save b3ta! GTA, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:32, archived)
# Frankly, my dear,

(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:33, archived)
# Flying Fuck?
Look at 'em go! Dirty shit-eating bastards.
(I helped save b3ta! chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:37, archived)
# That's it -- talk dirty.
It turns them on.
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:50, archived)
# I did this once
and for months I wondered why my Bin was broke. Was using the "Stop Looking at my screen" desktop. Ha.
(I helped save b3ta! Smokey Bacon Crisps smell good, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:34, archived)
# good old prank that...
used to pull that one as a prank.

create a folder on desktop, take a screenshot of the desktop, then dmp al the icons into the folder.

Set screenshot as background.

User returns to pc to find no icons work, apart from the new folder....
(Mr Joe Bangles, Mon 21 Jun 2004, 11:41, archived)