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This is a link post Story of the most viewed photograph in history.
This is the story of "Bliss", the photograph that was the default wallpaper for Windows XP and the man to made it. Nice little interview.

The video is kind of slow going, but interesting if you're into photography.
(I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:29, Reply)
This is a normal post More viewed the Che "I look good on a T-Shirt" Guevara or that Vietnamese girl running from a napalmed village?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Who would have that as their background wallpaper??
Oh wait, Talk. Of course.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Microsoft sold over a billion XP licenses
Even if only half of them changed their wallpaper that's still a shit-ton of people who saw it every single day of their working lives.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:47, Reply)
This is a normal post True but Viewed implies people chose to look it at rather than a passive acceptance hidden behind an excel sheet.
By that logic this is the most listened to piece of music in the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQzUx3QW2Y#t=12
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 11:42, Reply)
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So you take my response and infer that not one of the people who had it as their desktop wallpaper ever looked at it and thought about it in some way? None of them ever formed an opinion on it?
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 13:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes.

(I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:05, Reply)
This is a normal post It's only the most 'viewed' photograph in history
because half of humanity were forced to look at it on our Windows desktops. No merit to the photograph whatsoever. It was only used because it doesn't contain anything.
 (I helped save b3ta! Harpago ¯\(°_o)/¯, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:47, Reply)
This is a normal post The word 'viewed' does indeed imply choice on behalf of the viewer.

(mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:49, Reply)
This is a normal post What do you mean, no merit to the photograph?
It was chosen out of countless photographs the billions of people on earth make everyday to be the very face of the most widely distributed operating system at a time in technological history when the personal computer became a standard household item in almost every home in the developed and developing world.

How is that no merit to the photograph?

It contains a rolling hill, a blue sky and clouds. They are the subject of the photograph.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Why are we thanking him?
I always thought it was a fucking boring photo.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9:50, Reply)
This is a normal post ...boring, but also GC

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This is a normal post Hard crowd to please today
And every other day
 (I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:11, Reply)
This is a normal post I love you

(I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:17, Reply)
This is a normal post No youn are

(I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Microsoft could launch a local augmented- reality attraction
to recreate the XP desktop experience
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:28, Reply)
This is a normal post you know when a photograph reminds you of a particular piece of music?
Well for some reason the XP hills music reminds me of the Village theme in Wonderboy in Monster World www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xMuz_ZRuE
 (I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Same location, some time later:


Click for huge!
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 10:55, Reply)
This is a normal post I prefer boobs.

(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 12:26, Reply)
This is a normal post who doesnt.

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 13:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Gary G.
He prefers preboobs.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Wed 18 Feb 2015, 14:57, Reply)
This is a normal post The first thing i would do after installing windows would be to change the desktop background.

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