03-19-2006, 11:37 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quite possibly the coolest thing ever. Live wallpaper of the Earth!
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03-19-2006, 11:37 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Just a tip. to get live updated cloud formations, right click in the tray to open up a menu and set it to update. It updates the cloud formations every 3 hours.
Last edited by Calgary Flames; 03-19-2006 at 11:58 PM.
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03-20-2006, 12:33 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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I downloaded it, wow it is really neat. I can't tell if it's actually changing because I can't sit and watch it. I'll check tomorrow.
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03-20-2006, 12:37 AM
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THE Chuck Storm
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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That's cool shizz...Nice find CF...
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03-20-2006, 01:17 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Do I need this on my start up programs in order for it to work.
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03-20-2006, 02:12 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hong Kong
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Jeez Jordon... nice find, but judging by your icons you're an evil evil movie downloader!
bwhahah
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03-20-2006, 05:31 AM
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One of the Nine
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This is driving me crazy. It just wont work for me. IT claims to be running, but my desktop is still the same as before. I've uninstalled it and reinstalled it, and when I uninstall, it turns my screen to no desktop (just blue).
Anyone?
ps, the windows menus are in italian (not fluent, yet), so it's difficult to poke around without screwing something up.
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03-20-2006, 07:52 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Moncton NB
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this is amazing..thanks Jordan
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03-20-2006, 08:32 AM
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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thats cool!
anyone know how to lose the bars around my desktop icons so that it looks like jordon's pic above?
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03-20-2006, 09:17 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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off Topic I guess, but Calgary Flames, what version of Windows to you use to get the really rounded out Start menu and stuff like that? It almost looks like the screenshots of Vista?
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03-20-2006, 09:31 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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like 4X4, I'm having the same problem. How do I change my current desktop to the space one?
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03-20-2006, 10:34 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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I don't think this is really "live".
There is an image for every month to accurately depict snow and foliage changes, and the night view is simply stunning.
The cloud image bundled with Deskop Earth is (obviously) static, but selecting "Cloud Updates" from the systray menu and enabling automatic updates will retrieve a semi-realtime cloud image from the Internet.
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03-20-2006, 10:57 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Cool.
But I don't really understand this Active Desktop vs. Regular Wallpaper option.
Can anyone explain what the Active Desktop does?
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03-20-2006, 11:07 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Cool, but it is a pointless waste of resources.
What can you expect from a cooler drinker? 
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03-20-2006, 11:27 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Day of Defeat? Time to go out and get BF2 my friend. I too would be interested in how you altered your tool bar like that.
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03-20-2006, 11:38 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by icarus
Cool.
But I don't really understand this Active Desktop vs. Regular Wallpaper option.
Can anyone explain what the Active Desktop does?
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Active desktop allows HTML elements to become part of the wallpaper, similar to widgets. It never really caught on (as far as I know) because it used some system resources and a few security alerts. Every tweak guide I ever saw said to turn it off. Overall, it is supposed to allow you to use some 'dynamic' wallpapers (like this).
And I think this wallpaper has been around for quite a while, but this is a new/better version. I saw it a few days ago under the heading "If you haven't looked at this in a while..."
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03-20-2006, 01:47 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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The earth image itself isn't live. But the time line is and more importantly the cloud formations are set to update live every 3 hours.
waste of resources? It's like 4kb of ram being used. Woooooooow Buff, you're a tool.
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03-20-2006, 01:48 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by icarus
Cool.
But I don't really understand this Active Desktop vs. Regular Wallpaper option.
Can anyone explain what the Active Desktop does?
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I never liked Active desktop. Just do the regular desktop. There's no difference really.
and BF2...... sucks
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03-20-2006, 01:49 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Day of Defeat? Time to go out and get BF2 my friend. I too would be interested in how you altered your tool bar like that.
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I got ahold of "Windows Blinds" it's a program to skin your windows.
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