Matricians: Show your desktops! (Not dial-up friendly!)

[ASR]

ACTUAL WINDOW EDITION doesn't look as cool at night, when the rest of the room is dark and my screen is still a photo of a bright wall and cords.

[Johncarllos]

If I had more behind my screen I could do that decently....
It's really just a wall though.

[ChaosVortex]

WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?

[preventerWIND]

PIME TARADOX!

*smashes head on desk*

[Mikero]

That wouldn't work with my laptop, but I could try making it look as if I'm looking into a mirror...

I might investigate this further...

[ASR]

That was one of my other ideas.

[Mikero]

EASY FOR YOU TO SAY NOW!

[ASR]

I ALSO THOUGHT OF CHAIRS AND TELEVISION BUT I NEVER SPEAK UP EARLY ENOUGH

[Mikero]

Everyone hears about Edison but you never hear about the SECOND guy who thought up the light bulb.

[ASR]

I heard the lightbulb was already created, but Edison was the first one to patent it and claim it as his own.

[Mikero]

Probably.

And to be fair, EVERYONE thought of the light bulb just like everyone's thought of the flying car.

[The Otaku]

Here's my desktop. The Fighter Ace is my dad's, he likes plane games. And unfortunately I'm still stuck with Windows XP. And now you know where I got my avatar.

[ASR]

Windows XP is better than Vista.

[The Otaku]

That's what my dad said. He said Vista looks better, but it's actually loaded with crap. I can't say because I've never used it. He's had experience because he's a computer technician, but I think Vista looks awesome.

[Johncarllos]

Vista is good if you shut everything off.
I do that.

[Mikero]

Then isn't it just basically Windows XP?

[Johncarllos]

Yes, but prettier with faster searching.

Anyone who runs all the crap that come with Vista is a tool.

[ASR]

Then they shouldn't sell it with all that crap. I don't want to have to manually turn off a bunch of programs to use my computer.

[Johncarllos]

Here are the programs that run when I start up my computer.
-Java
-touchpad software
-Windows Explorer
-a few little windows background things.

That's it.

[Mikero]

That's a rather invasive and expensive XP patch.

[Johncarllos]

It came on the Machine.
I might as well be using XP though, hell even all the little monitors that Vista would normally run aren't on.

HAY GUYZ!!!!

[Mikero]

Originally I read "I came on the Machine" and wondered what the hell would be that exciting about your list of processes. Why am I looking at a list of your processes?

[Johncarllos]

I dunno, because people run more of XP then I do on Vista?
Just trying to convey my point AND show how I operate (show desktop, close enough).

[ASR]

XP runs fine with more of the processes running than Vista does with fewer.

Even though that's a blind statement and I can't back it up, I enjoy sounding knowledgeable on the subject and will pretend that I'm right.

[Johncarllos]

It's true though, because Vista always has it's unused RAM doing SOMETHING on the side, whether it be getting ready for a search, or actually not in use at all. It's kind of annoying.
Anyways, it's okay.

[ASR]

If it makes you feel any better I think computers in general were a step in the wrong direction for society, regardless of how much I enjoy them.

[Johncarllos]

I see what you mean, but I too thoroughly enjoy them.

[The Otaku]

Computers are the best. They give you access to anything.

[ASR]

Once again, bad move.

[The Otaku]

Well, yeah, access to anything is bad. But I don't think computers are bad, it's just the internet.

[ASR]

Computers are the best. They give you access to anything.

And how do computeres give you access to anything? Oh, I do believe it's the internet.

Anyway, I'm hardly serious. I've just always wondered how society would be if nobody ever thought computers would be a good idea. Of course it's only natural evolution that we created them and it was probably unavoidable.

[The Otaku]

Well you can blame human curiousity for it unavoidability.

[Johncarllos]

Otaku, Rare candies are the worst way to level up a Pokemon, they don't get better stats, just attacks and possibly evolution.

[The Otaku]

The only thing you can feed these stupid PokePlushies are Rare Candies.

[ASR]

You'd better have a good dentist because I can guarantee you'll get at least one cavity.

[Mikero]

Stupid is right.

Anyway if no one thought of computers there would be nothing man-made in space, not MRI machines and a whole #####-load of other medical marvels, crap TV broadcasting, grainy movie quality, and much worse ways to make music portable (some kind of of mobile record player?) so I'll take my world of computers, thanks.

[The Otaku]

I won't get a cavity, Darkrai will. And even if he did I wouldn't be able to find a dentist that would operate on a fictional pet.

[Johncarllos]

...
It's called the delete button.

[Mikero]

If it was a Digimon instead of a Pokemon, he'd need a computer.

And then he'd just CUT and PASTE in a filling!

[ASR]

COMPUTERS ARE AWESOME I WAS MAKING A HYPOCRITICALLY CYNICAL COMMENT

[The Otaku]

I hate Digimon. I'd take a fat Psyduck over those weird creatures anyday.

[ASR]

Digimon rock.

[Mikero]

Digimon aren't any bit more or less weird than Pokemon...

[Johncarllos]

Digimon freaking rule.
I like the first 4 seasons.

[ASR]

First 3, I'll give it.

[The Otaku]

Sure Pokemon is just as weird as Digimon, but Pokemon is a bigger franchise and it's much more popular. The Digimon people copied Pokemon's distinct name anyway. Dumb biters.

I used to wake up at seven in the morning just to watch Digimon on the TV in my mom's room. And then some Digimon went and made a loud battle cry, making my mom wake up and kick my buttox. I've hated Digimon ever since.

[Mikero]

Right. Digimon came out before Pokemon during the Tamagotchi age. Digimon started out as a Tamagotchi-like pet thing but you could hook two of them up and they'd fight and get exp.

First 3, I'll give it.

2.

If that means the original team and the second team with Davis and ##### that came after the movie.

[ASR]

The first two seasons are with the original team. That means the Devimon story arc and then the Etemon story arc. I watched these religiously.
Season 3 was with the new team, and I never really followed that one thoroughly but it didn't look bad.
Season 4 was that Tamers nonsense and I hated it.

Posted on:  6 June 2008, 01:44:30

Wait, now I'm confused.
I just checked online and apparently Season 1 is 54 episodes and Etemon is on the 15th episode so there are a LOT more than I thought.

I never knew it was on DVD. Amazing.

[Mikero]

I don't remember what Etemon was but the first team didn't finish until the movie, which bridged the gap between both teams. Before the movie it was a lot of stuff about them using those medallion things to digivolve to ultimate or whatever.

[ChaosVortex]

Y'see, I never got into DigiMon, therefore I never liked it. And the fact that the fans in Elementary school were pretentious didn't help either.

I was really liking PokeMon at the time and collecting the cards. I remember a group of kids playing the DigiMon card game (which I heard sucked BTW), and I asked if any of them played PokeMon. I heard something on the lines of "HA! Who plays PokeMon? Everyone plays DigiMon now. Get with the times."

There were like, three kids in the group. A VERY weak statement. Especially when I knew at least ten kids at the school brought their cards to school every week.