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

[ChaosVortex]

I read, "Bull#####bull#####bull#####bull#####".

[Mikero]

I read a combo of both.

[Edgecrusher]

I'm also pretty sure he's confused regarding his "rights".

[ChaosVortex]

It's alright. He justified why he steals. That makes it okay.

[Fatso]

Yeah, this place is pretty uptight about that sort of thing; for example, the first time I came here I was more or less chased out for calling the Virtual Console a multi-system "computer program of dubious legality".

[Pluvius]

Odd behaviour for someone who cares so much about the rules.

Since when do I care about the rules so much? I follow them when I need to do so, but as far as the law is concerned, I do what I want so long as I can get away with it.

And your sig's too tall again.

It's 87 pixels tall. You said 100. Is it really a problem?

Not that I have any problem with piracy.

No one cares about your feelings on the subject, since it's against the rules to discuss it.

It's against the rules to discuss it? Most places make it against the rules to discuss how to obtain illegal things, but not how to do it, since the methods of emulation & such are legal & also have legitimate uses.

All sorts of inconveniences & obstructions of my rights have been thrown at me by software companies, so I decide to play their game at its fullest if I'm forced to.

Does anyone else read this as "They want munnies! I don't haz munniez! *cries*"?

I read, "Bull#####bull#####bull#####bull#####".

I'm also pretty sure he's confused regarding his "rights".

I have the right to back up software to which I've purchased a license to use, & yet copy prevention makes that more difficult than it should be. I have a right to play my Blizzard games I have purchased on emulated Battle.net servers, but Blizzard shuts those down to "combat piracy".

It's alright. He justified why he steals. That makes it okay.

Morals are very arbitrary. It is okay.

[preventerWIND]

This isn't RPM, don't expect it to be. And if you feel like bending the rules because you can "get away with it" I can direct you to the door. With my foot.

[Pluvius]

This isn't RPM, don't expect it to be.

I don't know what you mean by that, but I don't expect it to be.

And if you feel like bending the rules because you can "get away with it" I can direct you to the door. With my foot.

I have no intentions of bending the rules of MMM. Obeying rules is a matter of respect. I respect Abobo, but I do not respect the US government.

[preventerWIND]

This isn't RPM, don't expect it to be.

I don't know what you mean by that, but I don't expect it to be.

RPM has that emulation talk goin about, we don't, so read the rules before you go near that. And most places have rules, and expect you do read them.

And I misread the whole part of you "doing what you want so long as you can get away with it."

[Edgecrusher]

It's against the rules to discuss it? Most places make it against the rules to discuss how to obtain illegal things, but not how to do it, since the methods of emulation & such are legal & also have legitimate uses.

I really wish people wouldn't believe everything they read on the internet. Generally speaking, emulation (methods and all) ARE illegal when used on a product you do not legally own.

Just because you bought a disc, does not mean you legally own the product.

I have the right to back up software to which I've purchased a license to use, & yet copy prevention makes that more difficult than it should be. I have a right to play my Blizzard games I have purchased on emulated Battle.net servers, but Blizzard shuts those down to "combat piracy".

You're confused. Battle.net was an infringement of Blizzards EULA and DMCA, and was shut down accordingly.

Have you ever actually stopped to read an EULA? You don't have ##### for rights, because you don't actually own anything.

[Pluvius]

Oh, I see, don't approach it at all. Silly, but OK. I guess I forgot that one. Not that I brought it up in the first place.

So that leaves... My signature being too tall at 87 pixels tall. I made it under the limit Abobo gave, so I don't see the problem.

& desktops. This thread is about desktops. Mine is full of shortcuts to the programs I use often, some directories, & a bunch of stuff Firefox saves there defaultly. I'm too lazy to change its download location.

[Abominator]

Don't say you respect me and call me Abobo in one sentence.

See ya.

[ChaosVortex]

Moron.

So. How about dem desktops?

[Mikero]

I have the right to back up software to which I've purchased a license to use, & yet copy prevention makes that more difficult than it should be. I have a right to play my Blizzard games I have purchased on emulated Battle.net servers, but Blizzard shuts those down to "combat piracy".

Yeah no, you don't have such a right.

And if you feel like bending the rules because you can "get away with it" I can direct you to the door. With my foot.

I have no intentions of bending the rules of MMM. Obeying rules is a matter of respect. I respect Abobo, but I do not respect the US government.

No one who respected Abe would call him "Abobo".

[Edgecrusher]

Which is why he was banned 7 minutes later.

On topic: This weeks wallpaper. I'm a sucker for high dynamic range.

[The Otaku]

My current desktop. Now you know how much I love the anime that I keep bugging you guys with.

[Mikero]

I'll change mine to this or the Rorschach one later on. I can't screen cap my desktop because there's SO much mess on it.

[Johncarllos]

My current desktop. Now you know how much I love the anime that I keep bugging you guys with.

I think I win.

Posted on: July 26, 2008, 07:31:33 PM

Holy crap I'm fat.

[ASR]

FAT ENOUGH TO BE A DESKTOP

[Captain Sanoguchi]

No, fat enough to be way cooler than Eye#####21.

[Mikero]

JC is 2048x1536 lbs.

[The Otaku]

But can this 2048x1536 JC be faster than 'The Man With The Golden Legs', 'The Devil Bat Ace', the 'Devil Bat Ghost'? I think not. But here's my new desktop, my brother liked this:

[Johncarllos]

Not bad.

and I'm not fast.
I block people.
But I'm a REAL football player.

[Mikero]

Soccer?

[ASR]

John is not backwards.

[Mikero]

Rugby?

[ASR]

No. No, Mike. How many times do I have to tell you it's not rugby?

*cue laughtrack*

Oh, that Mike!

[Mikero]

... Australian rules football?

There's no other "real" football after those three.

[preventerWIND]

I remembered we used to play a baseball soccer game for gym in elementary sometimes. It was a pretty fun game despite it being for losers with no real upper body strength.

[Mikero]

It's called "Soccer-Baseball". It's not un-fun, but it's crap in comparison to soccer and baseball which are both great fun.

[preventerWIND]

I had a real knack for nailing people in their faces, so that was the only real fun of it. But yes, it fails next to the other two.

[The Otaku]

Isn't a baseball/soccer game known as kickball . . ?

[Fatso]

So far as I know, yes. But they're from Ontario, forgive them.

[preventerWIND]

*chucks a bag of milk at Fatso*

[Fatso]

*catches it and puts it in the jug*

We had those on Vancouver Island too.

[Mikero]

Why don't you just go and let people in BC know that there's also places and people on the other side of those mountains, instead of dicking around?

Isn't a baseball/soccer game known as kickball . . ?

Kickball is different. I'm pretty certain. It's also a gayer name.

[AlexThePenguin]

This side of the mountains is better.

[Fatso]

Why don't you just go and let people in BC know that there's also places and people on the other side of those mountains, instead of dicking around?

Oh, we know there's people out there, because we pay them taxes. We just don't like them, again because we pay them taxes.

[Edgecrusher]

I know where they ship their tea, if you're curious.

[AlexThePenguin]

xD




Anyway, I decided to change my colour scheme.


I think Ray already posted our desktop, but just to be sure...

[Johncarllos]

It's straight out of the 90s!

[Mikero]

Or now.

[saldite]

This is my Desktop.

I'm a sucker for old-school gaming.

[Dragster]

Here's my desktop.

[Johncarllos]

Saldite, I would lose my icons in about 3 seconds on that.

[saldite]

Yeah, it took me a while to get familliar with it.

[Abominator]

Yeah, it's a good picture, but not a functional desktop.

[Mikero]

I'm a sucker for old-school gaming.

Ironic, then, that it's a Wii wallpaper.

[saldite]

Yes, it does say Wii on it, but it is mostly a portrayal of classic gaming.
Thus, the reason I chose it.

[Dragster]

Lol, I found Cutman. XD