New Wallpaper: My 2-Computer Network & 100Gig Maxtor HDD

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The discussion revolves around participants sharing and commenting on their computer wallpapers, including personal preferences, artistic choices, and technical aspects of the images. The scope includes aesthetic appreciation, technical photography discussions, and personal anecdotes related to wallpaper selection.

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  • One participant shares their experience of using a new 100GB external hard drive to store files from two computers, improving performance.
  • Several participants post links to their wallpapers, showcasing a variety of styles, including nature, abstract, and personal images.
  • There are differing opinions on the quality of certain images, with some participants praising compositions while others criticize them as poorly executed.
  • Discussion includes technical terms like "field of depth" and "3D," with participants debating the merits of these photographic techniques.
  • Some participants express nostalgia for previous wallpapers and share their favorites, including images of celebrities and astronomical phenomena.
  • Links to external sites for wallpaper resources are shared, highlighting community engagement in finding and appreciating visual art.
  • One participant humorously mentions their cluttered desktop, indicating a common issue among users regarding wallpaper visibility.

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Participants express a mix of agreement and disagreement regarding the aesthetic quality of various wallpapers. While some appreciate certain images, others critique them, indicating a lack of consensus on what constitutes a good wallpaper.

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Discussions about the technical aspects of photography and composition remain unresolved, with participants holding differing views on what makes an image effective or appealing.

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Individuals interested in digital art, photography, and personal computing may find the exchange of wallpaper ideas and preferences engaging.

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Just curious. This is my new wall paper. I got tired of my old one. I just bought a new Maxtor external hard drive that holds 100 gigs. I have two computers in my house networked, so I took ALL the files from both computers and put it on the external drive and made that drive on the network as well. That means I just cut down the files on my computers by 4 gigs wee! Now they run a little better. Here's what’s in my wall paper on my one computer:

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Computer science news on Phys.org
Roses on a flat-bed scanner: http://www.deviantart.com/view/23136299/
 
http://www.poster.net/pollock-jackson/pollock-jackson-yellow-grey-black-6100347.jpg
 
I just got a naked girl on mine.
 
Nice selection so far, well, except for mattmns. C'mon dude, put up a real wall paper on your pc. Sheesh.
 
kant said:
I just got a naked girl on mine.
You going to post that image :-p
 
can't beat this one :biggrin:
 

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Ouch that hurts my eyes Monique, that photo is terrible. Who ever shot that is an amateur! EWWW...

If you want a good nature picture let me know and I can provide you with one. (That one is composed REALLY BAD, its like trying to make your eyes crossed looking at it).
 
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Whoa. Yeah - how does that blur not make you nauseous?
 
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It's called 3d and I happen to like it :-p, wouldn't want to have a flat picture.
 
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Its not 3'd its field of depth, and its shot all wrong (They just adjusted the focal length of the lense)...Ill find you some pretty pictures and upload them for you. You will see the difference.
 
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This one is nice too, although too busy for my taste:
 

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Ooh I like that one
 
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On my old computer I used to have some old pics of Marilyn Monroe and there was one I had for a while of a pretty girl wearing fairy wings and bondage tape(it was actually a very pretty picture). I also nabbed some cool pics from the solar observatory and used those. Now I just use the work comp and I have a moon pic. On my MySpace page I use the famous Ocean's Eleven pic with Deano, Sinatra, Bishop, and Sammy standing around the pool table.
 
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Jelfish said:
Ooh I like that one
You can find it here http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26027600/ :smile:
 
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Galaxies, galaxies everywhere - as far as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, cutting across billions of light-years.

The snapshot includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colors. The smallest, reddest galaxies, about 100, may be among the most distant known, existing when the universe was just 800 million years old. The nearest galaxies - the larger, brighter, well-defined spirals and ellipticals - thrived about 1 billion years ago, when the cosmos was 13 billion years old. [continued]
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/07/image/a
 
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Here Monique, I can get more upon request...

See the difference a good composition makes! :cool:

The butterfly is a shot with field of depth that was taken properly
 
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Right now its - http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/photos/images/chamlang.jpg

But I might pick a Hubble image.

For a while it was - http://www.physics.capcollege.bc.ca/stan/Earthrise%20from%20Apollo%2011.jpg
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
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Here Monique, I can get more upon request...
See the difference a good composition makes! :cool:
The butterfly is a shot with field of depth that was taken properly
I wouldn't think of having either of those as a background. And the butterfly is the same, since the background is all blurry. At least with the pine branch you feel it is coming at you from out of the screen, the texture/lightening is also really nice.
 
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Mines NGC 2070, the tarantula nebula.
 

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I happened across this one searching for backgrounds. It replaced my klein bottle background, which I can't find anymore... oh well.
 

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http://morgamic.com/gallery/d/723-2/tekken.jpg (this is my new one, got it from google)
 
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And the butterfly is the same, since the background is all blurry. At least with the pine branch you feel it is coming at you from out of the screen, the texture/lightening is also really nice.

umm...no not really...the butterfly is composed properly, the tree is not.
 
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This is my laptop. The wallpaper changes daily. Today I have my main man Elvis (Seal Point Siamese) helping me make the bed.
 
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FredGarvin said:
This is my laptop. The wallpaper changes daily. Today I have my main man Elvis (Seal Point Siamese) helping me make the bed.
Wonderful! :smile:

Here is a site with interesting and cool wallpapers - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/

Another site with some outstanding images :!) - http://www.tomaatnet.nl/~wesker/photo.html

And this NASA's Earth Observatory has some great images - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16497
 
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Alkatran said:
I happened across this one searching for backgrounds. It replaced my klein bottle background, which I can't find anymore... oh well.
I like that one. Unfortunately, it looks like Graph Tree doesn't exist anymore.
 
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Monique said:
You can find it here http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26027600/ :smile:
Wow, that's an amazing site for wallpaper. :approve:
 
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BobG said:
I like that one. Unfortunately, it looks like Graph Tree doesn't exist anymore.

Search google images for "Error Island"

edit: nevermind. I guess it really isn't there anymore.
 
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Jelfish said:
Roses on a flat-bed scanner: http://www.deviantart.com/view/23136299/

I love that site :-)
 

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