Fun With Transparent Screen Backgrounds 450
herberts writes "Looks like the amusement factor of 'transparent' screen background is getting bigger and bigger. The french Mac fan site Mac Bidouille opened up a dedicated part of their web site where fans can post shots of their transparent backgrounds." Other great transparent background shots can be found at Flickr.
It will be profitable (Score:5, Funny)
This should take about ten seconds
They're not very convincing. (Score:5, Funny)
Funny you should say that... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, this guy [flickr.com] almost has his hands on the time.
AhahaHAHAHAHahahahaha I am so, so sorry.
Transparent Desktops a Major Feature of Aero (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft has announced that they will be building technology for Transparent Desktops into their next-generation operating-system, Longhorn. Microsoft representatives report that this technology involves cutting the back out of the monitor to allow the image behind it to show through. When asked whether this would impede the monitor's ability to display images, Microsoft replied that this was an issue that will be addressed in SP1.
Re:Wow... (Score:1, Funny)
These things suck (Score:5, Funny)
Lame. And it's probably smaller than a Nomad.
Re:Wow... (Score:0, Funny)
Guess I'm even worse.
Oh dear lord, have mercy on their webserver... (Score:5, Funny)
Whaddaya wanna do, KILL 'EM??
Re:Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They're not very convincing. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
The Dilbert view (Score:5, Funny)
Next, someone will figure out a way to tattoo that image onto the inside of my eyelids.
Re:Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
SO STUPID!
Re:Live, with a webcam? (Score:5, Funny)
As in, you walk around the house, and if you hold the laptop screen two feet in front of your face at all times, it blends right in seamlessly. But if you point it at something like a sofa, it looks like someone is sitting on it, when in actuality there is nobody there. Smoothly pan the laptop so that the sofa is out of the shot, and the ghost moves with it. But if you shake the laptop, the "person" on the sofa would visibly respond to the shaking by trying to keep his balance. And then your hard drive would crash.
Doing this with cheap, amateur-grade equipment would be really cool. Get cracking on it, oh time wasters of the world! And then sell your work to some game/toy company!
Re:how ? (Score:5, Funny)
Been there, done that, made my co-worker cry in frustration because the computer was "locked" even after several reboots.
Re:Live, with a webcam? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:These things suck (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It will be profitable (Score:5, Funny)
Well, frankly, that's between you and your girlfriend !
X rated. (Score:1, Funny)
Hey! it is importante.
Re:These things suck (Score:3, Funny)
You have 2 options at this point, spend the next few hours googling to find the pc version on the net, or, just put your digicam behind the monitor, take a shot, and download a version customized for your computer, directly from your digicam.
Re:Not just for macs. (Score:3, Funny)
Just blame it on refraction.
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Re:Live, with a webcam? (Score:1, Funny)
it's march 27 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:how ? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What a confusing mess (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Transparent Desktops a Major Feature of Aero (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh dear lord, have mercy on their webserver... (Score:5, Funny)
They stopped even pretending a long time ago that they cared about melting a server.
One of the best [slashdot.org] I could recall, though not direct linked, it's close enough. Over 250MB, but hey, it was Microsoft. Slashdot fights back!
Re:How about partial transparency? (Score:3, Funny)
This but not PNG? (Score:5, Funny)
Meanwhile, by the time they get it working, the OS community will have 16 different implementations of the TDT (Transparent DeskTop) standard, and SVG will have been extended to include it.
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:2am? Which 2am? We ain't got no 2am here. (Score:2, Funny)
Here in Australia last night we had an extra 2am. It went from 2:59 back to 2:00 again.
Re:How do I... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not just for macs. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It will be profitable (Score:2, Funny)
OK... (Score:3, Funny)
It looks dark through...
Now what?
j/k
Re:It will be profitable (Score:3, Funny)
Ouch! Talk about twisting the knife!!
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:how ? (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. You fools using desktop wallpaper to mess with other people, what a waste of time. I useta have a wallpaper image that was a screen-grab of my daily work apps. Boss comes by? *click* Desktop button! (Admittedly, though, I attempted to highlight my wallpaper a few times.)
Work avoidance > messin with people.
Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
Proof that Steve Jobs was right! A single mouse button improves productivity!!
Did one better than that (Score:5, Funny)
I swapped around the Red and Blue cables and carefully adjusted the colour settings in Windows 98 to swap all the R & B components around so all menus, etc looked normal.
Of course, the moment she started browsing websites all the images loaded wrong.
Took ages for them to figure out what was wrong - video driver reinstalls etc.
Got a written warning for that one, but was worth it!
Jolyon
Re:Very cool (Score:3, Funny)
Right on dude! Glad someone is pointing out these blatant distortions of the English language.
Another one is 'remote control'. How can they call it a remote control when THE DEVICE IS RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HAND!! If it was truly a remote control it should be able to be on the other side of the room when you use it.
Fight the deception!
Re:It will be profitable (Score:3, Funny)
Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays? :-)
Re:Wow... (Score:1, Funny)
Do you intern for Yoda?
Re:Rene Magritte did this long ago... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rene Magritte did this long ago... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Live, with a webcam? (Score:2, Funny)
Mod -1, redundant
Yes, an earlier thread already confirmed this is a Mac thing.