The Lurker's Lair #34

[drakon136]

Great backgrounds, stoney and Si!

Here's mine. Nothing special, really. Beware, it's rather large. Hooray for widescreens!

Edited December 19, 2010 by drakon136

[Si-Shen]

Tis a nice DT drakon, I see some familear shortcuts (not all are on my new machine) like Torchlight! fun game!

You running at 1440x900 res? or did wherever you host that shrink it down?

Mine is actually 1920x1080 but photobucket and here dont like that size of image and auto-resize it lol

[jaggedbubbles]

I still have Duke Nukem for my desktop background. I'm rather fond of his shoulder blades.

Edited December 20, 2010 by jaggedbubbles

[nottlong]

My not so neat and orderly desktop.

[Khettienna]

Mine is very, uhm, well, clean.

[washington]

Lol, I use that Windows default blue background as it was on Windows 95!

[_echo]

Re: Unlimited Detail

The problem with the point system is much like gas. We have been using gas (polygons) for so long, we have become masters of them, and we are just finding more new ways of making things better and more efficient. And the only downside to polygons is the theoretical limit based on how powerful your graphics card is. But lets not also forget that ATI and Nvidia are not ONLY working to make more powerful cards for polygons, but for ANY rendering process needed, like CG animations and real time renderings (Basically like trying to render a fully processed CG movie and stream it at the same time.)

So, unless they can make the point rendering system as effective as polygon's upsides, it won't be taking over any time soon.

Now, my desktop:

[Khettienna]

I need to find a good wallpaper so can I join the Cool Desktops Club.

[Si-Shen]

I need to find a good wallpaper so can I join the Cool Desktops Club.

If you arn't easily offended, 4chan can be a good place, however you could also use my other method, in the case of mine, I simply googled Tali

[Khettienna]

Oh, well, I have a pile of nice wallpapers. I've lost weeks of my life to deviantART, as the years have gone by. It's just that the images I love the most, I tend to stare at them and not do any work, because I'm easily distracted.

[donnato]

Khett I particularly like this one although I have 2 other variants I switch to on occasion.Oh yeah..Courtesy of Insanity Sorrow...of course.

Edited December 20, 2010 by donnato

[_echo]

If you arn't easily offended, 4chan can be a good place, however you could also use my other method, in the case of mine, I simply googled Tali

Wallbase.net is better. Its a searchable archive of all the images gathered from several sites including 4chan. You can filter out the nude pics and stuff like that, set resolution parameters, etc.

And... Tali? =P

[Glaedr]

Echo... that wallpaper is full of win.

I really want to say Portal 2 for it too. i unno, just reminds me of Portal.

@Don: you win, hands down.

This is my current desktop on this particular computer. I have another on my laptop.

Lately i've been in a real supportive mood for the military. I mean, i've always supported them, but have had a much stronger feeling toward them as of late. Why i dunno. A similar "state" inspired me to write this a while back as well. It was inspired by the phrase "War, war never changes...." from the Fallout series. It just sort of blossomed form there.

[Jheuloh]

Echo... that wallpaper is full of win.

I really want to say Portal 2 for it too. i unno, just reminds me of Portal.

@Don: you win, hands down.

This is my current desktop on this particular computer. I have another on my laptop.

Lately i've been in a real supportive mood for the military. I mean, i've always supported them, but have had a much stronger feeling toward them as of late. Why i dunno. A similar "state" inspired me to write this a while back as well. It was inspired by the phrase "War, war never changes...." from the Fallout series. It just sort of blossomed form there.

Got any siblings/relatives in active-service? I got an older brother in the army, works as a mechanic in Iraq. Next year should be his last year there.

[Glaedr]

nope. however, my bro is thinking about enlisting.

[_echo]

Echo... that wallpaper is full of win.

I really want to say Portal 2 for it too. i unno, just reminds me of Portal.

Probably because it is portal.

[Glaedr]

Probably because it is portal.

Thats what I figured.

[Si-Shen]

Wallbase.net is better. Its a searchable archive of all the images gathered from several sites including 4chan. You can filter out the nude pics and stuff like that, set resolution parameters, etc.And... Tali? =P

Ummm... I click on the link and I get "You do not have permission to view this"... Si is confused.

Echo... that wallpaper is full of win. I really want to say Portal 2 for it too. i unno, just reminds me of Portal. @Don: you win, hands down. :lmao:This is my current desktop on this particular computer. I have another on my laptop.Lately i've been in a real supportive mood for the military. I mean, i've always supported them, but have had a much stronger feeling toward them as of late. Why i dunno. A similar "state" inspired me to write this a while back as well. It was inspired by the phrase "War, war never changes...." from the Fallout series. It just sort of blossomed form there.

Very nice image Glaedr, do you know who created it? I've not seem much on the Afgan side of things other then what the news puts out.

[Glaedr]

Very nice image Glaedr, do you know who created it? I've not seem much on the Afgan side of things other then what the news puts out.

nope. no idea. just found it on desktopnexus.com

[Si-Shen]

Ah I see I see.

[Glaedr]

Ah I see I see.

Even then it was hard to find =/

[Si-Shen]

I find that most desktop sites arnt well laid out.

They appear to be but when you get down to it, its not.

[_echo]

My Warhammer 40,000 Tau army

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/staplehead78/IMGP0035.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/staplehead78/IMGP0036.jpg - Spent 12 hours building and painting

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/staplehead78/IMGP0041.jpg - Missle embedded into his chest as a joke to it being a tough bastard.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/staplehead78/IMGP0039.jpg

[Si-Shen]

lookin nice Echo, although I am unfamilar with where they come from, I never had any skill at painting things like that.

[_echo]

Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game.