__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 25 September 2006 19:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent
> <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:59:53 +0100
> <p46fu3-4hp.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> begin oe_protect.scr
>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Could make a better XP than Windows XP. Sony rootkits will unfortunately
>>>> be unable to function.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.xpde.com/shots.php
>>>
>>> Euuuggh!
>>>
>>> That Teletubbies Desktop makes me want to puke:
>>>
>>> http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/images/teletubbiesXP.jpg
>>
>> MS's approach has been very much to head to a nursery environment for
>> their front-end. I'm surprised that they've not got teddy-bears and
>> rabbits all over it. Perhaps that's what the Vista release will get.
>
> They do have a puppy dog in the Start menu. Does that count? :-)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Windows_Vista_Basic.png
>
> The following link
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsvista/images/image023.jpg
Microsoft has an internal Windows XP Edition. Here's a screenshot.
http://www.schestowitz.com/Amusement/images/windows-vista-basic.png
> apparently suggests one can change this icon as well; the given
> screenshot shows a goldfish.
>
> (The purpose thereof is lost on me personally.)
It tells apart the different users on the same machine and in the case of MSN
Messenger it's a matter of identity and individuality. I believe you can
easily hack those per-user avatar (maybe it's simpler in Vista or well
hidden in XP), as opposed to trivially change them with the MSN Messenger
UI.
>>> Think I'll just stick with this:
>>>
>>> http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/images/darkness.png
>>>
>>> Thanks anyway.
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