desktops(for thoes who have no good ones

philippeqc · Post by **philippeqc** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:37 am

That "Thugette-1.png" pin-up pinguin is very disturbing. And not in a positive fashion, at least not to me. The concept is excellent, but the rendition of the work really pinches something in me. I just hope nobody makes it their avatar ;)

Some links that I've used to get some Franco-Belgium bande dessines background:
http://www.arphila.com/Images.php?T=bds&Page=2
http://www.1001bd.com/pt/fond_ecran.php
http://askell.free.fr/
I woundn't go there if I had strong objections to naked milk producing units, because french artist really dont. *

O, and just to prove that I too can spam this forum, here are a few picks from my collection

-ph

* Yes I realise this must be the best publicity to get all of you to go and check the links ;)

philippeqc · Post by **philippeqc** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:49 am

Other picks

-ph

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:41 am

I really like sticking with photos... of fighters

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:47 am

My desktop makes you seasick when you run armagetron in windowed mode on it.

(because part of the grid floor moves, while the other part doesn't)

Anybody know if "use an external program for your background image" in KDE will let you use an opengl program?

spirit · Post by **spirit** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:56 pm

Sab:
1)Stealth and 2 F18???

goferman · Post by **goferman** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:29 pm

heh hope you like this

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:48 pm

yeah I think there is a version of the thugette somewhere with a better face...

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:02 pm

Sabarai's fighters are:

1) The F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, accompanied by two F-16 Fighting Falcons

2) Another F-16

3) The F-22 Raptor, which is meant to be the US's all-purpose "fighter of the future"

The boy in me says, "jets are cool!" which is why I know these things. Yet, I hate their purpose for existing and what they do.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:39 pm

3) More like an F-35.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:59 pm

goferman wrote:heh hope you like this

Yes, yes I do

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spirit · Post by **spirit** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:57 am

Oscilloscope wrote:Sabarai's fighters are:

1) The F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, accompanied by two F-16 Fighting Falcons

I´m always mixing up the Falcon and the Hornet.

Oscilloscope wrote: 3) The F-22 Raptor, which is meant to be the US's all-purpose "fighter of the future"

So the F22 is "the JSF" right. Saw it on TV once as it landed on an aircraft carrier. Looked pretty much cool as it can use it´s - how´s the name - turbine like a Harrier.

Oscilloscope wrote: I hate their purpose for existing and what they do.

Very true. And I hate our government for spending billions for buying 15(!!) new Eurofighters that won´t work or can´t fly in a sudden hight. I mean a pretty much small country like Austria surrounded by EU states and Switzerland really is in great danger.
We borrowed several 20 year old F 5 from Switzerland. They replaced our 40 year old Saab Draken´s

and we keep them till we get the Eurofighter. Me thinks it would be a good idea to keep them as long as possible and buy more of these BlackHawks. They did a great job last years when there were katastrophes here (avalanches....). But that´s only my opinion and I´m pretty unimportant and can´t influence our politicians.

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:39 am

Hornet is F-18.. That one has 2 standing tailwings

(straight up, not a bit tilted like the F-14 Tomcat)

The third isn't an F-22 Raptor, but an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-22 Raptor is a bit longer and thinner..

I like planes too... I always go to airshows in Holland, and last year, my dad my brother in law and me went to Paris for the Le Bourget Airshow

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:01 pm

Oh, F-35, ok. They look similar. My bad. So, then it's the F-35 that's meant to be the "fighter of the future" to replace the F-18 and others? Eh, whatever.

But, wait, the F-18 is the one with the tilted tail wings, and the F-14 with straight up-and-down.

I have these die-cast planes that I got in the late 80s, I guess. They're each about 8 inches long, I guess. They include the F-4, F-14 (with moveable wings), F-15, F-16, F-18, A-10, SR-71, and the B-1 (also with moveable wings). Their wheels come out and retract, and they have plastic missles and fuel (things) that attach and detach.

Again,
boy: They're so cool! Zooooom! Roooaaar!
man: Horrible death machines used to carry out bad policy, and a drain on the national treasure.

Post by **Lucifer** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:15 pm

If I remember right, they're supposed to replace the venerable F-15, which is still the most advanced aircraft every built.

boy: Look at that, the Thunderbirds are practicing over my head!
man: When I was a kid, the Thunderbirds practiced over my head.

(When the bad guys don't have guns anymore, then we won't need them. It's unfortunate that while we have them, our government misuses them. That is a problem that can be fixed realistically. How you gonna take the guns away from the bad guys?)

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:20 pm

I believe the F-15 is alreayd out of service and replaced by either the F-18 or F-22

My bad os, I always keep mixing those two

A-10: SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET MACHINE OF DEATH

SR-71: I touched one

You know, that when it's not flying, it's as leaky as a strainer... But when it's flying, the motors get heated up and the kerosine-tanks as well, so they expand just enough to seal.
F-4: Sat in one, it sucks

B-1: That's the one I'd buy if i had the money

The JSF is made in 3 different forms, one is to replace the old Harrier, one is meant to take off from aircraft carriers, and one is the basic one..