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Contest: Gues that OS!
Author:  templest [ Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Contest: Gues that OS!
I know this would be better in the "Contest" forum, but, that one seems to be a little... err, empty. More people will see it here. 8)

I have a set of screenshots. You are to guess the Operating System, but don't think I made it easy. The winner gets 100 Bits. Shocked Wink

Is it a [b]real[b] mac with some foolies to make you think it's windows?
Is it linux w/ KDE tweaked out to look like a Mac showing a Windows partition to make you think it's Windows?
Is it windows disguised as a Mac?
Is it GNOME doing the same thing as above?
Is it Enlightenment doing the same?
Is it PearPC running fullscreen?
ect...

It's up to you to decide, but NAME THAT OS!

http://members.rogers.com/xiplst/screenshots.rar
Author:  jonos [ Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:32 pm ]
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It is PearPC in fullscreen.
Author:  templest [ Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:37 pm ]
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I wont say if you're right or wrong.

On Friday, I'll award the first person to get it right the hundred bits, and anyone thereafter to get it right, 5 complementary bits.
Author:  Blade [ Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:37 am ]
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yeah... pearPC (mac OSX) in fullscreen. but windows xp is the OS...
Author:  templest [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:57 am ]
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C'mon kids, two entries? It doesn't take long to guess, even if you don't look at the pics, just randomly guess. Wink

It's a hundred bits. Razz
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:20 pm ]
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real mac
Author:  Dan [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:19 pm ]
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I am going to guse it is a mac emulator of some kind or somting used to view the monotr of another comp. Now as to what OS it realy is i whould have to guse winXP b/c 1. if it is a real mac this post was real dum and 2. i dont know of any linux mac emulators althougth there probly are some.

As it is almost imposable to tell, b/c u could take a SS from any comp and then make it fullscreen on a diff OS and take another SS.
Author:  templest [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:05 pm ]
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Hacker Dan wrote:
I am going to guse it is a mac emulator of some kind or somting used to view the monotr of another comp. Now as to what OS it realy is i whould have to guse winXP b/c 1. if it is a real mac this post was real dum and 2. i dont know of any linux mac emulators althougth there probly are some.

As it is almost imposable to tell, b/c u could take a SS from any comp and then make it fullscreen on a diff OS and take another SS.


PearPC is portable to all operating systems. Even Mac OS X. Razz

BTW: There are no screenshots inside screenshots in here. What you're seeing is the actual OS, whatever that may be.
Author:  Dan [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:36 pm ]
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templest wrote:

PearPC is portable to all operating systems. Even Mac OS X. Razz

BTW: There are no screenshots inside screenshots in here. What you're seeing is the actual OS, whatever that may be.


while tecnoly PearPC (from what i understand it is) is a SS of the other comp, just one that updates fast so u can see what is going on Rolling Eyes
Author:  templest [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:58 pm ]
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wtf are you smokin'?

PearPC is an emulator. It emulates a PowerPC architecture on your x86 machine. You actually do install OS X on a Virtual hard drive you create on the computer. Confused
Author:  jonos [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:11 pm ]
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Templest ownz you Hacker Dan 8) .
Author:  Amailer [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:31 pm ]
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Hmm well it's not a mac.. i can see that
but what other OS can it be? windows?
it sure looks like a windows except with the explore taskbar removed and replaced with another .. mac ish one..
so im saying windows
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:21 pm ]
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it must be a mac (or emulator)

b/c of firefox
http://kmgerich.com/pinstripe/about.html
Author:  Paul [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:33 pm ]
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has anyone noticed its really hard to highlight a specific section of that website?
Author:  Amailer [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:46 pm ]
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what about winamp?
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:53 pm ]
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a: thats why i thought it was pearpc, but that seemed too easy and someone already said it

pb: try using mozilla, ie sucks Very Happy
Author:  templest [ Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:39 pm ]
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Contest closes at 6:00PM Eatern Times, coincidentally London, Ontario time! Very Happy.

Make sure to make your vote!
Author:  Amailer [ Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:11 pm ]
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Im still going with windows Confused those other's just don't seem common... hehe for me atleast Rolling Eyes
Author:  Dan [ Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:05 pm ]
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templest wrote:
wtf are you smokin'?

PearPC is an emulator. It emulates a PowerPC architecture on your x86 machine. You actually do install OS X on a Virtual hard drive you create on the computer. Confused


ROFL, i though it was somting eletes. One of the progames that shows you a SS of another comp on your netwrok, sory my bad. (I forget the name of the progame i was thking about was close to that. Soming like SharePC i think)
Author:  Martin [ Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:12 pm ]
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Windows XP I'd say.

Not linux, because a linux user would have to be drunk to use winAMP over xmms.

No idea about this PearPC crap, it's easy enough to make winxp look like osx.
Author:  Martin [ Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:14 pm ]
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It gives itself away.

This is definately Windows XP, running WindowBlinds and DesktopX.

Program Files.
Paint.
That retarded warped window effect.

I bet he had to reboot between each screenshot too Razz
Author:  templest [ Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:49 am ]
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how do you know that's not just an XMMS theme? Shocked Razz
Author:  Amailer [ Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:19 am ]
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maybe because you won't have it hehe
and all your posts (looking back) have either been about win xp or mac os x (a comp which you just brought) hmm the res.. gatta check that out brb

come to think of it.. im going with what Catalyst said
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/12468/hee.png
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/12468/nicey.PNG

I never knew mac comps had the username written on the top right conner (of the taskbar or w/e) odd.
Author:  templest [ Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:22 pm ]
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Amailer wrote:
I never knew mac comps had the username written on the top right conner (of the taskbar or w/e) odd.


It's there for fast user switiching... like in windows XP. If you click it, there's a list of all the userrs for PC and you hit the one you want to change to, type the password. And the desktop becomes one face of the cube and it turns 90º sideways to change to other desktop, pretty neat. Wink
Author:  Amailer [ Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:46 pm ]
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oh the new mac, ya.. i got an old mac here.. :S
Author:  templest [ Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:48 am ]
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darkness get the bits for being the only one that actually got it. Very Happy

Amalier get's 50 bonus bits for being the first one to hint at the fact that it could have been a themed copy of Windows XP.

And no, My computer can run all that plus a few more apps and not have to reboot, and still be usable. Wink

This is a guide I found to do all the mods. Pretty neat stuff, thought it would be fun. I fooled some of you, and by some I mean most Very Happy
http://www.therealduckie.net/board/index.php?showtopic=169

EDIT: I know some more people said it was Windows, but you had to sort of know what I was doing too, not just say: "It was Windows because I think that's what you use the most". Confused You still get your complimentary 5 bits. Smile Except for Dan, he can just hack the server config files. Razz
Author:  Paul [ Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:58 am ]
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Why would u give darkness or amailer bits lol, as soon as they post anything, their bits go back to 1000
Author:  templest [ Sat Jun 12, 2004 10:14 am ]
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Shocked

Well... I'm owned.
Author:  Martin [ Sat Jun 12, 2004 1:42 pm ]
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Hah. I didn't know that those were yours. Kudos on modding it, it looks good. Here are your bits back Razz

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