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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Belleville, Michigan
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Is there something new?
Hi folks,
I haven't been around here for months, and have not been keeping up. (BTW, I also tried to update my email addie but the form would not 'submit.' Anyone know what's wrong?) Anyway; I was wandering through Best Buy yesterday, and saw a big screen displaying what was obviously a version of 'Goldfish' but it was different than what I have. There were big square rocks and BRIGHT BLUE gravel !!!! The goldfish were my old friends. I know that in the past folks were talking about a possible 'fishtank' version with divers, castles, etc, etc. Has something new been created. I am so out-of-the-loop ![]() Cheers, Tom |
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the Doc
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Zeeland, MI
Posts: 5,353
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It must have been running on a Mac... The Mac version got the new hottness but "we" haven't yet...
I don't watch commercials.
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Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
Posts: 678
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The bright blue gravel isn't a Mac thing.
Jim O'Connor
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Prolific/SereneScreen Developer
Join Date: Mar 2003
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That is a special Microsoft version for the Media Center OS. Only Media Center will have that as of now.
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Forum Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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You guys made another deal with Microsoft? No comment.
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"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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Principal Engineer as SDET
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan
Posts: 1,406
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Originally posted by Edgar any screenshot? I'm interest to see
That is a special Microsoft version for the Media Center OS. Only Media Center will have that as of now.
James C Chen
Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com ![]() |
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is pleased
Join Date: Mar 2001
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I'm with Morgan...
![]() Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history. |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Microsoft??!! Bah, Blech, Ptoiee. Anyone noticing a pattern here?
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Smilie Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lebanon, PA
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I'm with you guys on MicroSnott.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Belleville, Michigan
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LOL. Thanks for the info, Edgar. Sorry I outed you guys
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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M$ (Darth vader theme playing).
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Green Frog
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Germany
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So what are you doing right now?
And I would like to see pic of the MS version too!!! |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New York
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screen shot please?
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Honolulu
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Saw the blue gravel and square rock version at Cosco last night. Didn't like it. Don't want it.
aloha, Neil |
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Chi Rho
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Littleton, Colorado
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I found a picture of the new aquarium. I think it looks pretty slick and I would LOVE a copy of this baby!!
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/r...5_aquarium.jpg |
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Smilie Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lebanon, PA
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Hey Q-Beam, Thanks for the pic. I like it.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I saw this but thought it was running on a mac when I saw it.
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Principal Engineer as SDET
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan
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WOW, that gravel is so BLUE!!!!! like those dyed pebbles sold in the pet shop....
I like the squared rocks though... So it's only for Media Center OS, not for public sale? PS: there's a Prolific.com on the gravel front.... ![]() ![]() ![]()
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the Doc
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Zeeland, MI
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Ewww...
I don't watch commercials.
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Principal Engineer as SDET
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan
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Reviews of WinXP MCE 2005 Goldfish Aquarium (Blue Gravel)
It's turns out one of my friend has WinXP MCE 2005 installed in his computer, so he gave me that special blue gravel version of GA. And I've installed it in my WinXP Pro.
This is my review, let's look at its setting panel first, since my friends's WinXP MCE 2005 is Simplified Chinese version, so all the settings are in Simplified Chinese. The top section on left is the "Tank appearance setting", you are able to select two tanks namely "Green Plants" and "The Zan Garden", It looks to me the name should be rename as "Medium Planting" and "Rocks Only" if you compare it to the normal GA. The option below it is "Change Tanks" Occasionally -------------|------ Frequent This is quite a new style to see that Prolific use the slider bar to implement the tank cycle option, however, from experiement, the tank won't just cycle like normal GA, but it changes on the next start up. It's similar to what Morgan's design for MA's fish selection method long ago. So the slider bar controls how often the tank should alternate on each start up. The meddle section on left is "Sound" control, it's a Bubble sound with a volume tunner. The bottom section on left is the "Lighting" with an "Automatic Lighting" checkbox and the two sliders (Foreground and Background) that we're familiar with. The right section is the available fish, there're only 7 goldfish: Brando, Freida, Ginger, Jack, Monstro, Morgan and Oreo. As usual, you can only have 5 fish at a time in the tank, available for random or disable in each fish slot.
James C Chen
Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com ![]() Last edited by James; 11-25-2004 at 01:22 AM. |
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