Subj : WALLPAPER.
To   : Tom Walker
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Thu Nov 11 2004 04:02 pm

Dear Tom, in regards to this message to Me.
 > -> Why not?.

 > -> > It is a waste of computer recources and one Never really looks at 

 > -> Aha, and what about when one is not working?, why do Wallpapers exist

 >  Because in the US we have a FREE country (At least in Theory) and one has   
> Choices.


Er, Yes, {He says begrudgingly resisting the urge to debate if that theory 
holds water, in either of our countrys,}.

 > IF you like the "Eye Candy" you can use it.


I Prefer my Custom Made Eye Candy to there Eye Candy which i find way too PC 
and Boring.

 > BUT if you want a lean and Mean fast machine forget it.


Actually i think 1 of the reasons they have Walppapers is They Want to Slow You 
Down.

 > -> > At one time I had every square on my screen filled with Icons.

 > -> Silly.

 >  But convient and quick when one does a lot of opening and closing           
> programs.


Indeed, unless you forgot which program go's with which icon, or vice versa, 
which i did.

 > ->> You can tell how much it slows the system when it has to refresh the

 > -> Actually i used to have the same problem.

 >  Than just think of Wallpaper like one Very big Icon it needs to be          
> Refreshed continiously on the screen just like all the Icons do.


The diffence being the icons are not as detailed and are more PC Then the 
Wallpapers could be.

 > Of course the operation is faster becasue in the case of the Icons the       
> computer has to look in various places for the Icon to refresh the screen.


Indeed.
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