May 31st, 2003
Unscrewed
I haven’t started Tivoing this yet, but I can assure you that I’ve met Martin Sargent and he’s one funny guy…
From http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/episodeguides/story/0,24682,3434475,00.html
I Hate You: Fake Icon Wallpaper
About 80 percent of all computer users launch applications directly from their desktop. They find the icon for the program they want to launch and then double-click it. This works great, providing the icon is really an icon. Here’s a quick and dirty way to piss off a friend:
Take a screen shot (use the “Print Scrn” key on your PC) of the victim’s desktop with all his icons in place.
Open any image-editing program, such as Microsoft Paint.
Create a new file and paste in the screen shot.
Save the new image with an easy-to-remember name such as “wallpaper.jpg.”
Close your image-editing program
Find the saved image “wallpaper.jpg” and open it in a new browser window.
Right-click the image and choose “Set as Background.”
Select all of the victim’s desktop icons and files and put them in the recycling bin.
Now the desktop is one, big, unclickable image. Congratulations, you’re an asshole!