Comments on: Make your own Matrix-style wallpaper.

Make your own Matrix-style wallpaper.

tapeguy — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:59:32 -0800

Make your own The Matrix-style desktop wallpaper Bored? Got Photoshop? Follow the instructions in this tutorial and cross your fingers that the Wachowski brothers don't sue your ass. Whoever can think of the craziest parody wins, I dunno, a gift-wrapped spoon, or something.

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:19:47 -0800

It's a different program, but I'm using zmatrix on my desktop right now.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:42:28 -0800

The Wachowski's are way too philosophical to sue anybody. I read that they know more about Hesse than most German scholars!

By: arto

arto — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:09:52 -0800

Nice tip about zmatrix right there, bobo123. Nothing quite like watching a bunch of random Matrix-code slowly coalescing into Dali's Raphaelesque Head Exploding.

By: trondant

trondant — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:22:57 -0800

I have a feeling that this would go well with one of Bacon's screaming Popes.

By: rlivings

rlivings — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:28:21 -0800

a more detailed tutorial here

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 06:26:10 -0800

Thanks for the link bobo123. I know what I'll be doing over lunch at home today . . .

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:32 -0800

Or download a good screensaver here

By: dragoon

dragoon — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 20:49:04 -0800

For the *nix people, Cmatrix is the console based Matrix program you want, and jwz's venerable xscreensaver's xmatrix hack is the GUI one. xmatrix is nice in that it allows you to duplicate the trace from the beginning of the first movie, and jwz will probably put the exploit text into the next one.

By: cx

cx — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 03:12:34 -0800

Hmmm... I guess a lot of this has to do with the relationship between Candians and U.S.Americans and I won't go into that. I was intrigued, however, by the idea of Canada joining the EU. Obviously, such a project is not with out its impracticalities, yet the idea is appealing to me. EU is struggling right now with how to create a federal government (by any other name) which doesn't conflict with the local stave governments (too much), yet it is still a much more efficient and powerful organisation than, say, the United Nations, and thus a much more meaningful way of promoting democracy and what is admittingly very much still the European view of the Human Rights. Anyway, Canada most certainly qualifies and as the EU promotes regional autonomy it might even mend some of the conflicts regarding Quebec and native Canadians. From an ideal standpoint I would like U.S.A. to join as well, but that is unfeasible; U.S.A. doesn't qualify because of things like the death penalty and U.S.A., simply put, have no need of the EU.