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Csiga42 β HAL 9000 - Windows 7 StartOrb
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Published: 2010-01-27 15:44:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 32041; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 10693
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Description
First of all, this is not part of a theme, it's just a start orb for Windows 7.I included a txt file with installation instructions.
Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the great Smooth HAL 9000 Vista theme from:
The zip now contains the BMPs, so you can use it with the button changer app.
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This awesome, but to those who have read the books 2010 was not Arthur C. Clarke's last novel in the series, it has a total of 8 novels and it isn't till the last one he finally fully lets us in on the real purpose and meaning of the Monolith. Great Sci-Fi series. Love Arthur C. Clarke's books, I have only read the first and the 3rd book in the series, the library I went to had 2 out. But I have the original movies on old VHS tapes, and love what Stanely Kubrik did with the films.Β
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How did you get the tool bar to look like that?
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i have no acces to the links. where are the links?????
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I have this now and love it! It would be awesome if you could make it in a variety of different colors to match different themes people use. If you could do that I would be very grateful!
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Trivia: SAL9000 was voiced by Candice Bergen in 2010 'The Year We Make Contact." I am the Tutor of Achilles, by the way; for now. I saw 2001 in '80 and the sequel in '84. Both films stand on their own even today. At 42 I can assure the rest of you whipper snappers that I feel just as young as my first day at preschool when I was 2 years of age. I just don't cry for my parents anymore. Thank you for uploading this. It will serve as my first download as a registered user.
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Thanks.. 
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szΓ©p startorb nagyon tetszik meg van a kΓ©k Γ©s fekete vΓ‘ltozata is!
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Thanks for the wonderful but simple concept.
Also I am not sure if anyone in the posts knew or not but there was a blue eye as well. SAL 9000 was blue. Check out the 2001 sequel 2010 the Year We Make Contact made back in the early 80's. I know I am so old
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Thanks for the kind words!
BTW: I watched the sequel since then, and even read Clark's book. It was a bit weird, but made things a bit clearer about the whole story.
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I know
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your gallery is empty and your point is?
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Just wanna ask where did you get the picture of HAL 9000 (with transparent background)? I'm currently search for a big one for my avatar.
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Well, I found the picture with google, and than cut out the bg in photoshop, to make it transparent. It's really not that hard.
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Just wanna ask, too, what did you do to achieve the second orb (the one when you hover your mouse over the Start orb)?
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I used two different image, and played a little with the level values and the brightness/contrast rates.
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I see. Like what I just did. Is this any good?
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It's good, i just don't like the blue. To me, HAL supposed to be red, like in the movie. But that's just me
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Blue's my favorite color.
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Mine too (coincidence), just not on HAL.
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Hmm, I've been making myself ObjectDock icons since with GIMP. How come I never thought of doing that? ROFL
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can you plz upload only the bmp file ? for the Windows Start button changer ?
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Okay, I can do that..
Link
I wanted to put them in the pack anyways, but I guess I just forgot about it
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can you re-upload the bmp it please i don't see it on the webpage
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I'm not sure, that I still have them, but if find them, i'll upload them and i'll send You a note...
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Thanks a lot
I made one by myself, but yourΒ΄s look nice too
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Any chance for the medium and large size buttons? For those of us that like to use those sizes, people don't seem to be making the buttons. I tried doing it myself but keep screwing it up. I love the button and will use it for now but I have a high res screen and really want to use the medium or large size.
Great work, nice button!
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I can make them too, I just didn't think anyone uses those sizes. I'm gonna update the zip and the description (again
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Thank you so much!
It seems these are most often neglected as there are other buttons I want to use on a couple of other computers I have other themes on, but those are not made in the bigger sizes either.
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No problems in the 64 bit version. Very well done
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The theme is called 7Pro Final for 7 .
It's made by
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Any chance of a 64 bit version? I love this orb.
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I can make one.
I will update the zip and the description as soon as I'm finished.
But since I don't have a 64bit system I cannot test it.
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