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user1234 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:02 pm

Its International Date Line.

Nope - can't be international date line - that runs through the Bering Strait and bisects the Pacific.

greengeek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:56 am

user1234 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:02 pm

Its International Date Line.

Nope - can't be international date line - that runs through the Bering Strait and bisects the Pacific.

Dateline.png

Oops! Sorry, instead of telling about the red line, I mistakenly told about the gray line. Will have to google about that.

xenial wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:23 pm

I was thinking more on the lines of the international reference meridian which differes slightly from the greenwich meridian.
Just a guess..

The IERS Reference Meridian (IRM), also called the International Reference Meridian, is the prime meridian (0° longitude) maintained by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS).

Found from wikipedia.

AtomicPupXXII desktop

The Prime meridian - historically, referred to as the point from which Greenwich Mean Time was calculated - and the International Date Line are on opposite sides of the world.

As stated, the one runs through (originally) the very centre of the 'transit instrument' (the main reflector telescope) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, England. The "official" time itself was always displayed on what's known as the 'Shepherd Gate' clock on the north wall of the Observatory.....and is one of the very few that actually shows the full 24 hour layout, rather than the normal 12-hour one:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich ... _clock.jpg

This instrument, however, is no longer in use, so there has been dispute for years as to where the official line now sits. Added to which, due to the Earth's irregular, gradually slowing angular rotation around the Sun, world-wide time was changed to the UTC standard in 1972.....and is now maintained by atomic clocks.

The location of the International Date Line, diametrically opposite to the Prime Meridian, originated - quite simply - because the GMT "day" was originally calculated to start at noon.....NOT midnight.

(As stated by user1234, above, the Prime Meridian was re-named and is now calculated to be a few meters west of where it used to be.....)

Just a bit of useless info for y'all.

Mike.

mikewalsh wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:43 am

(As stated by user1234, above, the Prime Meridian was re-named and is now calculated to be a few meters west of where it used to be.....)

Any thoughts about what the red line on BologneChe's desktop is called? Seems too far west to be the actual Prime Meridian. Maybe it doesn't have a name - maybe it's just "the western boundary of UTC" ?

And I am assuming that the Prime Meridian and the International date line are actually the same thing - at North and South poles? No wonder Shackleton never made it home.

@greengeek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%C2%B100:00

Sofiya wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:26 pm

If that's conky, that has to be the nicest conky I've ever seen.

geo_c wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:12 pm

If that's conky, that has to be the nicest conky I've ever seen.

Thank you! yes it is conky

Puppy Old Style.......in Fossa

Daily driver, FP64 with my photo as the wall paper....

@vtpup :-

Sweet....and very 'traditional'.

@geo_c :-

Nice! Love the icons; I can see where a lot of your hard work has gone.....

@gychang :-

Very "atmospherique", mate. Like it.

Mike.

bigpup wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:07 pm

Those are the "antiquity" icons aren't they? I thought they looked cool but wondered how they could be made to 'work' in a theme scheme. Now I see.

Yes they are the "antiquity" icons.

Here is another one using them:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic. ... 511#p53511

Vanilla Dpup 9.2.0 - JWM

Vanilla Dpup 9.2.0 - Openbox-Lxde

Vanilla Dpup 9.2.0 - BSPWM

Slacko64 Puppy 8.2.1 - Openbox-Lxde

Vanilla Dpup 9.2.0 - KDE-Neon(Plasma)

Vanilla Dpup 9.2.0 - LXDE

Vanilla Dpup

@amethyst Still going strong XMPlay (with Enhancer) on Bionic64-8 ->

rockedge wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:29 pm

@amethyst Still going strong XMPlay (with Enhancer) on Bionic64-8 ->

(3).jpg

I like that background! where can I find it?

@geo_c :-

That's a very old one, mate; mostly provided in the 5-series days. A few had this one, though I think it originated with 01micko in the Slackos.....

Attached below. (Just right-click->Save As...)

Enjoy!

Mike.

mikewalsh wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:24 pm

@geo_c :-
That's a very old one, mate; mostly provided in the 5-series days.
Enjoy!
Mike.

Well, I have collection of backgrounds, everything from photos to fractal graphic designs, and still, with the theme I use, and the @MochiMoppel gtk-dialog clock, black or very dark is the best. So this background fits the bill, has a black half, a darker color half, and nice puppies!

rockedge wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:29 pm

@amethyst Still going strong XMPlay (with Enhancer) on Bionic64-8 ->

(3).jpg

Nice skin for XMPlay. What is it?

mikewalsh wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:24 pm

@geo_c :-
That's a very old one, mate
Mike.

Hey Mike, do you happen to have ALL of the puppy-linux legacy backgrounds stored somewhere? Seems like there should be a gallery of those somewhere.

FatDog800b...been walking this good ol' doggo for a while now..
He has a panel menu top centre that stays out of sight until hovered near...half a dozen items on it..
London and Toronto clocks are invisible images..