7 Movies That Required Scientific Inaccuracy To "Make Sense"

Yes, we know that when it comes to film you have to suspend your disbelief willfully. We accepted that Hamlet spoke to the ghost of his dead father, and we accept that Demi Moore's life was saved by the ghost of her dead husband. You could watch Lord Of The Rings and understand that it's fantasy. But sometimes, you're like "That would NEVER happen" no matter how much disbelief you're willing to suspend. You could suspend 100 disbeliefs, but sometimes, movies will require you to suspend 101 disbeliefs. Here are some movies that say "Here is a thing that can happen." And then you're like "Wait, no. This is untrue." Oh, also, sometimes not the entire movie is scientifically inaccurate, just certain parts.

7.) Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

What It Should Have Been Called:

There Are A Lot More Problems In This Movie Than Just The Science

What Was Scientifically Inaccurate About It:

Indiana Jones decides that it's fun playing in a nuclear test town, so he goes to one. Soon, a nuclear test bomb is dropped, and everything is violently exploded. Indiana Jones is also exploded in the explosion, but he was smart enough to hide inside of a lead-lined refrigerator, which not only throws him about a mile from where it started, but Indiana Jones manages to climb out and say "Not even radiation poisoning can hurt me." Then some dudes scrub down his old, naked, and surprisingly (delightfully) muscular body.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

The truth is, no amount of man-scrubbing would prevent Indiana Jones from being melted by a shit-load of radioactive fallout. Instead of running around with Shia Labeouf, he would be writing his last will and testament. Which would be amazing actually. Can you imagine the stuff he would be able to give away?

6.) Jurassic Park

What It Should Have Been Called:

Mosquito Stomach's Are Amazing At Preserving Anything, Especially DNA

What's Scientifically Inaccurate About It:

Not only is Dr. John Hammond's company able to find one mosquito with enough DNA to build an entire dinosaur but they're able to find countless mosquito's carrying the DNA of countless types of dinosaurs to effectively grow a dinosaur zoo until the dinosaurs realize they are dinosaurs and can eat pretty much whatever they want forever. Also, there is plenty of dinosaur related foliage hanging around and apparently modern day air is exactly the same as air from the Jurassic period and other dinosaur related periods. Over the period of time that the DNA was "preserved" it would have undoubtedly been destroyed and obviously unusable. Which sucks, because who wouldn't want to go to an island of dinosaurs?

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

Nothing, unfortunately. No hilarious goat-eating scene, no lawyer getting bitten in half by a T. rex, and certainly no Sam Neill "lips-slowly-parting-to-show-shock" shots.

5.) Lost In Space

What It Should Have Been Called:

One Lost In Space Was Enough

What Was Inaccurate About It:

This one gets more of a pass because it's Lost In Space. If you were lost in space in real life you wouldn't be lost in space for very long because space would eat your soul. The thing that made us really mad was that the guys in this movie are in a predicament and say "We should probably fly through the Sun, because even though space is infinitely huge, our best bet is to simply fly through the sun." The sun is as wide as 109 Earths. The Sun's surface is 5,778º K or 9,990º F, which makes us wonder why Kelvin is even necessary in this scenario because both numbers are ridiculously high. The core of the sun is estimated at 15.6 x 10^6 K. We aren't aware of a substance that the sun can't burn the shit out of. Even if Matt Leblanc has made his spacecraft out of it.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

People would still have hated this movie but been unable to cite the "flying through the sun" scene as reason why.

4.) Speed

What It Should Have Been Called:

Buses Can Do Whatever We Want Them To Do

What Was Scientifically Inaccurate About It:

A terrorist puts a bomb on a bus and the bomb will explode when the bus, after reaching 50 mph, will explode when it goes under 50 mph. This takes place in Los Angeles, a place renowned for its insane amount of traffic. Luckily for police officer Keanu Reeves, the traffic is only a problem for a few minutes, then it goes away. Also, Dennis Hopper is nice enough to put a light on the SPEEDometer to show the exact moment they reach 50 mph and when they will go under 50 mph. Another interesting thing about the bus is that it can fly. It manages to fly over a 50 foot gap of missing freeway. When it hits the ground, the bus yells "Boo-yah!" and continues on, excited that it was the first bus in history to fly. Without a ramp of some sort, the bus wouldn't have made the jump. And if it did, it would have been so damaged it wouldn't have been able to maintain 50 mph. Also, Ferris Buehler's friend Cameron is in it.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

Keanu, Sandra Bullock, and Ferris Buehler's friend Cameron all get blown up.

3.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

What It Should Have Been Called:

Chinese People Are Magical

What Was Scientifically Inaccurate About It:

Chinese people can't fly.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

Non-flying sword fights. Still awesome.

2.) The Day After Tomorrow

What It Should Have Been Called:

We Pollute So Much That The Earth's Climate Will Change In Less Than Two Hours

What Was Inaccurate About It:

The ocean suddenly decides it needs to be warmer than it used to be, which is a problem because ice hates warmth. Then all this polar ice melts and the ocean decides to drown New York City. Jake Gyllenhaal leads everyone to safety because his dad is Dennis Quaid and is the only person in the world who understands weather. Then there is a storm that freezes everything instantly somehow and wild wolves who are apparently taking a vacation to New York City chase Jake and his friends for some reason. Science tells us that while climate change is definitely possible (occurring right now), it wouldn't change the entire globe's climate in a few days. Also, Dennis Quaid manages to walk to New York City through the deadly weather from Washington D.C. to save Jake so Jake and his brother Randy Quaid can be in Brokeback Mountain.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

Nothing! Everyone would just be walking around a normal, non-homocidal-weather earth. The action would probably have to fast forward 70 years, showing a world where everyone is sweating, white Christmas's are a thing of the past, and Al Gore, long dead, receives thousands of "Sorry we didn't listen" letters every day on his grave.

1.) Armageddon

What It Should Have Been Called:

Anyone Can Save The World By Landing A Spacecraft On A Gigantic Asteroid And Then Blowing It Up With A Nuclear Bomb

What Was Scientifically Inaccurate About It:

Sure, even Michael Bay said that this movie is implausible. But is that going to stop anyone from taking the opportunity to tear one of his movies apart? Some scientists who saw the movie concluded that there were over 160 things that were retarded. That's how they said it; "We're scientists and the only way we can describe the things in this movie is by saying they're retarded."

Before the gigantic asteroid hits Earth, some smaller asteroids lead the way, where they manage to wreak havoc on only major cities instead of hitting the 70% of surface area the oceans provide, again proving that asteroids can't swim. Then, the world tells Bruce Willis and his friends to be astronauts. They realize they could be astronauts in as little as a few days, completely bypassing the normal "years" timeframe for most pussy astronauts. Then a crew flies a spacecraft directly onto an asteroid that, even though is moving fast, it's not TOO fast for America. Then they blow up the asteroid after drilling into it like it's a piece of the Earth, which it's not.

Other things that made us angry were when Bruce Willis was like; "To find out who has to stay and die we will pull straws." And someone was like "Well, where are we going to get straws?" And another person was like "Good thing I happened to bring my straw collection, complete with a short one, just for this sort of situation." Luckily, Ben Affleck pulls the short one. Unluckily, Bruce Willis decides that Ben Affleck is too important to die and still has to make Gigli and bang Jennifer's Lopez and Garner so he saves his life.

We were most angered by the fact that Bruce Willis was the only character that wanted to kill Ben Affleck.

What Would Have Happened Without Fake Science?

Earth gets murdered.

45 Rules for Creating a Great Logo Design

1. Do not use more than three colors.
2. Get rid of everything that is not absolutely necessary.
3. Type must be easy enough for your grandma to read.
4. The logo must be recognizable.
5. Create a unique shape or layout for the logo.
6. Completely ignore what your parents and/or spouse think about the design.
7. Confirm that the logo looks appealing to more than just three (3) individuals.
8. Do not combine elements from popular logos and claim it as original work.
9. Do not use clipart under any circumstances.
10. The logo should look good in black and white.
11. Make sure that the logo is recognizable when inverted.
12. Make sure that the logo is recognizable when resized.
13. If the logo contains an icon or symbol, as well as text, place each so that they compliment one another.
14. Avoid recent logo design trends. Instead, make the logo look timeless.
15. Do not use special effects (including, but not limited to: gradients, drop shadows, reflections, and light bursts).
16. Fit the logo into a square layout if possible, avoid obscure layouts.
17. Avoid intricate details.
18. Consider the different places and ways that the logo will be presented.
19. Invoke feelings of being bold and confident, never dull and weak.
20. Realize that you will not create a perfect logo.
21. Use sharp lines for sharp businesses, smooth lines for smooth businesses.
22. The logo must have some connection to what it is representing.
23. A photo does not make a logo.
24. You must surprise customers with presentation.
25. Do not use more than two fonts.
26. Each element of the logo needs to be aligned. Left, center, right, top, or bottom.
27. The logo should look solid, with no trailing elements.
28. Know who is going to be looking at the logo before you think of ideas for it.
29. Always choose function over innovation.
30. If the brand name is memorable, the brand name should be the logo.
31. The logo should be recognizable when mirrored.
32. Even large companies need small logos.
33. Everyone should like the logo design, not just the business that will use it.
34. Create variations. The more variations, the more you are to get it right.
35. The logo must look consistent across multiple platforms.
36. The logo must be easy to describe.
37. Do not use taglines in the logo.
38. Sketch out ideas using paper and pencil before working on a computer.
39. Keep the design simple.
40. Do not use any “swoosh” or “globe”symbols.
41. The logo should not be distracting.
42. It should be honest in it's representation.
43. The logo should be balanced visually.
44. Avoid bright, neon colors and dark, dull colors.
45. The logo must not break any of the above rules.

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Desktop Security 101: A Quick Course In Safer Computing

1. Keep your passwords strong, and keep them in your head.

The single biggest computing security problem today, as it has been for decades, is poor selection, maintenance and protection of user passwords. Most systems still rely heavily on passwords for authenticating user access, and human nature being what it is, people tend to choose passwords that are easy for themselves to remember - the dog's name, daughter's birthday, favorite singer, etc. - and in many cases, they will write the password down on a post-it note and stick it on the monitor where they (and anyone else) can see it as a reminder. Or, they will choose a word at random from the dictionary, thinking "no one could possibly guess".

Password "cracking" is a favorite activity of people who get their kicks trying to break into computer systems, and the power of modern computers has given them some very effective tools to do it with. "Cracking dictionaries" can try not only every English dictionary word, but also well-known phrases, slang words, substitutions (e.g., "time2go") and a surprising number of other obscure things. In 2002, Penn Information Security was asked to find out why "zzyzzx" would not meet PennKey password criteria. On investigation, it turned out that it's a word from a popular video game of the late 1980s, and does in fact appear in a number of cracking dicitionaries.

Penn recommends that, in choosing a strong password, you choose one that is at least 6 characters long, but less than 16 (some systems may require them to be longer/shorter), that it be a mixture of at least three of the following: UPPERCASE (A-Z), lowercase (a-z), digits (0-9), special characters (@#$%&*, etc.). It should not contain whole dictionary words, and should avoid names or phrases that people with personal knowledge of you might be able to guess. One technique often recommended is to think of a phrase that has meaning only to you (it can even be nonsensical) and take the first letter of each word to "assemble" your password. For example, "Orange elephants invade Alaska; film at eleven" would yield 'OeiA;fae' as the password. For even better security, replace "at" with "@" and "eleven" with "11", for a password of 'OeiA;f@11'. (Note: "Orange elephants..." is a famous example - don't use this as your password). It's also a good idea to change your password periodically, and some system administrators will require this (and will enforce strong password selection as well). Above all, don't share your password with anyone, and don't write it down - the only secure place for your password is in your head.

It is slowly becoming more common for operating systems (Windows XP, for one) to permit use of "passphrases", which are essentially the same thing as passwords, but can be much longer and can include spaces and punctuation. Though they take a few more seconds to type in, passphrases tend to be exponentially more secure than passwords, especially if you mix upper/lower case, digits and special characters as recommended with passwords. Many people also find that passphrases are actually easier to remember than passwords.

Unfortunately, with more and more computing resources becoming available, we all have more and more different account names and passwords to remember. With the introduction of PennKey in October, 2002, this has become somewhat less of a problem at Penn as more and more campus computing resources provide user authentication via PennKey. It is tempting to try and use the same password for all your accounts, but as noted above, different systems have differing parameters with regard to password length, etc., so it will likely not be possible to have one, single password for everything. More to the point, it is recommended that you not use your PennKey password, or any other Penn passwords for outside computing resources. This helps prevent unauthorized access to your Penn data in the event your "non-Penn" password is cracked.

2. Don't open it - you don't know where it's been...

Without a doubt, the Number One method by which viruses, trojans, worms and "backdoor" programs are propagated is via e-mail attachments, and this is particularly true with computers running Microsoft Windows. More often than not, if you receive an attachment that you weren't expecting, or is from someone you don't know (and don't know why they're sending it), chances are that the attachment carries some variety of "malware" just waiting for you to set it loose by opening the attachment, particularly if the attachment has a filename extension of .exe, .pif, .scr or .vba (this is not a complete list, though). One of the favorite tricks of virus writers, et al, is to hide the virus in an attachment that, when run, produces a clever or entertaining animation on the screen that people like to forward on to all their friends without thinking.

So, in short: if you get an email attachment, unless you feel very confident about what it is, where it came from, and why it was sent to you - DON'T OPEN IT! At the very least, scan it with your anti-virus software to see if anything is lurking inside.

Speaking of which...

3. Get anti-virus software. Use it. Keep it up to date.

Penn makes this very easy to do for Windows and Macintosh users by providing site-licensed copies of Symantec Anti-Virus (SAV) for both operating systems to Penn users at no cost. To obtain a copy, visit the Computing Resource Center and pick up the PennConnect CD, or visit the Supported Products website at http://www.upenn.edu/computing/product/.Once installed, be sure to update the virus signature files (a very easy process) on a regular basis. Weekly, at the very least. Daily is even better, though daily changes aren't always made by the vendors.

Although it is true that unix and linux users (this includes Mac OS X, which is essentially a unix-type operating system) are substantially less likely to acquire a virus infection on their system, it is possible, and Mac- and linux-specific viruses have appeared in the last couple of years. There are anti-virus software applications available for these systems, and some of them are open-source, i.e., free.

4. If you can't trust the source you're downloading from, you can't trust the file.

The ability to transfer files back and forth - "uploading" and "downloading" - has been the backbone of the Internet since its inception in the early 1970s, and with the rise of peer-to-peer ("P2P") networks like KaZaa over the last few years, "file-swapping" and downloading are as popular as ever. In most cases, such as purchasing and downloading application software from a well-known commercial website, there's a high level of confidence that you're dealing with reputable people, and the transaction is usually done using a secured connection. There are many cases, though, where you can't be entirely sure who or what is at the other end, and whether or not you can trust the files you're getting from them. As with e-mail attachments (see #2 above), it's a good idea to run downloaded files through your anti-virus software (see #3 above) before opening or installing them. Also, if you're running peer-to-peer sharing software, get in the habit of reviewing the sharing settings of not only the directory you use for file-swapping, but your entire directory structure to make sure that nothing has been changed without your knowledge. And, be on the lookout for the sudden appearance of files that you don't recognize and/or don't recall downloading. "Mystery" files may be a signal that someone has gained access to your system beyond what you intended.

5. Don't leave a computer you're logged into unattended or unprotected.

This is very important not only when using your personal computer in your office or dorm room, but also when you are using public lab computers that are used by many other people, often in rapid succession. If you forget to log off a lab computer after finishing your session, you give the next person at the keyboard an open door into your account which they can use to read your email, personal financial information and other sensitive data. They could even change your password and lock you out of your own account!

Even in your office or dorm room (especially if you're in an "open suite" or a "cubicle warren"), if you get up and leave your computer unattended for no more than a few moments you provide an opportunity for someone to physically compromise your system. It takes less than a minute to install a backdoor program that will allow them complete remote access and control, or "spyware" that shows them everything you look at on your screen and everything you type on your keyboard.

All the major operating systems provide the ability to "lock" and password-protect the screen and system so that an unauthorized person with physical access cannot tamper with your computer. It's easy to say, "I'll only be gone a minute," only to get roped into that card game going on down the hall, or an extended chat at the water cooler. It's a good habit to get into to either log out or lock the system every time you get up.

6. Data on paper is the same as data on the screen.

Sometimes it's necessary to print out copies of important or sensitive data. If you have sensitive printouts, don't leave them lying around where unauthorized, prying eyes can see them. The data is just as sensitive and confidential on a printed page as it is on a computer screen, and if you don't want it read on the monitor, you probably don't want it read anywhere else. Keep important printouts in a secure location, and when you don't need them anymore, don't just throw them in the waste basket - shred them. Personal shredders ("cross-cut" preferred over "strip") are inexpensive and very useful in not only disposing of confidential printouts, but also junk mail, credit card offers and other printed material that may contain information about you that could be useful to identity thieves.

7. Your operating system needs to live and breathe. Don't let it get stale.

"Hackers" are continually probing and testing for vulnerabilities in all the major computer operating systems (this goes for mainframes as well), and are generally pretty adept at finding them. When this happens, the company that markets and distributes the operating system rushes to develop a "patch" to fix the problem and makes it available at no charge to users of the operating system. The problem is, many users rarely if ever check for availability of patches and system upgrades, let alone apply them. This is why the Code Red (I & II) and Nimda worms were able to spread so rapidly during the summer of 2001. They targeted and compomised systems that were running unpatched versions of Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS), even though the patch had been available for more than a year.

Along with weak passwords and virus-spreading e-mail attachements, unpatched computer systems constitute one of the premier security threats on the Internet. A compomised system threatens not only your personal data, it can be "hijacked" for use in remote proxy attacks such as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), thereby becoming a threat to someone else's computer. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU! All the major operating system vendors, including Microsoft, offer mechanisms that will allow you to regularly check for updates and apply them relatively easily if they are available. Keeping your system at "current patch level" is not an iron-clad guarantee that your system will never be hacked, but it's a heck of a good start

Likewise, there's often a security aspect to individual software applications (word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc.) as well. When updates appear (though they're not usually free in these cases), it's a good practice to see if there's a security update included.

8. Don't use it? Lose it.

All the major operating systems come packaged with all sorts of application and server software (the marketers call them "features"), and a major problem is that not only do they often turn these services on by default, they frequently give you very little explanation about what they do and little flexibility with regard to configuration settings. In general, the more services you have running on your computer, the more potential targets you have for hackers to exploit (see "IIS" in #7 above), not to mention slowing down your computer running things you don't need. These services include well-known, standard things like ftp, telnet, Samba, SQL, SMTP (e-mail server), Apache (web server) and others. If you really have use or need to run, for example, an ftp server, then go ahead and set it up, but make sure you fully understand the configuration, operation and potential vulnerabilities. Otherwise, if you don't need it, don't run it.

When considering what services should be running on your system, here are a few easy rules of thumb:

1. If you don't know what it is or what it does, don't turn it on. In most every case, if you find out later that you need it, you can go back and turn it on.
2. If it's on, and you don't need it, turn it off.
3. If it's off, and you don't need it, don't turn it on.

9. Watch out for those "Social Engineers".

No, we're not talking about extroverted locomotive drivers. "Social engineering" is a term that has come into use in the computer security field over the last few years to describe the activities of what are, essentially, con men (and women). Their game is to get someone to willingly give them privileged information by exploiting some combination of:

A) The innate, good-natured desire to be of help to a fellow human being.
B) The belief that everyone basically honest.
C) The person's current state of being extremely busy and distracted.
D) The belief that bad things happen only to other people.
E) Stupidity.
F) All of the above.

A social engineer is the kind of guy who will walk into a busy office in a manner that suggests he belongs there, announce he's been sent to fix the president's computer, impatiently demand to be shown where it is, then calmly say, "I need his user name and password - what are they?", secure in the knowledge that someone will at least try to get the information for him. Sometimes he'll call on the phone and say, "This is Joe from the Help Desk. There's a problem with your account I'm trying to fix, and I need your password to test it."

In short, social engineers use trickery, subterfuge, human nature and sheer audacity to collect nuggets of information they can put together in a way that tells them more about the "Big Picture", thus making it easier for them to make the "Big Score". To thwart them, it takes little more than paying attention to who is around, what they're doing, and being aware of whether or not it's appropriate for them to be there and doing that. In other words, common sense.

10. Scanning is a two-way street.

At any given time, the Internet is buzzing with people using scanning software to survey entire networks at a time, searching for vulnerable machines to direct attacks at. You may feel like "nothing I have on my computer is worth protecting, and they wouldn't bother with me anyway", but the truth is that any vulnerable machine is a target that can be put to use for all sorts of things when compomised (see "DDoS" in #7 above). And, when you come down to it, some hackers like to take over someone else's system for no other reason than to show that they can.

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Ladies vs Real Women

Ladies - If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix-me-up."

Real Women - If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too damn bad. Please recite with me, The Real Women's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes."

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Ladies - Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

Real Women - Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink.You might still have the headache, but who cares?

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Ladies - Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

Real Women - Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake. You're probably lying on the couch, with your feet up, eating it anyway.

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Ladies - To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

Real Women - Buy boxed mashed potato mix and keep it in the pantry for up to a year.
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Ladies - When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the inside of the cake.

Real Women - Go to the bakery - they'll even decorate it for you.

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Ladies - Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.

Real Women - Directions on Sara Lee frozen pies don't include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I just don't do it.

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Ladies - If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dish washing gloves. They give a non slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Real Women - Go ask the very cute neighbor guy to do it.

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And finally, the most important tip

Ladies - Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

Real Women - Leftover wine??!?!?!

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Top 50+ Wallpaper Websites

1. Platinum Studio -
   
2. Aeiko.net - An exhibition of nature themed desktop wallpapers created by designers worldwide
3. MoodFlow - Dreams come alive - hand made, dreamy art wallpapers
4. End Effect - About one hundred graphic wallpapers
5. Wooden Fish - Blog with original wallpapers (also wide screen format)
6. Socksoff.co.uk - Wallpapers gallery, with possibility to post wallpaper with back link.
7. Digital Blasphemy - Providing Wallpapers from 1997. Dual-screen wallpapers available 3840 x 1200
8. Neon Sight Japan - Neon Sight Japan Wallpaper Collection 2007
9. Souldcore - HQ original wallpapers, mostly 1280×1024
10. Wallpaper Joe - Desktop wallpapers gallery (mostly 1024×768)
11. VladStudio.com - Great wallpapers, plus tutorials “how to”
12. PimpMyDesk - Main categories - Babes (26) Cars (12) Landscapes (63) Vectors (275)
13. Indeepop.com - Colorful Design Wallpapers
14. Dugnet.com - Linux/penguin’s Wallpapers
15. Artlebedev - Design studio creates HQ wallpapers with symbolic barcode logo on each one of them. The most creative wallpapers I ever seen!
16. InterfaceList - Free High-Resolution Widescreen Wallpaper
17. MacDesktops - Personalize your MacDesktops experience
18. Wallpaper Stock - Huge collection, a lot of categories, ultra high resolutions
19. Quality Wallpapers - Only the very best desktop wallpapers
20. DeviantArt - Collection of wallpapers from designers all over the world
21. Shadowness - Dark side design wallpapers
22. Free Wallpaper - Collected +50.000 wallpapers for you to download
23. Free Digital Wallpaper - 3d and abstract wallpapers, animals, nature, space, humor and places
24. Mapa.co.kr - Some Wallpapers from Japan designers
25. GetSkinned - Stuff for skinning your OS, wallpapers included
26. Shifted Reality - Original 3D and photography wallpapers for your computer desktop
27. Club VAIO - VAIO club, wallpapers included
28. WinModify.com - Wallpapers, skins, icons! Pimp your windows!
29. CrystakXP - Many wallpapers, sometimes - 1920×1200
30. KDE-Look.org - Eye candy for your KDE Desktop
31. Customize.org - Wallpapers community
32. WinCustomize.com - Home for skins, wallpapers, themes, icons and all you need to customize PC
33. NetCarShow - Offers thousands of high quality car pictures and car wallpapers
34. Exotic Car Wallpapers - Thousands of high quality professional photographs of everything automotive
35. Desktop Machine - Cars, babes, movies, bikes, ultra high resolutions
36. Mycarwallpapers.com - Thousands of high quality car pictures and car wallpapers
37. Getcarwallpapers.com - Car wallpapers with high quality to beautify your screens with them
38. 3couleurs - Firefox wallpapers
39. 9x Media - Multi monitor, high resolution wallpapers (3840×1024)
40. Desktop Girls - Hot sexy girls wallpapers
41. Space Wallpapers - Wallpapers of space, spaceships and earth
42. Brodyaga - European cities wallpapers
43. WStaylor.net - Vista wallpapers, plus some images of nature
44. Gamer Wallpapers - Site for all game lovers, tons of game’s wallpapers
45. Michael Swanson’s Blog - Personal blog with macro photos of flowers (till 1920×1200)
46. Arkhipov.com - Personal blog with macro photos of flowers (till 1920×1200)
47. Anime - Art anime wallpapers, mostly 1280×1024
48. Mattosai - Sexy anime girls wallpapers and Hentai pictures
49. Animepaper - More Anime pictures.
50. Wallpaperseek - A beautiful collection of 3d desktop images
51. Boysoncandy.com - Collection of wallpapers with world famous actresses
52. Mandolux.com - Resources for multiple screen walls… only few updates per months, but great photos indeed
53. Mybestdesktops.com - Personnel blog with lovely wallpapers
54. Socwall.com - Social Wallpapering, a community effort to classify, rank, and distribute high resolution images for use as computer wallpaper

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