To the site admins; please include instructions to tell users how to actually use the skins they download. On IRC we've been getting a lot of n00bs who've downloaded WB skins and have no idea how to use them. This is not really a problem (good way to get new folks around), but it might be a good idea to add the info to make it easier for them to figure out. It's a common problem over at WC as well. A lot of new people might not have the patience to track down the info on how to use stuff.

This is from a forum, I have tried to delete the f words but you can get the gist of it



Take the time to read it. A friend found it on a forum:
*** HEY CRACKHEAD! ***

Date: Sat Mar 27 15:36:01 2004

Yes, you. You sick f...... On Wednesday morning I emerged from my girlfriend's building by U.N. Plaza to find that you had sawed the tops off both the sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no idea why anyone would do that. Other than the sparkplugs, the bike was untouched. Some kind of bizarre vandalism? A fraternity prank gone awry? I had no idea. All I knew is that I looked like a huge douchebag riding the Muni to work in a padded motorcycle jacket and helmet. Because the bike was immobilized I got a $35 street sweeping ticket that night. Thursday I had it towed to the shop
($45) where they replaced the sparkplugs and the boots ($50 including labor). They explained to me that "people" - I use the term loosely here - like you break off the tops of spark plugs and use the porcelain tubes to
smoke crack. As an engineer and former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again.

Crackhead, it was really good to have my bike back though. I rode home from the shop with a couple of spare sparkplugs and a smile on my face. I figured the next time I parked at my girlfriend's place overnight I would
have to buy some crackpipes and tape them to my bike as a peace offering. Overall, I wasn't that upset. Despite having to ride the bus for three days and dropping a hundred bones at the shop, I had gained some fascinating knowledge, a new set of spark plugs, and a pretty funny anecdote about how f...ed up you are, and how our paths once crossed briefly in the night.

But you couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie, could you Crackhead? You couldn't just stay in on Friday, watch Letterman through the window of a home electronics store and then call it a night. You couldn't rest on your laurels. Two porcelain sparkplug crackpipes just wasn't enough for you, was it Crackhead? You just had to come back for more. This morning, a scant fifteen hours after I rode it out of the shop, I found my motorcycle violated once again. This time you only took the right one - maybe you were having an off night. At least this time I had a spare sparkplug and the tools to fix it - or so I thought - having ordered a 73-piece toolset from SEARS.com last week. But no, the sparkplug socket in my new toolset was for American sparkplugs. So I had to go down to the neighborhood Ace hardware. They had an 18mm socket that would fit over my sparkplug, but it was for a 1/2" drive ratchet. My toolkit only has 1/4" and 3/8" ratchets. So I had to buy a 1/2" ratchet along with the socket. Even though the clerk took pity on me and gave me the senior citizen discount (I'm 25) it still cost me $22 all told.

Now, you might say that I should have just gotten a 3/8"-to-1/2" drive adaptor instead of springing for the whole ratchet. And to that I say "Shut the hell up, Crackhead, I'm not finished. And besides, I was eventually going to buy a 1/2" ratchet anyway so it's probably not worth it to take it back now."OK, now I'm rambling. But the point is, Crackhead, that you have done me wrong. Now, I get that you love crack. That is totally understandable. I've heard it is really fun, at first, and quite addictive. What I don't understand is...

YOU ARE A CRACKHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CRACKPIPE?!

I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums in the Loin for a calculator and sliderule? No, you don't. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing you do is crack. How do you get by without a crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you non-stop. I mean, the f...ing saw you used to saw off my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really haven't put much thought into this, have you? Please, Crackhead, please don't tell me you sold your crackpipe to buy crack. Even a stupid crackhead such as yourself couldn't possibly be that stupid. I've decided that taping crackpipes to my motorcycle would be tantamount to appeasement.

You have crossed a line, Crackhead - specifically California Street. You have come onto my own street and you have desecrated that which I hold dear. You have stolen from me, and you have caused me to spend the last half hour writing this post instead of engineering shit, and it is concievable, if not likely, that my boss could find out about this and fire me. I am hella pissed at you dude.

Here are my options as I see them:

1. Write a note saying that I have coated both of my sparkplugs in rat poison and tape it to my bike at night. You can thank Tim for that one, it was his idea.

2. Don't write a note, but just coat both sparkplugs in rat poison. This is probably closer to a punishment that would fit your despicable crime. I'm sure this is super illegal and ****, but it's not like anyone is
going to miss you, Crackhead. Don't fool yourself.

3. Wait in an alley near my bike armed with my new stainless steel mirror-finish Ace Professional brand 1/2" drive socket wrench, my 18mm sparkplug socket, and my searing rage. It's pretty heavy and well balanced. I am not a large man, but I am angry.

In conclusion, Crackhead, why don't you just do both of us a favor and buy yourself a crackpipe? It will both enhance your crack smoking experience and save me a lot of time and felony assault charges. Think about it.

Sincerely,
Matt

*** If you are not the Crackhead that took my sparkplugs, please disregard this posting ***

I'm starting to see a disturbing trend in some skin comments. People are being attacked for offering constructive criticism. ATTENTION! That's the WHOLE POINT of skin comments! It's far better to have constructive comments on areas of improvements than the continual 'U r0X0rz' comments. FYI, people A person doesn't have to be a skinner themselves to offer good analyses of skins. I can't manufacture an automobile, but I know what I like to see in one. Skin bashing is unacceptable, of course...but that's not what I'm referring to here. There are very few 'perfect' skins around. Even many of the ones with a 10 rating aren't quite perfect (ask their authors if you don't believe me). It quite often happens that an author will release a skin and not even know that something isn't quite 'right'. Of course, a lot of that has to do with personal preference. For example I've been using TopaX for quite a while now. I like the colors. I modded it for my own use though, since I didn't care for the italicized taskbar fonts. How can we expect to hone our skills if we don't get useful feedback on areas where we need to put more effort in? Attacking a skin user for providing a reasonable POLITE commentary about what they like or don't like about a skin is patently absurd. Lighten up, people. This is a hobby for the vast majority of us, and it's SUPPOSED TO BE FUN.

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Should make this sticky

Anyway, I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread for people to post the WC2K5 website addresses. I'll start:

http://dt.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?SID=4253

We need a new DX email module. The current one tends to be a bit erratic, and it needs more features. I'd do one myself, except I don't have the know-how (I can just about hack my way through VBS).

Feature request:

Ideally, to check the mail server similiar to the OD email docklet.
It needs to be able to get a count of the new emails.
It would be nice to have systray support for mail notifications.

I can't even log in anymore using Mozilla. It's been having problems for the last couple weeks, and it's getting progressively worse. All I do now is go around and around trying to log in. I keep getting redirection errors and so forth.

http://pws.chartermi.net/~digital_trucker/test_gauges/MDIerror.jpg

Only does this with WB skins, not XP skins. Minimized MDI windows appear to 'inherit' transparency from the normal window...despite having set an image for minimized MDI windows. Also, if the MDI window being minimized is exceptionally small, the size of the minimized graphic is clipped, cutting off some buttons

Several times in the last week or so, I've gotten spoofed emails that reference Stardock or members of Wincustomize. Might want to check your computers folks, if you haven't done so lately! It doesn't really bother me, of course...the mighty DEL key works wonders...but if the infected person is you, you might want to get that taken care of

...or is it just me? Appears to be down