Re: The unwanted fish...
On 16 Aug 2001 00:08:48 +0300, Martin Fluch wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I know that this question was posted some time (some months) ago on this
> list (or debian-user), but I couldn't find the answer in the mailing list
> archives.
>
> I'm running unstable and (maybe) a month ago I spoted a fish swiming over
> my desktop from left to right, just a small one, just once. Today again.
>
> Does anybody know where this fish is coming from? (I'm a little bit
> confused, since I have never requested it and have no idea, how this
> little beast comes on my desktop.)
>
> Thanxs for any hint :-)
>
> - Martin
It's an easter egg of the GNOME Panel. Nothing to worry about.
I *think* the details are as follows: Every time you fire up the panel,
it tests a number between 1 and (some large number in the thousands)
every ten minutes. When the numbers match, the fish flies across the
screen.
Jim Cape
http://www.ignore-your.tv
If the United States Government spent as much on education
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