http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/XP Bliss Location?http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/en-usWed, 08 Jul 2009 18:38:49 GMTWed, 08 Jul 2009 18:38:49 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3599.6114, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<p>Don't be silly, this is Eagle. Everyone knows the plastic paddy speaks ex cathedra on all topics bog trotter.</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477494Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:38:49 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4774940http://channel9.msdn.com/477494/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Don't be silly, this is Eagle. Everyone knows the plastic paddy speaks ex cathedra on all topics bog trotter.blowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/477494/Trackback.aspx<p><blockquote><div>I can prove it was taken in Waterville, County Kerry Eire</div></blockquote></p> <p>Then prove it.</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477482Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:27:21 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4774820http://channel9.msdn.com/477482/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I can prove it was taken in Waterville, County Kerry Eire Then prove it.PaoloM0http://channel9.msdn.com/477482/Trackback.aspx<p>Anyone who's ever been to Kerry knows that lush green, green grass.</p> <p>Note also the wild cotten in the foreground and the bog-tractor tracks&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477471Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:54:48 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4774710http://channel9.msdn.com/477471/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Anyone who's ever been to Kerry knows that lush green, green grass. Note also the wild cotten in the foreground and the bog-tractor tracks&nbsp;&nbsp;eagle0http://channel9.msdn.com/477471/Trackback.aspx<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://ts4.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=814520077579&amp;id=d834c7e861bffc091f0e59ef9910e95c&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bertoville.net%2fimages%2ffreepics%2fXP.JPG"><img src="http://ts4.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=814520077579&amp;id=d834c7e861bffc091f0e59ef9910e95c&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bertoville.net%2fimages%2ffreepics%2fXP.JPG" alt="" /></a><a href="http://ts4.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=814520077579&amp;id=d834c7e861bffc091f0e59ef9910e95c&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bertoville.net%2fimages%2ffreepics%2fXP.JPG"></a></p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477328Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:26:02 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4773280http://channel9.msdn.com/477328/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0JohnAskew0http://channel9.msdn.com/477328/Trackback.aspx<p>Well you're trying hard, but your Ireland hoax doesn't appear to be working. I guess you're not motivated enough.</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477285Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:20:54 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4772850http://channel9.msdn.com/477285/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Well you're trying hard, but your Ireland hoax doesn't appear to be working. I guess you're not motivated enough.blowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/477285/Trackback.aspx<p>A hoax only requires a single motivated person.</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477272Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:45:43 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4772720http://channel9.msdn.com/477272/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0A hoax only requires a single motivated person.eagle0http://channel9.msdn.com/477272/Trackback.aspx<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://forumspile.com/That-Is-A_conspiracy.jpg"><img src="http://forumspile.com/That-Is-A_conspiracy.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477109Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:01:01 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4771090http://channel9.msdn.com/477109/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0W3bbo0http://channel9.msdn.com/477109/Trackback.aspx<p>That Napa Valley story is a hoax</p> <p>I can prove it was taken in Waterville, County Kerry Eire</p> <p>The Sample photos included in XP are from the same vicinity. Anyone want to go there and see?</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=477101Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:47:57 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4771010http://channel9.msdn.com/477101/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That Napa Valley story is a hoax I can prove it was taken in Waterville, County Kerry Eire The Sample photos included in XP are from the same vicinity. Anyone want to go there and see?eagle0http://channel9.msdn.com/477101/Trackback.aspx<p>Bravo, much better than mine!</p> <p>And damn that printer to hell!</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476954Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:12:43 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4769540http://channel9.msdn.com/476954/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Bravo, much better than mine! And damn that printer to hell!LeoDavidson0http://channel9.msdn.com/476954/Trackback.aspx<p>My personal favorites, if I may add :)</p> <p><a href="http://img6.imageshack.us/i/1228919615981.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7313/1228919615981.th.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://img189.imageshack.us/i/1227273611787.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/197/1227273611787.th.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476918Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:17:10 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4769180http://channel9.msdn.com/476918/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0My personal favorites, if I may add :) bureX0http://channel9.msdn.com/476918/Trackback.aspx<p>lol</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476902Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:22:51 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4769020http://channel9.msdn.com/476902/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0lolJonathan Potter0http://channel9.msdn.com/476902/Trackback.aspx<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.pretentiousname.com/temp/zombie_bliss.jpg"><img src="http://www.pretentiousname.com/temp/zombie_bliss.jpg" alt="Zombie Thread Bliss" /></a></p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476887Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:35:37 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4768870http://channel9.msdn.com/476887/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0LeoDavidson0http://channel9.msdn.com/476887/Trackback.aspx<p>Isn't that the TeleTubbies stage?</p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476880Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:06:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4768800http://channel9.msdn.com/476880/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Isn't that the TeleTubbies stage?William Stacey0http://channel9.msdn.com/476880/Trackback.aspx<p>Folks, it's a vineyard in Senoma, California (obviously not planted in the original photo).&nbsp;&nbsp; It's approximate location is 38.250151661722285,-122.40929782390594.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here's a more recent photo from wikipedia (where this subject is well documented).</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bliss_%28location%29.jpg/300px-Bliss_%28location%29.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p></p> <p></p>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=476873Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:43:49 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4768730http://channel9.msdn.com/476873/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Folks, it's a vineyard in Senoma, California (obviously not planted in the original photo).&nbsp;&nbsp; It's approximate location is 38.250151661722285,-122.40929782390594.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here's a more recent photo from wikipedia (where this subject is well documented). mgiddens0http://channel9.msdn.com/476873/Trackback.aspx<P>The Photo is of Dartmoor in Devon, England.&nbsp; The town you can see in the background is of Modbury</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=464334Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:36:43 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4643340http://channel9.msdn.com/464334/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0The Photo is of Dartmoor in Devon, England.&nbsp; The town you can see in the background is of ModburyDEANS0http://channel9.msdn.com/464334/Trackback.aspxYou mean to tell me....<br><br>That it's not!&nbsp; :(<br><br>*sulks in the corner*<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=450316Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:48 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4503160http://channel9.msdn.com/450316/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0You mean to tell me....That it's not!&nbsp; :(*sulks in the corner*GoddersUK0http://channel9.msdn.com/450316/Trackback.aspxI always thought it was where the Teletubbies lived.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=450300Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4503000http://channel9.msdn.com/450300/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I always thought it was where the Teletubbies lived.DCMonkey0http://channel9.msdn.com/450300/Trackback.aspxI always thought it was a CGI, or at least a very touched up photograph.<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449952Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:19:41 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499520http://channel9.msdn.com/449952/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I always thought it was a CGI, or at least a very touched up photograph.Bass0http://channel9.msdn.com/449952/Trackback.aspxLicensing.<br><br>I found a lot of XP's wallpaper images on Corbis and Photodisc (with whom Microsoft has had earlier agreements with, see <i>Plus! 98</i>). These stock images are available for licensing at very high prices (Red Moon Desert is about $600USD IIRC), so if Microsoft included high resolution versions with high quality the stock agency might get annoyed.<br><br>Besides, at the time XP was released 1024x768 was emerging as the mainstream desktp resolution, at which you don't notice the upscaling in the 800x600 JPEGs. But now that more and more people have widescreen desktops it becomes very noticable. That's why the resolution of the photos in Vista has improved.<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449951Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:18:13 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499510http://channel9.msdn.com/449951/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Licensing.I found a lot of XP's wallpaper images on Corbis and Photodisc (with whom Microsoft has had earlier agreements with, see Plus! 98). These stock images are available for licensing at very high prices (Red Moon Desert is about $600USD IIRC), so if Microsoft included high resolution versions&#8230;W3bbo0http://channel9.msdn.com/449951/Trackback.aspxRoyal, your first pic is from a Swiss guy that 'claims' he took the Bliss photograph. He clearly did not and just wants fame.<br><br>It was taken in Napa valley. <br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449937Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:52:35 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499370http://channel9.msdn.com/449937/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Royal, your first pic is from a Swiss guy that 'claims' he took the Bliss photograph. He clearly did not and just wants fame.It was taken in Napa valley. VB Man0http://channel9.msdn.com/449937/Trackback.aspx<IMG src="http://static.flickr.com/43/166470048_45a56cd08b.jpg?v=0">&nbsp;<IMG src="http://static.flickr.com/60/166470099_79b5db83ee.jpg?v=0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG src="http://static.flickr.com/69/166470676_680b3e2a0a.jpg?v=0"><IMG src="http://static.flickr.com/68/166470189_52438b3151.jpg?v=0">http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449919Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:15:25 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499190http://channel9.msdn.com/449919/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;eagle0http://channel9.msdn.com/449919/Trackback.aspxSo why on earth did they include such a low res version with xp?<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449908Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:53:01 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499080http://channel9.msdn.com/449908/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0So why on earth did they include such a low res version with xp?GoddersUK0http://channel9.msdn.com/449908/Trackback.aspx*yawn, necro thread*<br><br>but just ftr: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_%28image%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)</a><br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449907Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:48:36 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499070http://channel9.msdn.com/449907/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0*yawn, necro thread*but just ftr: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)GoddersUK0http://channel9.msdn.com/449907/Trackback.aspxah, we need more pics, for documentation purposes of course: <div><br></div><div><br> <a href="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/184/mettraux20bilss20after2vf3.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/184/mettraux20bilss20after2vf3.jpg"></a> <br> Scene of bliss wallpaper in 2006 <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br> <a href="http://www.shrani.si/f/2L/oL/2yFebWXf/bliss-600dpi.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://www.shrani.si/f/2L/oL/2yFebWXf/bliss-600dpi.jpg" width="600/"></a></div><div>Bliss in its full, <a href="http://www.fsc-mediaserver.com/mediaserver/clientview/server/marcom/index.cfm?itemsperPage=36&amp;fuseaction=list&amp;page=1&amp;fid=S2506&amp;search=false&amp;CFID=949080&amp;CFToken=96324357">16 megapixel glory</a> :)</div></div>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449903Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:14:44 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4499030http://channel9.msdn.com/449903/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0ah, we need more pics, for documentation purposes of course:  Scene of bliss wallpaper in 2006 Bliss in its full, 16 megapixel glory :)RoyalSchrubber0http://channel9.msdn.com/449903/Trackback.aspx<A href="http://www.oushanghaiyun.com/ecma/xp.png" rel=lightbox><IMG src="http://www.oushanghaiyun.com/ecma/xp.png"></A>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=449882Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:15:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/155495-XP-Bliss-Location/?CommentID=4498820http://channel9.msdn.com/449882/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0peterwillcn0http://channel9.msdn.com/449882/Trackback.aspx