I need help turning my computer into a Star Trek computer

[Foogooman]

Alright, well I have windows XP I've recently set out to make my computer as much like the computer on a star ship as possible. I got a bunch of Star Trek sounds to use as a sound theme, and that's a good start but I want more. I want Star Trek themes and skins. I want a skin for firefox, and a theme for windows XP, and star trek screensavers. I got some stuff from http://lcarscom.net but most of the stuff on the site is down because of bandwidth limitation put on the owner of the site. I've tried to google a bunch with not too much luck. Please help me make my computer as star trek-like as possible. Voice recognition software maybe? I dunno, I would really appreciate some recomendations.

Thank you!

 

[SilentP]

If you're going for voice recognition/control software, be prepared to have a sound file of our dear Computer responding 'Command not recognised' and the like

 

[Jadzia]

If you still intend it to be a windows machine, capable of running all your favourite software, then you are going to be limited to themes.

But themes are not that great really. All the themes I've seen to do this sort of thing are difficult to read and navigate. Also I don't use desktop sounds because I find them annoying and pointless. So good luck finding a combination that is tolerable.

Voice control sucks. The applications we typically use are not designed to be controlled with voice. It's unnatural and awkward. It's like having your hands tied behind your back. It's like Mr Fawlty giving instructions to Manuel. Don't bother with it.


I'm sure LCARS24 will be along shortly.