What is it that makes the Downloads dock icon bounce?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a script?
And more importantly: can I copy the behavior with other dock icons?
Many thanks, as always, people.

Alex,
I had no other way to get in touch other than post on this thread. I would like to discuss with you an archived thread you started concerning the Pirelli router, WDS, and Airport Express.
I am in Athens as well and have a similar issue. So far, I am concluding that the Pirelli WDS protocol is different than the Apple. I cannot seem to solve the problem of extending the network using an Airport as a remote access point. Can you advise?
Cheers, Stuart

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