Are there any good screensavers?

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Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

Elder Postsman posted:

op http://www.halproject.com/

came here to post this

Ericadia posted:

its just like making a video game

anyway this looks like a cool screensaver but it costs money so ill never experience it: http://www.halproject.com

there's a free version, idiot, i have it on all my computers

# ? Sep 23, 2014 07:20

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 09:34

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

this is also a really good one but it's windows only i think? so lol suck it up CRAPple

http://drivey.com/

# ? Sep 23, 2014 07:21

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

more seriously try electric sheep

better use of distributed computing than Bitcoin mining

# ? Sep 23, 2014 07:24

Ericadia: Oct 31, 2007; Not A Unicorn

Sagebrush posted:

came here to post this

there's a free version, idiot, i have it on all my computers

eschaton posted:

more seriously try electric sheep

yeah this one is real pretty

also idk give SETI @ Home a try?? idk echopenis but i hope u find what u are looking for

# ? Sep 23, 2014 07:29

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

wanna make a strobe screen saver

# ? Sep 23, 2014 09:17

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

basically like "get back to using computer!!!!"

# ? Sep 23, 2014 09:18

Catalyst-proof: May 11, 2011; better waste some time with you

# ? Sep 23, 2014 10:07

pseudopresence: Mar 3, 2005; I want to get online...
I need a computer!

I saw a boxed copy of after dark in a thrift store last year, I'm a fool for not buying it

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:04

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

what's the one that jwz made? xscreensaver? there's a bunch of cool stuff in that

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:08

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

prefect posted:

what's the one that jwz made? xscreensaver? there's a bunch of cool stuff in that

BSOD screensaver :laugh:

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:15

moosemanmoo: Jan 6, 2007; R the Reply that his life was in danger

here's my screen saver that keeps the LCD on my iMac safe from something http://crimsonmagic.net/blog/?p=260

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:25

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

Ericadia posted:

yeah this one is real pretty

also idk give SETI @ Home a try?? idk echopenis but i hope u find what u are looking for

lol yeah lemme just increase my electricity bill and shorten the life of my computer for absolutely no reason at all

# ? Sep 23, 2014 11:59

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

sorry weedlord sagan but seti is a staggering waste of resources in every way

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:00

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

Bloody posted:

sorry weedlord sagan but seti is a staggering waste of resources in every way

mlyp

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:02

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

theadder posted:

mlyp

yes, absolutely, 10000% agree

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:14

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Bloody posted:

sorry weedlord sagan but seti is a staggering waste of resources in every way

how about folding@home?

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:16

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

also useless, its targeting a solved problem, no idea why they still run it

if your desperate to do some distributed computing for something plausibly useful check out https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ they might have good projects idk ive been out of the DC loop for like 8 years

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:17

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

Bloody posted:

also useless, its targeting a solved problem

also my only citation for this is a fishmech post iirc so :iiam:

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:18

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Bloody posted:

also my only citation for this is a fishmech post iirc so

somebody get :fishmech:

in here to explain, dammit :mad:

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:20

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

he has to sleep u know

# ? Sep 23, 2014 12:20

Necc0: Jun 30, 2005; by exmarx; Broken Cake

echinopsis posted:

can sum1 tell me how to make a screensaver

it's literally an .exe that takes certain arguments. i think just 'preview' mode, 'options' mode, and 'run' mode

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:28

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Op go outside and turn off yo computer

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:33

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

in Xcode there's a project template for screen savers

# ? Sep 23, 2014 16:36

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

sideshow of goatse at different levels of saturation

# ? Sep 23, 2014 17:25

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

Bloody posted:

also useless, its targeting a solved problem, no idea why they still run it

if your desperate to do some distributed computing for something plausibly useful check out https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ they might have good projects idk ive been out of the DC loop for like 8 years

i run this during winter and it makes me feel good about things even though it is achieving nothing of value

# ? Sep 23, 2014 17:25

TED BUNNDY: May 30, 2009; SO HUNGRY; Pork Pro

http://download.cnet.com/The-Amazing-Spider-Man-3D-Screensaver/3000-2257_4-10103624.html

this one

# ? Sep 23, 2014 21:51

N.Z.'s Champion: Jun 8, 2003; Yam Slacker

rename .exe to .scr and its a screensaver

notepad.scr the screensaver

# ? Sep 23, 2014 22:14

Elder Postsman: Aug 30, 2000; i used hot bot to search for "teens"

Sagebrush posted:

this is also a really good one but it's windows only i think? so lol suck it up CRAPple

http://drivey.com/

this one is pretty cool

# ? Sep 23, 2014 22:16

JFairfax: Oct 23, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBcdAOw9V-k

# ? Sep 23, 2014 22:22

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?