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Date:      Wed, 2 May 2001 02:16:00 -0500
From:      Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>
To:        Andy Sloane <andy@guildsoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: new syscons screensaver
Message-ID:  <20010502021600.A34130@cec.wustl.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010502005000.B19547@guild.guildsoftware.com>; from andy@guildsoftware.com on Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:50:00AM -0500
References:  <20010502005000.B19547@guild.guildsoftware.com>

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On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:50:00AM -0500, Andy Sloane wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more
> interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the
> CPU (much less CPU intensive than "fire", anyway).  Please review it and
> let me know what you think.
> 
> It's the bsd daemon logo (with much editing, thanks to my coworker Waylon)
> floating (with a realtime shadow!) above a bunch of tiled spheres which
> move around and morph.  It's only one palette change per frame, until the
> bsd daemon moves.
> 
> http://fear.incarnate.net/~andude/balls.tar.gz
> 
> I'm not on this list, so please reply directly to me.  Thanks.
> 
> -Andy

First, you should know that I absolutely love your first name. :)

The screensaver isn't bad, and it gets pretty trippy when you focus at
infinity and let the 3D-Illusions (TM) effect set in. If I were to make
one suggestion, it would be to animate Beastie, so that he walks around
the screen rather than teleporting everywhere.

However, I'm quite fond of the green_saver module, which shuts down my
monitor after 15 minutes. Other screensavers are really just for
entertainment; I think green_saver is the only one that serves a really
good purpose.

-- 
Andrew Hesford
ajh3@chmod.ath.cx

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