Is the scrolling marque screensaver a waste?

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:30 pm

Put the scrolling marque screensaver on... watch you text crawl across the screen. After an hour of watching, you soon see that some areas dont get crossed as much as other parts, making it a bad screensaver.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:38 pm

Is this thread worthless?

[X] Yes
[ ] IB4TL

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:52 pm

DCrazy wrote:Is this thread worthless?

[X] Yes
[ ] IB4TL

[3] All of the above.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:59 pm

Isaac wrote:Put the scrolling marque screensaver on... watch you text crawl across the screen. After an hour of watching, you soon see that some areas dont get crossed as much as other parts, making it a bad screensaver.

Kill yourself.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:19 pm

Money! wrote:
DCrazy wrote:Is this thread worthless?

[X] Yes
[ ] IB4TL
[3] All of the above.

x2

I don't have a screen saver at all, I just have the monitors power off completely after the PC is idle for a few minutes.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:40 pm

the marque screensaver can be quite interesting if you use the WINGDINGS font.

and there's always the
"]]] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ]] ]]]] ]] ] ]] ]]]]]] I AM SHOOTING STAPLES AT YOU!!! ] ]]] ] ] ] ]] ]]]]]] ] ]]]" message

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:48 pm

OpenGL screen saver - Flocks r0x!

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:04 am

roid wrote:and there's always the
"]]] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ]] ]]]] ]] ] ]] ]]]]]] I AM SHOOTING STAPLES AT YOU!!! ] ]]] ] ] ] ]] ]]]]]] ] ]]]" message

Roid saved the thread!

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:21 am

LOL!!!! Roid, sh1t man u crack me up sometimes.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:00 am

i can't take credit for the SHOOTING STAPLES AT YOU!! thing, it's DREW's work.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:13 am

A waste of what?

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:37 am

Dang Roid, I followed that link and found this ...

L M A O!

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:16 am

Iceman wrote:Dang Roid, I followed that link and found this ...

L M A O!

Ah yes, Lego pr0n

(IBTL)

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:00 am

Scrolling Marquee is where it's at. It's a good way to interject politically or religiously sensitive statements into the work place. You know, to maintain just the right amount of animosity and tension amongst your co-workers.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:04 pm

Dedman wrote:Scrolling Marquee is where it's at. It's a good way to interject politically or religiously sensitive statements into the work place. You know, to maintain just the right amount of animosity and tension amongst your co-workers.

Especially if it's not your computer, or your viewpoints, you're putting up ;)

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:32 pm

The really-quickly-scrolling-huge-typeface expletive might be an amusing use of the screensaver.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:59 pm

Screens no longer need "saving". That whole thing became irrelevant in about 1990.

If you like the look of your own name dancing a jig, or REALLY need to see the time swoop around your screen, then OK - but otherwise, LAME.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:29 pm

Mobius wrote:Screens no longer need "saving". That whole thing became irrelevant in about 1990.

I guess it may depend on the specific type of monitor you have, but in general, that's about the most incorrect statement I have ever seen you make.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:42 pm

[insert]STFU Mobius Picture Here[/insert]

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:56 pm

Consider this inserted:

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:06 am

...actually he's mostly right. Quick Google search and reference to a dozen odd sites indicates most CRTs these days are much less prone to phosphor aging of that sort than they used to be; while screen-savers may have a minute effect, it's insignificant.

In the case of LCDs, screen savers are perfectly useless, and in fact potentially harmful (as opposed to turning the screen off) because you're still using the screen.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:20 am

Mobi's right. Screen savers are unnecessary on modern displays.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:59 am

Then explain to me why I have seen a lot of monitors (less than 8 years old) with images burned into them?

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:37 pm

those are just ghost's of web pages past

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:54 pm

legos lead to anger...
anger leads to hate.. .
hate leads to web forums

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:10 pm

Eh, you got that right Isaac.

Join the club.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:23 pm

Isaac wrote:legos lead to anger...

...especially when you step on a pile of them while barefoot

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:10 pm

Iceman wrote:[insert]STFU Mobius Picture Here[/insert]

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:09 pm

Top Gun wrote:
Isaac wrote:legos lead to anger...
...especially when you step on a pile of them while barefoot

TEH OUCH! Actually I think one small one on a thin carpet hurts more.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:50 pm

Top Gun wrote:
Isaac wrote:legos lead to anger...
...especially when you step on a pile of them while barefoot

Been there, done that. You are correct sir!

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:03 am

Top Gun wrote:
Isaac wrote:legos lead to anger...
...especially when you step on a pile of them while barefoot

*cringes*

I hate it when I do that.