luc wrote:
> Le dimanche 20 août 2006 à 16:11 -0400, Timothy Miller a écrit :
> On 8/20/06, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> At least for the end-user, something in 3D should appear, like
>>> screen saver
>>
>> Actually a proper screen saver just turns the entire screen to
>> black, and puts the display (and graphics card) into a low power
>> mode if available.
>
> Yeah. I hate screen savers that suck CPU time.... and for what?
That's right, but it's not the reality which is simply that
screensavers are turned on by default on friendly-user distros.
Speaking about 3D screensavers seems stupid on this list, but, one is
speaking about a feature for the mass, hence, if OGC is a graphics
card for the mass, then one has to comply. Am I wrong ?
Oh come on. Screensavers are an artform. They quit having much
practical use a long time ago, but who cares? They are eye candy
for eye-candy's sake. Anyway, my distribution actually calls them
"screenhacks" not "screensavers". Most users of course, are not
using the CPU cycles that screenhacks consume. :-)
Cheers,
Terry
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Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
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