I had the same problem some time back. Burned an image into the screen of my 21', primary screen. It is still there, though it is faint. SETI's screensaver is obviously not much of a screen "saver". Oddly enough, none of my other screens got burned -- only the biggest, best, most expensive, and most used one.
Shortly after that, I discovered that having the screensaver run was slowing down the analysis considerably. One of my oldest, slowest computers did the work 10% faster, while my newest, fastest computers were four times faster with the screensaver turned off. Screensavers, it turns out, can be very big resource-eaters -- particularly if they are displaying dynamic data. Now I just have NONE as my screensaver, and have the screen go blank after 15 minutes of inactivity. No more problems with burns. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 28 Oct 2003 at 17:04, John W. Nichols, M.A. wrote: > > > I have been involved with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the past 4.449 years (talk > > about anal retentive) and have completed almost 9,300 work units for > > the project. I am at the 99.668th %-ile among the 4,729,551 people in > > the world who are currently involved in the effort to locate the > > little green guys. > > > > I know nothing about BOINCing, and only a bit more about BONKing. So > instead I'll use this thread to air a complaint about SETI. I was an > early subscriber, and I really liked their nifty screen display. Even > if I didn't have a clue what it was showing, I enjoyed telling > students who asked that I was searching for ET. > > Then I discovered that their display was burning a permanent image > into my computer screen. When I got a new screen (and after SETI > ignored my complaint) I switched to a distributed computing project > which did cancer research. I didn't understand their screen display > any better (images of molecules) but at least it floated around and > wouldn't damage my computer screen. > > Does anyone else who's been using SETI for a long time have this > problem? Look at your screen when it displays a white background. > Does it retain a faint image of the SETI frame? If so, you've got the > problem I'm talking about. All they have to do to fix it is to have > their display float about the screen, as my cancer research one does. > Otherwise, I suspect that the only objective result of their project > to date is to progressively damage millions of computer screens. Neat > trick. Maybe they're sponsored by computer manufacturers. > > Stephen > > ___________________________________________________ > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 > Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips > _______________________________________________ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> ��� <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. John W. Nichols, M.A. Assistant Professor of Psychology Tulsa Community College 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 (918) 595-7134 Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
