I love the screen savers from BOINC projects, and the newest screen savers from WCG, which are Rice and HCC.

The screen savers do have a value to those of us who are working in offices where others see them and are attracted, then we can tell them about the projects and try to get them to take on this valuable work.

I have gotten forty percent of my colleagues into this work because they have stopped at my desk to see what is "that thing" on my monitor.

I do need to admit that the older ones from WCG projects were not as dramatic and did not do as good a job for proselytizing. But one could easily see with the dramatic change that occurred with the HCC screen saver, some people in the projects do see the value of the screen savers.

The screen saver for Rice is dramatically beautiful, One can see that it was not a difficult proposition for the right graphics person: a good photo, probably altered; the turning "pipes" graphic, etc.

>>RSM

You sound sarcastic.

Misplaced sarcasm, too, since this particular problem is just about solved.

I may sound sarcastic, but you sound downright pedantic. Just because you like to set your screen to black and don't use a screen saver, it does not mean there are not others of us who do enjoy the benefits (both practical and aesthetic) of a good screen saver.

As mitrichr said on this thread, one of the main ways other people become interested in WCG is when they stop by and notice the "cool graphics" on your monitor. Both SETI and Human Proteome Folding were big hits in this respect, and a lot of my friends did sign up. So, if screen savers are not for you, then that's fine. But please get off your high horse and stop assuming the whole world agrees (or should agree) with you. Thanks.

I am running with screensaver = (none) to save more % for crunching power. It is still possible to select the graphics box in BOINC to see what's going on, which coincidentally looks like the screen saver. It will work either way.