Network Aware Screensavers?

borgquite asks: "Does anyone know of any network aware screensavers? I am running a school network and would love to be able to have a screensaver where the other computers communicate with each other in some way - for example, if you could have a marquee where the message gets passed from screen to screen. The best I can find is n 0 time, but is there anything else a bit more exciting?"

Comments

Environment,

[Trusty Penfold]

Turn the monitors off and save a whale.

Killjoys

[Atzanteol]

Wow, so far most of the posts have been "why would you do this? It's not necessary."

Gawd, have things gotten sooo bad that coding useless but nifty apps is a lost art? Doesn't anybody tinker anymore?

I'm *soooo* sick of seeing post after post of "but why would I need this?" If you're asking this question, click the frigging back button already. You don't. Fuck off. Let the rest of us who would like a nifty-but-useless little app be merry.

I'm so worked up now I may write something like this just to piss off the 'practical' /. crowd...

Re:Killjoys

[Atzanteol]

Somehow I don't think making a screensaver do something cool across the network is a resourceful use of time.

Bah!

Mebbe students could do it as a project for a networking class? Perhaps it could be done to stress-test the network?

Once the code is opened, others may bring it further! It may not be incredibly useful, but no less useful than a normal screen saver!

Personally I'd like to see a screen-saver that bounces a ball between multiple machines. It would just be nifty. Like all the other screen-savers in the world.

rotating couch in stairway??

[quiddity]

why oh why does this not exist yet? I've been scouring the net for years, the Douglas's immovable sofa is nowhere to be found.

surely someone can provide us with this essential toy.