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RE: Screen saver saver
I thought that there was a widescreen version available to registered
users if you send an email to the authors?
Phil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 February 2004 20:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Screen saver saver
>
>
> I've been using the Marine Aquarium on the plasma for some
> time and it certainly does look excellent. The only flaw is
> that the new version dsn't come in widescreen which is a
> shame, it means the fish are all a little stretched. I also
> have the 'Time' version which looks pretty cool.
>
> For those concerned about screen burn, there is no chance of
> that as the 'lights' fade on and off fairly regularly to
> represent day and night.
>
> I would also question the amount of system resources it uses,
> I run Seti 24 x 7 on all my machines and have not noticed any
> significant processing hit with the aquarium running, may be
> 5% but not more, though I do have a reasonable graphics card in there.
>
> Finally, the author of the aquarium doesn't actually intend
> for it to be used as a 'screen saver', when you use it in
> that mode it may well be more resource intensive. Whenever I
> want it on, usually as a background when guests come round
> and I have music on, I run it as an application.
>
>
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