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Message 1936581 - Posted: 21 May 2018, 21:29:33 UTC

If you navigate to:
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/prefs.php?subset=project

and edit:
URL of background image
- This JPEG image will be displayed in the background.
http://boincsynergy.ca/images/background.jpg

URL of logo image
- This JPEG image will be displayed in the lower corner.
http://boincsynergy.ca/images/user_logo.jpg


You could get a visit from BOINC Synergy's Friendly Alien when SETI@home's screensaver graphics is launched:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeGNAZY92k&t=0s&list=PLAB67EF0DE75E711D&index=13
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Message 1936959 - Posted: 24 May 2018, 16:53:32 UTC

Cute. I don't run any screensaver. I have no need. My screens go blank if I step away for more than a couple of minutes and I turn them off when I'm done for the day.
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Message 1936991 - Posted: 24 May 2018, 22:16:56 UTC - in response to Message 1936959.  

I'm sure you have described the modus operandi of most computer users, myself included.
The original purpose was to prevent burn-in and very long warm up cycle on CRT and plasma screens, so savers have become obsolete with LED & LCD monitors.

Every so often I become an energy glutton and run BOINC's screensaver for an hour or more despite my better judgement. Rebel!
I often stop soon after I get the stink-eye from a family member. Or the mention of the cost of electricity :)
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Message 1936996 - Posted: 24 May 2018, 22:39:54 UTC

I run the classic After Dark - Starry Night screensaver on both my Windows computers and my Macintosh.
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Message 1937026 - Posted: 25 May 2018, 6:47:46 UTC

At home, like Susie, if I'm going to be away from the screen for a few minutes I hit the off button.
At work we use the windows "locked computer" screen as an indicator that one is in the office but away from one's desk. But I don't crunch at work as the thought po-lice won't let us.
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