... Holy crap! Really! Oh wait, I've heard all that before. And you're still ignoring this:

It is MUCH more complex and demanding to write an entire screensaver in THREE DIMENSIONS that takes advantage of different videocards, than it is to write a 2d screensaver that does not use the GPU.

End of story. Some idiot, whoever it may be, spent a whole lot of extra time making the thing 3d only, isntead of a far simpler, and faster running solution.

See, there you go again. You can't post a thing on these boards without insulting someone. You don't understand the logic, so you're calling the programmer(s) an idiot.

What you're forgetting is that many users have had screen burn-in with the old 2D screen saver, because it didn't move enough. And you're apparently forgetting what I just told you: not many people use screen savers anymore! End of story. You're lucky they even included one.

You keep responding like that, and I'm going to start reporting every one of your posts to the mods. It seems your lack of civility is only cause for flame bait. You simply want to insult someone into arguing with you, and I'm not going to fall for it. A review of your entire post history can prove everything I just said.

Now quit beating a dead horse. End of story.

... Holy crap! Really! Oh wait, I've heard all that before. And you're still ignoring this:

It is MUCH more complex and demanding to write an entire screensaver in THREE DIMENSIONS that takes advantage of different videocards, than it is to write a 2d screensaver that does not use the GPU.

End of story. Some idiot, whoever it may be, spent a whole lot of extra time making the thing 3d only, isntead of a far simpler, and faster running solution.

And then there would have been complaints that the original static screensaver was damaging users nice modern lcd screens - which were not widely owned back in 1999 and really don't like fixed pictures for long periods... There is a strong arguement for a more mobile screensaver in this respect - one that actually does its job properly - instead of insisting on living in the past.

Please consider that other projects don't offer a screensaver, so if you wanted 'some idiot' to write code that was a 'far simpler, and faster running solution', they could simply have left the thing out altogether.

THAT IS NOT PROGRESS. It is bass ackwards.

Well, there's part of your problem. It's not a screen saver anymore, so it's not about being progressive as a screen saver.

BOINC is a full-fledged distributed computing product that offers users to connect to the science of their choice. It is those science apps that have the screen savers - and not all of them do.

The screen saver is an afterthought now, as not many people run screen savers anymore. Most people just set their monitors to power off after a period of inactivity to save electricity.

I'd hardly call that "bass ackwards", but I can see how someone who doesn't understand might call it that.

Just accept the fact that classic is gone. The best that can be done is emulate it's screensaver.
@Rob
Your post will continue to be removed as long as you can not use civil language. This is a board to help the project and its users, not a place for your personal rants.

If seti is truly short on cash this really does not explain how they have the time and resources required to write a fancy pants screensaver that requires complicated 3d graphic drivers instead of a plain jane 2 dimensional one.

You can always go here and use the old Classic version in Boinc http://boinc-wiki.ath.cx/index.php?title=Screen_Saver_%26_Graphics_Display_-_SETI%40Home_Classic_%28Emulation%29 never tried it myself.

I liked seti classic.

Yeah I think alot of us liked Classic. The problem is it just ran out of money. The US Government decided to do other things with its money, then so did all the other Corporate sponsors. Finally it came down to just people like you and I supporting with our spare cash and finally even that ended. The Developers looked for a way to keep the project alive and Boinc came about . There are a bunch of other projects you can run under a basic platform and fortunately, from my point of view, Seti is one of them.
Now unfortunately the Developers are asking for our cash again or Berkeley may cut Seti off. The people with the money just don't seem to think that ET is worth finding! I am hoping that the current request for donations works so we can keep crunching for Seti!