Without further comment, from a friend...

Posted by Michael on October 12, 2007 at 7:36 a.m. in Technology

Do you use OS X?

Open up Terminal. Run this (all one command):

/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/
ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background

Be amazed.

(ctrl-c to exit)

Also, -module <name of screensaver> if you want to run the configured one on idle and a different one on the desktop.

Thanks to Owen for the tip.

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Psst: you really want to escape the after -module. :)

Posted by: Owen on October 12, 2007 at 9:51 a.m.

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...the < and >.

Posted by: Owen on October 12, 2007 at 9:51 a.m.

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- I guess Dan is right that we do need a preview function. Thanks!
  
  Posted by Michael on October 12, 2007 at 11:14 a.m.
  
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Hi, am afraid I don't understand Owen's cryptic corrections that Michael seems to agree with, except that they seem to involve being able to escape something, which makes me hesitant to try the original suggestion, since it might lead me somewhere I need to escape without the understanding of how to escape.

Could you put up the full corrected suggestion? Thanks.

Posted by: Chris Lowe on October 19, 2007 at 8:20 p.m.

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- Oh, that IS the corrected suggestion. And, I discovered by way of verbally assaulting the author, that it puts your screensaver up as your desktop background. In case you're one of those jerks with just too many GPU cycles lying around.
  
  Posted by Dan on October 20, 2007 at 8:15 a.m.
  
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