andrewz posted the coolest OS X hack to date on /www.macosxhints.com.
Here it is (works in Jaguar only);
Go to System Preferences, Screen Effects. Select a cool screen saver like "Flurry".
Open Terminal.
Paste this command as a single line, without the newline;
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &
Now, when your done gasping, go show this to your PC friends...
To shut it off, enter the following in Terminal;
ps -ax | grep ScreenSaver
Then type in;
kill ****
Where **** is the number you got from the above command.
To make this easier, use an alias;
alias wow '/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &'
Notice the single quotes. Now go to Terminal and just type;
wow
WOW, eh.
Here it is (works in Jaguar only);
Go to System Preferences, Screen Effects. Select a cool screen saver like "Flurry".
Open Terminal.
Paste this command as a single line, without the newline;
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &
Now, when your done gasping, go show this to your PC friends...
To shut it off, enter the following in Terminal;
ps -ax | grep ScreenSaver
Then type in;
kill ****
Where **** is the number you got from the above command.
To make this easier, use an alias;
alias wow '/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &'
Notice the single quotes. Now go to Terminal and just type;
wow
WOW, eh.