Mac OS X kernel panic screensaver - let the pranks begin
What's better than a Dashboard widget that can display a Mac OS X kernel panic? A full-on screensaver that can simulate one, of course! Mark Johns of Doomlaser has built an eerily realistic kernel panic screensaver, right down to the slowly dropping grey shade of despair, that will surely induce panic in the hearts of its victims in the way that only the haunting question of "oh crap, did I save?!" can. For a nice touch of style, it can even pause iTunes to really stop the show.
Watch a demo of the screensaver here in this post, or head over to YouTube for the original. Finally, you can snag your own pranktastic copy from Doomlaser.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eric Chiu said 2:39PM on 4-11-2007
Wait... isnt it only PC panics? that's what the switch tv ads said.
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Fritz Laurel said 2:48PM on 4-11-2007
Oh, how cruel...
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Leonard Nimrod said 2:57PM on 4-11-2007
It keeps crashing my Sys Prefs whenever I choose it. Oh well, would have been neat.
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Everyday Weekender said 3:01PM on 4-11-2007
ohh man that is awesome..
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iwit said 3:06PM on 4-11-2007
Reminds me of the Blue Screen Of Death screensaver from Microsoft :)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx
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Ben Kreeger said 3:11PM on 4-11-2007
Can't seem to get to it. Doomlaser.com down?
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W1m37Ω¥ |{0$£0w$|{1 said 3:16PM on 4-11-2007
Oh i have been waiting for this, but it is 503 now. Damn you, egadget-readers.
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Andre said 3:18PM on 4-11-2007
Their site is down.
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Ahmad said 3:18PM on 4-11-2007
@3
you probably have to log out and log back in after you installed it. that's what I usually have to do when I install new screensavers.
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jake said 3:45PM on 4-11-2007
mirror anyone?
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W1m37Ω¥ |{0$£0w$|{1 said 3:19PM on 4-11-2007
Oh this is TUAW, yikes. Hey in the meantime check out a video called vzSRVgF501M with hollywood screensver. Kicks ass. And dont look away unless you are told so!
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W1m37Ω¥ |{0$£0w$|{1 said 5:26PM on 4-11-2007
Oh this is TUAW, yikes. Hey in the meantime check out a video called natural hallucige aka vzSRVgF501M with hollywood screensaver. Kicks ass. And dont look away unless you are told to!
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Donald Burr said 3:27PM on 4-11-2007
This posting came about 11 days too late.
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Andre said 3:33PM on 4-11-2007
Since nobody else here has offered up a mirror, here ya go.
http://winnopeg.com/dl/KPSaver.zip
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narco said 3:34PM on 4-11-2007
ughhhhhhhh, this gives me shivers every time.
Fishes,
narco.
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Francis said 5:21PM on 4-11-2007
I remember using the BSOD screensaver a few months ago, I had to turn it off because each time I walked into my room after a while - I got a little jump before a relised what I done =-).
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Dave Chartier said 8:44PM on 4-11-2007
17: Because this post has anything to do with Procrastinatr?
There's nothing wrong with the screensaver. It's funny. Laugh a little.
I made a mistake with Procrastinatr. I apologized. Profusely, and multiple times. People forgave me, got over it and we all moved on with our lives. Drop it - period.
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Dave Chartier said 12:02AM on 4-12-2007
And how about a thanks for the solution that fixed everyone's calendars that put them right back where they belong? The solution that fixed everything so we could all get on with our lives?
Procrastinatr sucked. Then we fixed it and everyone got on with their lives. I recommend you do the same.
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J. Schnable said 12:18AM on 4-12-2007
I hadn't experienced a kernel panic in quite some time (over a year, at least), until a couple of months ago when I decided to put a kernel panic graphic as my background, just for kicks.
Woke up the next morning to a real kernel panic. I rebooted, and quickly replaced the background with some pretty flowers.
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