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- Applemacmad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58Forget them - let's put them on all the computers in the Apple Store!
- dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+47i can't wait for it (kernel panic) to actually happen when someone runs it
it could be hours before they realize - zweben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+47The fake screensaver preview is genius.
- Trioxin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Too cool.. kind of scary when you run it.
- ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34how many people will hard-reboot their macs when they see this?
- airwalkery2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32My roommate would kill me if I put that on his mac.
So, I think I will. - bmxboy661, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33well done.
you've mastered copy and paste.
any other tricks? - TyroPyro, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33Since the site is already crashing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNBofM1YK8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edoomlaser%2Ecom%2F%3Fp%3D12
Link to the screen saver
http://www.doomlaser.com/downloads/KPSaver.zip - spinchange, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30you mean this isn't just an Apache 503 error screen saver?
- ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20And suddenly the wedding is called off.
- coldfusion1970, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21What a fantastic idea.
Now if i can only sneak it onto my colleagues Macs at work ;-) - benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Only if you persist in checking out websites labeled hot midget on dolphin seck xxxxs games. Or if you're running win98 or ME.
Ive only gotten BSODs in xp when using beta graphics drivers, guru3d.com or the one time my ram from my previous computer died. You have to try real hard to make xp bsod. - eleven, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Hell, I was tempted to after testing the screensaver out. It's quite convincing.
- winnopeg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19As much as I like Macs, my MacBook Pro sure does.
- zacwhite, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19I wrote this screensaver (PanicSaver) quite a while ago (3 years). I keep meaning to update it and fix a ton of bugs, but I keep putting it off. This guy seems to have done a better job though. I wonder if he used my source code...
http://zacwhite.com/software/
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22916 - HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Windows version:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx - bwana, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Ah . . since OsX came out I've wondered what a kernel panic looks like.
- turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11they crash, but usually you can feel it about to happen or you just get home and it crashed while sleeping or something.
- Decimal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11If only this screen saver could get the fans to ramp up; just like a real panic.
Really though, this is almost as dangerous to your data as a kernel panic. The first thing most people will do when they see this is hard-reset the machine. - ntnwwnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Mirrored: http://www.nilthacker.net/KPSaver.zip
- lengau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Well they did! You know those Linux/Unix people can't innovate! And don't even get me started on your "OS X is based on BSD" propaganda. It's not. Apple wrote it from scratch! They didn't take KHTML for WebCore, either.
/sarcasm
Anyway, as I said above, this screensaver's been available for X11 since 1998. - crgnetworks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12The only crash im getting is a 503.
- spdorsey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9This is DEFINITELY going on my Boss' mac.
Oh, I love creative people!!! - lengau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Here you go :)
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/
Just search for BSoD. It's been around since at least 1998 (http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html ). - Brennan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"BTW, kernel panic ≠ BSOD; the BSOD trashes your computer."
No. And, BSOD "trashes" your computer? What the ***** is that even supposed to mean? - cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Those posts weren't there when he asked.
- Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You are all so right about this being an Apple/Mac thing, next you'll be saying UNIX/Linux stole the kernel panic screen/fake screen innovation from Apple.
- powerbook86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Haha it's actually quite funny. It previews itself as some simple 3D objects spinning around. But when it actually happens it lowers your volume and does a very convincing Kernel Panic. Too bad April Fools day has already passed. :P
- flashywordz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I need a REAL kernel panic screensaver, with the white on black text, not just the KP error message
- winnopeg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Mirrored: http://winnopeg.com/dl/KPSaver.zip
EDIT: ntnwwnet beat be to it. - Kyle660, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Somebody really dropped the ball here. I'm thinking of the havoc I could have caused had this been posted on April 1. Doing it now would just be mean.
- benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6http://digg.com/apple/Kernel_Panic_Screensaver#c6108311
- mistermanoli, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8ive never seen the mac death screen before... looks like its alot easier on the eyes.. and the nerves..
- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Nice.. but I found a little bug - if your running two screens (or more, I guess), the second screen will show a skewed mirror image of the primary screen.
- DoctorX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I HAVE to sneak this onto my co-workers computer! Does anyone have an alternate download site?
- grumpyrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5> BTW, kernel panic ≠ BSOD; the BSOD trashes your computer.
BSOD is indeed the Windows version of a kernel panic. Trashing the computer? BSOD makes you restart yes, but so does a kernel panic in any POSIX derivative, including Mac. They are mostly caused by faulty hardware (significantly RAM and power supply) or poorly written drivers. Any 'NT' version of Windows from 2000 onwards (2000, any breed of XP, 2003, Vista) isolates each process quite well, so unless the process is a poorly written driver, you will find it very hard to get a BSOD with hardware that is not flaky. The 9x series (95, 98, ME) did not have this isolation so it was possible for an application to cause these issues.
> ive never seen the mac death screen before... looks like its alot easier on the eyes.. and the nerves..
I have, it looks a lot nicer than BSOD or the console based kernel panic on most Linux breeds, but it is definately not any easier on the nerves. You are still pissed that you need to restart and cross your fingers you remembered to save. - DaMacGamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5every time i see that gray bar go down my screen, i die a little inside.
- eyediggit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7This reminds me of BSOD in the xscreensaver distribution. Perhaps jwz should add this one to the collection.
- uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Fantastic! Definitely going to have some fun with this ;)
We actually had a windows version of the BSOD screen saver at my previous job that we used on a regular basis whenever we had a new tech come in. It was really convincing too.
And just a note to settle things...
A kernel panic is not unique to OS X, but this particular display output is. A kernel panic can happen on any *nix based system though. On a Linux system, you're more likely to see a kernel panic on the console (no graphical warning). Can't say for sure what it looks like on a Sun box...in all my time working with Sun equipment, I've never had one kernel panic. I'd imagine it's about the same as a Linux system though. - korymatthew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5wonderful...now, just how to get it installed and implemented on someone else's computer without them knowing...(;
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I've never seen the BSOD in my XP, only on other people's computer... Win 98 and ME are doomed to have one at any moment.
- vinchBR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5thats great!!!
i wish this was posted over the weekend so i could play this prank on my fiancee ibook...
she would jsut freak out =) - macnerd, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10I can't wait until my coworker leaves his MacBook laying around again. I'll get some good laughs from this one.
- bmxboy661, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6i've had that kernal panic 3 times since i upgraded to 10.4.9, but never with 10.4.8
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No - Why else you would need too simulate a crash?
- dogwal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Install it on your colleagues computers, and unplug their keyboards and mice so they really get scared! Offer to fix them for a huge profit, plug in the peripherals, and get rich off their anxiety!
- winnopeg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4See above?
- phlogiston99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Duck and cover! That's the only thing that'll save you!
- evilTak, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9Ancient, but still funny.
- mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Kernel panic on the Mac is not an easy thing to come by after startup. It happened to me once on my Mac because my hard drive somehow got disconnected while it was still running. It is scarrry.
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