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While the mainstay of Mac fans, I remember having at least two versions of After Dark from Berkeley Systems for Windows 3.x. It was a suite of screen savers.
I enjoyed the same flying toasters, and in the second version I had mowing men, marbles, circles, cityscapes, fireworks, and even that cool game Lunatic Fringe! Why doesn't anything like this exist anymore? Do people not want to pay money to have 30+ fun screen savers at their disposal? Some searching on the internet found a version of flying toasters for OS X, but I'm feeling really nostalgic and I want all of those old screensavers running on my XP box.
What happened to Berkeley Systems? What happened to After Dark?
Where did the screen saver programs go? Aquarium is boring! Originally posted by Bunsen: says that they (berkeley systems) are but a memory. I was a little kid when after dark was all the rage, but i always thought it was cool too. According to the guy moving what looks like about 3-4 terabytes of harddrives in to colocation at the data center I work at, the guy who started Berkeley Systems (and was also involved with the start of Archive.org) is doing a new startup called.
Fom all the drive space, I don't think it has anything to do with screen savers though. That's all second hand rumor though. Who knows if any of it is true? All I know is that the Flying Toasters will live forever and ever in computing history. The version I had even had kareoke. Flying under the sun The smell of toast is in the air When there's a job to be done The flying toasters will be there.
Don't ask me how I remember the lyrics. I loved another one that had these refrigerators and washing machines that would slowly float up the screen. Every once in a while the regrigerator's freezer door would open and let out this meditating 'Ohmmmmmm' sound. Was funny as well.
Didn't Berkely Systems make some sort of 'After Dark: Twisted' with some really weird/sick screensavers as well? What Happened to After Dark After Dark for Windows was the sequel to Magic. It was difficult to convince publishers of it's potential and not much was expected by the Macintosh-based publisher who agreed to sign on. They said 'If PC users were cool enough to appreciate screen savers, they would have bought a Mac.' They didn't believe the product or the Windows platform had a big future.
However, After Dark quickly became a worldwide sensation used by tens of millions of users. Version 2.0 of After Dark solidified its position and drove sales even higher, continuing our record of success. This created an enormous revenue stream for the publisher (Berkeley Systems) which made most of the profit from After Dark and depended on it as their money-maker.
Unfortunately, the publisher decided to bite the hand that feeds them, using legal maneuvering to cut us out of the product. After Dark 3.0 was created by them without our input or approval.
Predictably, After Dark 3.0 was a failure. It did not continue our high technical and artistic standards and did poorly in the marketplace. The publisher was bought out by Sierra Online which was bought out by other companies who probably don't know we created the original product. Unfortunately, After Dark's publisher has given up on the product, failing to support Windows NT, 2000, Mac OS9 & OS X. We are proud of our role creating the successful versions of After Dark and founding the screensaver genre. Oh, and speaking of screensavers, check out:P.
Well except for the odd sandals and rippy's space pen stabby thingy I am sporting pretty much what was listed including the screensaver =). I will up the ante by adding metal swatches, plastic swatches, and metal testing kit to my wallet and keychain. I have an old Mac IIci and I have After Dark and More After Dark. Increase 4gb memory card to 8gb software. But I need a new monitor and I need another copy of After dark so I can play Lunatic Fringe!
My absolute favorite game of all time! I only wish I could get it for pc. I last played it 13 or so years ago but I think about it and miss it everyday =(. That reminds me of a game called '3D Astro Blaster', there would be alien ship bosses that kind of look like the pizza thing. Although I had to take a screenshot of it myself as I couldn't find any on google. It was published by romtech - later to be known as eGames.
You don't see too many eGames things anymore though. I remember when their games were plastered in every store. EGames this, eGames that.
I'm one of the few who knows they did dirty tricks such as spyware into their installers. I talked to the developer who made this game for them: He told me about it.
They also treated him unfairly. And they would ask the movement for the keys to be changed: and then when they realized it was a stupid way of doing it, they would blame him! 'why did you change it to this.'
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Blah blah blah. I'm kind of glad eGames is gone since they were so snobby, but at the same time due to nostalgia, it's shocking to me that I don't see their games on shelves anymore. Hl=enUS&fs=1' hl=enUS&fs=1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='480' height='385'/youtube QUOTE='didjamatic;219372This is what I pack now, the single greatest warranty voider in existence: /QUOTE I never got a squirt, but may I need one,:wink. I have a few multitools, more than I'll like to admit.
I like the Juice S2. I got a yellow Juice KF4 earlier which I also like but the S2 is a better EDC choice. There are better multitools, such as the Victorinox swisstool RS, and a number of others depending on your taste. I knew a guy retired from the air force but still doing government work who swore by the swisstool RS, not the issued gerbers like most of them, carried it in the pocket of his jeans all the time.
It's nice but to bulky and heavy for my pocket. I find the S2 hard to beat for EDC. It's light and comfortable enough to keep in your pocket but still very functional. You have to be careful once you get used to carrying these. I was at the airport not long back where another ex-military tech was flying overseas and having to surrender his gerber cause he was so used to it that he just forgot he had it, he was understandably bummed. Leatherman Juice S2 Victorinox SwissTool RS.
Thanks for the flying toasters (although, I haven't borrowed a copy). I've been lazy since I last reloaded my system and am still using starfield and XP default blue. I don't have any of those things and probably many others. Given more often than not I'm not allowed to be armed, unless I want unpleasant complications, I can't even carry my wanna be swiss army knife.
I'm a still proud to be a geek. Yea, that hot dog stand is horrible. Only way to make it worse, would be to change the red to hot pink. I like my color schemes dark, so not as to shine too much painful light into my eyes. I'm so not happy that my employers have changed things to blinding frickin' white. I miss the old mushroom colors.
It is like we went from to. All of these monsters are nuts with little practical value, it's just a matter of degree,:smile.
Actually sells an even larger one. Geeks need their toys. Thus has it always been,:wink. Proof being the shown below which is on display at the Greek and Roman antiquities gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
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The tool which was excavated from the Mediterranean area more than 20 years ago could be called a 'Roman army knife', precursor to modern multi-tools. An intricately designed Roman implement, which dates back to 200AD, it is made from silver but has an iron blade.
It features a spoon, fork as well as a retractable spike, spatula and small tooth-pick. Experts believe the spike may have been used to extract meat from snails. It is thought the spatula would have offered a means of poking cooking sauce out of narrow-necked bottles, perhaps a real luxury custom made item carried by a wealthy traveller. A spokesman added: 'While many less elaborate folding knives survive in bronze, this one's complexity and the fact that it is made of silver suggest it is a luxury item. This was probably made between AD 200 and AD 300, when the Roman empire was a great imperial power.' DAmnit, beat me to it. But 999 is too expensive.
Checkout amazon.de, they actually have it 'on sale';) Note the pictures in the top (Darth Vader, McGuyver, Crocodile Dundee) and for the Germans here: Read the user reviews. Quote: 'Really a fantastic and handy all-purpose tool. What bothers me just a little is that basic every day functions are some times tough to reach or handle.
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The particle accelerator for example can only be operated correctly if the nail file and corkscrew are positioned exactly in an 107.2° angle.'