Electric sheep

TomTommy · January 6th, 2009

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This is actualy a free screensaver, but it is quite amazing (yes, free stuff can be great as well!!). I didn't find any posts about it on this forum, so I thought : "I throw it in here", because it's the best screensaver I came across...

Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver created by Scott Draves. It's run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. You can also design your own sheep and submit them to the gene pool.

You can view some samples on their webpage...

Here is a direct link to the website:

http://community.electricsheep.org/download

After you download the screensaver, you have to leave your PC on for some time (e.g. let it run for one night), so that it can collect and connect different images. It takes some time... The more the screensaver is running, the better it gets. Like wine and cheese...

If you find this link useful, let me know something.

Electric sheep.rar

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Last edited by TomTommy; June 28th, 2010 at 10:08 PM. Reason: updating the link to the website

emiliosdance · May 30th, 2009

thanks for the info , true this is amazing and the best so far

Timothea · May 31st, 2009

thank you. I will try it!!

TomTommy · June 3rd, 2009

Glad you like it, Emiliosdance.
Timothea, you definitely have to try it out.

January 6th, 2009	#1
TomTommy Offline
Join Date: Oct 2008 Rank: Extreme Member Posts: 213	Electric sheep Electric sheep.rar Related Files: 1424, Download Speed: 8644 kb/s This is actualy a free screensaver, but it is quite amazing (yes, free stuff can be great as well!!). I didn't find any posts about it on this forum, so I thought : "I throw it in here", because it's the best screensaver I came across... Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver created by Scott Draves. It's run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. You can also design your own sheep and submit them to the gene pool. You can view some samples on their webpage... Here is a direct link to the website: http://community.electricsheep.org/download After you download the screensaver, you have to leave your PC on for some time (e.g. let it run for one night), so that it can collect and connect different images. It takes some time... The more the screensaver is running, the better it gets. Like wine and cheese... If you find this link useful, let me know something. Electric sheep.rar Related Files: 1424, Download Speed: 8644 kb/s Last edited by TomTommy; June 28th, 2010 at 10:08 PM. Reason: updating the link to the website

May 30th, 2009	#2
emiliosdance Offline
Join Date: Feb 2008 Rank: Verified Member Posts: 11	thanks for the info , true this is amazing and the best so far

May 31st, 2009	#3
Timothea Offline
Join Date: May 2009 Rank: Verified Member Posts: 21	thank you. I will try it!!

June 3rd, 2009	#4
TomTommy Offline
Join Date: Oct 2008 Rank: Extreme Member Posts: 213	Glad you like it, Emiliosdance. Timothea, you definitely have to try it out.

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