Comments on: Kernel Panic Screensaver!

By: rudy

rudy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:24:28 +0000

good job mark, it has fooled EVERYONE at work. One of my co-workers even ran out of the office as i was leaving for lunch to tell me that my machine KP’d.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:27:28 +0000

What a fantastic idea.
Now if i can only sneak it onto my colleagues Macs at work

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Ha Ha!! Kernel Panic Screen[saver]! « Expat-Leo’s Wordpress — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:41:46 +0000

[…] Doomlaser » Blog Archive » Kernel Panic Screensaver!: So awhile back I was thinking, “You know what would be funny? A screensaver that fakes a kernel panic!” […]

By: OSXDaily

OSXDaily — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:23:02 +0000

Very creative and highly entertaining, it’s been featured on OSXDaily.com!

http://osxdaily.com/2007/04/10/prank-your-friends-with-a-fake-kernel-panic/

By: annon

annon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:09:54 +0000

Hi did you ever tryed with a dual screen mac? the main screen is copied to all other screens and the KP is shown on all screens. in real it is only shown on the first (or on laptops on the internal).
anyway good work, but there is a little bit to improve

By: Macenstein » Macenstein Archive » The “Kernel Panic” Screensaver: Finally a use for Quartz Composer

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:31:55 +0000

[…] maniacally geeky folks over at Doomlaser have created the single most awesome screensaver since Mr. Sparkle. The Kernel Panic Screensaver […]

By: Pachi

Pachi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:05:40 +0000

“Heh, that’s just my screensav-OH SHIT.”

By: sergej

sergej — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:12:54 +0000

yeah, creative idea, especially in view of the fact that Mark Russinovich’s famous Windows BSOD screensaver has been around for, what, over a decade? But nevertheless, kudos for getting the job done.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:19:18 +0000

Awesome!!!! But on dual screens, it does show on both— when it shouldn’t.

Other than that, this is brillaint

By: Metaly

Metaly — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:39:02 +0000

I’m adding you to my RSS based on the awesome domain name alone. Pure genius.

By: hudsong

hudsong — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:57 +0000

Wow… I even panicked a bit when I knew it was coming.. my music stopped playing and everything!

By: iStammtisch

iStammtisch — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:30:26 +0000

Macs können auch mal abstürzen

Martin vom Apfelblick hat einen coolen Bildschirmschoner gefunden: Er simuliert eine Kernel Panic. Selbst beim Abstürzen machen Macs noch eine elegantere Figur als Windows-PCs…

Fun Fact: Bei Wikipedia hab ich ein animated gif einer Guru Meditat…

By: K@

K@ — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:52:19 +0000

why do i only get the first part of scrrensaver?
it doesnt change from the first bit asking u to turn power of?

By: TechBlog

TechBlog — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:39:52 +0000

Don’t panic! It’s just a screensaver

In November, I wrote about a screensaver for Windows PCs that emulates a Blue Screen of Death. And in a wonderful twist, it’s offered up by none other than Microsoft. Of course, the Macintosh has an equivalent to the BSoD…

By: Kernel Panic Screensaver at thomas fitzgerald.net

Kernel Panic Screensaver at thomas fitzgerald.net — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:00:18 +0000

[…] Best prank you could ever play on a mac user! A screensaver that mimics OSX’s hard crash. Superb. […]

By: axel s

axel s — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:05:21 +0000

a really great job, i love it and my friends will hate that kind of humour… you are on big ideas

get on with that ideas!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:26:16 +0000

Thats a great prank, the only question is how do I install it remotely using ssh and then make it the default screen saver and then set the time to have it start in 3 minutes?

By: danielpunt

danielpunt — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:53:06 +0000

Where can I download with al those lovely colors?

By: Alex Peck

Alex Peck — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:59:36 +0000

Markster, What’s a screensaver? See you Saturday night! U.A.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:09:30 +0000

So dso you need a mac for this to work?

By: frozenflamestudios

frozenflamestudios — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:26:40 +0000

Thanks for the tip, and good job on the screensaver.

By: William Lower

William Lower — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:45:36 +0000

Totally cruel.

I love it!

By: KPsaver: Pranks are Fun | MacApper

KPsaver: Pranks are Fun | MacApper — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:18:04 +0000

[…] just came across this little gem of a screensaver that basically emulates what a kernel panic looks like. For those that don’t […]

By: Zib Redlektab

Zib Redlektab — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:24:45 +0000

Awesome idea, wish the dual-screen thing worked properly. Also, I had a problem with the iTunes pausination. It didn’t pause, just lowered the volume to almost nothing, and when I awoke it it came back to normal for a second before dropping out again. I like the idea, but really wish it would actually pause the music before muting, and then restore the volume to the level it was before.

By: man

man — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:00:36 +0000

I love it

By: Day by Day » Blog Archive » Kernel Panic Screensaver

Day by Day » Blog Archive » Kernel Panic Screensaver — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:07:01 +0000

[…] for debugging instructions. As I was, I stumbled across this odd, and potentially shut down-causing screensaver. As the screensaver it will show the interface for a real kernel panic. Though I don’t want […]

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:28:39 +0000

Brilliant!

By: thinkdavid Back on the Mac! «

thinkdavid Back on the Mac! « — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:30:28 +0000

[…] 6/2 - I installed the Kernel Panic screensaver from Doomlaser for fun. It emulates what happened to me perfectly! I already scared my sister […]

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:53:49 +0000

I’ve been using this for several months and it still makes my heart race every single time I see it come on….

By: violinist

violinist — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:01:40 +0000

Actually, if music is playing when u get a KP, u hear the music cut off, but repeat the last half-second constantly.

For instance, if an audio file was playing while the machine KPs, you’d hear:

“This is what happens when an audio file is playing during a kernel panic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic-ic…”

By: Alex Celeste

Alex Celeste — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:32:59 +0000

The screensaver works on my MacBook (I downloaded it when I had an iBook G4), but instead of showing the kernel panic animation over the screen it turns the screen white then shows the animation.

Just thought you’d like to know about that bug in your very neat screensaver.

By: Mac OS X Pranks : Zaphu

Mac OS X Pranks : Zaphu — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:02:40 +0000

[…] you really want to send someone into cardiac arrest download this kernel panic screensaver! For those of you who don’t know, this kernel panic indicator is like the “blue screen […]

By: riley

riley — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:33:33 +0000

Thanks! This works like a charm, just tried it on my co-worker - I added it to my list of mac pranks here,

http://www.zaphu.com/2007/08/22/mac-os-x-pranks/

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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:47:34 +0000

[…] will look like on your Mac (or fool your friends and family), you can download Mark Johns’ Kernel Panic Screensaver, posted at his Doomlaser […]

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:20:13 +0000

Your screensaver gave me a kernel panic.

By: Confusing co-workers, family and friends for fun at DamienG

Confusing co-workers, family and friends for fun at DamienG — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:20 +0000

[…] out Doomlaser’s Kernel Panic Screensaver although be prepared for genuine confusion at their first exposure to an operating system crash […]

By: Bildschirmschoner

Bildschirmschoner — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:25:02 +0000

Haha. Que lindo! Este salvapantalla se tiene que installar on los mac de los otros. Gracias por tu post!

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Screensavers - Best Of | Graphics — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:44:09 +0000

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By: dasfasdf

dasfasdf — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:43:35 +0000

this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Funny Screensaver

Funny Screensaver — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:10:32 +0000

I ran into several scary screen savers but this one tops them all. It scared the sh… out of my boss. And yes, I still have a job
It is extremely funny screen saver after the victim recovers from the shock. As a matter of fact it is not that scary as it is funny, in a sick, very sick way

By: Drew’s Blog » My Mac crashed on me, and I lived to tell about it.

Drew’s Blog » My Mac crashed on me, and I lived to tell about it. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:16:25 +0000

[…] blue screen of death. But I have now experienced it first hand. Some people even think this is a good joke (and it […]

By: David

David — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:49:39 +0000

How do I install this screensaver?

By: DAlton White

DAlton White — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:29:58 +0000

Can You make one just like that one for windows? Preferribly Vista
Or Does anyone know of a file conversion program so I can change it?

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:30:48 +0000

Funny!

By: Kernel Panic screensaver

Kernel Panic screensaver — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:36:48 +0000

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:59:23 +0000

I downloaded this on both my machines, but then I noticed something. When my iMac actually does KP, the screen goes grayscale. With this screensaver, it just gets like a gray haze, but you can still see all the colors. Just thought I’d mention that. Also, maybe that’s the difference between a KP on OSX Tiger and OSX Leopard. I run both.

By: El hombre de Visuelle Kommunikation

El hombre de Visuelle Kommunikation — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:32:03 +0000

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By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:23:07 +0000

What exactly causes a kernel to panic?

By: peter thomsen

peter thomsen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:09:19 +0000

let the games begin! nice work—thanks.

By: otheroom

otheroom — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:26:55 +0000

This reminds me of an application that was floating around in OS 9. When it was run you’d get the little restart dialog window with the bomb making you think your computer crashed. When you rolled the mouse over the dialog to click on the restart button the window would jump away form the mouse. Great fun to put in someone’s startup items

By: [Mac] Screensaver ala Kernel Panic » Blog Archive » [Mac] Screensaver ala Kernel Panic

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:23:47 +0000

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By: ITSGOODBUTNOTGOOD

ITSGOODBUTNOTGOOD — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:34:06 +0000

This thing is awesome but I got fired by my boss when I put this on his computer. That’s too bad for me….

By: crushinator

crushinator — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:05:12 +0000

If you could add audio to screensavers the repeated click of a dying hard drive would be a nice touch.

By: leonardofaria.net → 6 screensavers para seu Mac

leonardofaria.net → 6 screensavers para seu Mac — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:57:26 +0000

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By: Hassein

Hassein — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:30:19 +0000

This is so cool. the bad thing is that me and my bro are the only ones who use a mac in my house so were the only ones who would reconize it. But it is pretty neet. good job.

By: Kernal Panic Screen Saver | Mac Tricks And Tips

Kernal Panic Screen Saver | Mac Tricks And Tips — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:27:58 +0000

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