Features
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License:
Free
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
11,502
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows (all), broadband Internet connection
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 31, 2006
Publisher's description of Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It 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.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 19 votes
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Electric Sheep 2.6.6
Pros: .... about the stupid text reminder telling you to update to version 2.6.6... even if you just downloaded it. This is a really colourfull, full of moving lines, circles etc etc screensaver. If it wasÃ?Â??nt for the stupid text message I would have given it a five
Cons: Stupid flashing text message in the upper left corner that just goes on and on and..
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2 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Electric Sheep 2.6.6
Cons: I didn't like the fact that in order to run it, it tried to put my computer on line. I don't like my computer being on the internet when I am not around to control things...just because of the vunerability of stuff attacking a computer. I uninstalled it immediately.
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Electric Sheep 2.6.6
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Electric Sheep 2.6.6
"A Beautiful and Constantly Updating Screensaver"
Pros: Beautiful and almost organic and very fluid effects that engulf your monitor in visual splendor. I am even thinking of buying their DVD of the effects. I never experienced a "need to update" warning, which could be annoying.
Cons: DO need to be online to get updates, but most people already are online 24/7 so shouldn't be a concern to most.
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Version: Electric Sheep 2.6.6
"annoying we are losing host popping up on top"
Pros: really cool if you could get rid of the pop up on the top left corner
Cons: annoying pop up
Summary: really cool just need to fix that anoying pop up i will give it a while and try again maybe u will fix it really cool thow
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