Word: savers
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Chances are that your monitor is almost always in operation while you're working at your computer, so many users have one or more so-called screen savers installed on their computers. These programs normally stay dormant in the background (that is, somewhere in your computer's RAM, or random-access memory). When no keystrokes or mouse movements are detected for a specified period of time, a screen saver kicks in. Popular programs feature odd-looking shapes, fish, mountains or even flying toasters...
...original rationale behind a screen saver was to prevent a phenomenon called burn-in which plagued older generations of computer monitors. When the same image was left on the screen for too long, the phosphorus layer on the surface of the screen would record that image and form a permanent "ghost" image. The "ghost" would then be visible at all times and interfere with the proper working of the monitor...
...software that lets them customize just about any feature of their machines, from the color and texture of the screen display to the design of the windows, buttons, cursors and arrows that appear on it. The trend passed a milestone this fall when Berkeley Systems' After Dark, a screen-saver program that paints idle computer screens with swimming fish, flying toasters and other fanciful images, became the best-selling software product...
...Rome episode is the saver, with Italian movie clown Roberto Benigni effusively confessing his sexual adventures (with a pumpkin, a sheep, a sister-in-law) to a shocked priest. And the glimpses of the cities, beautifully shot by Frederick Elmes (Blue Velvet), suggest there might be stories to complement the ghostly landscapes. But Jarmusch gooses his fine performers to overact in close-up, as if to compensate for the paucity of event. The result is something like the ultimate minimalist international co- production. All those places to go, and hardly an inviting cab in sight...
Chugging vitamin E seems to boost the immune system in healthy old people, raising the possibility that supplements could help thwart life-threatening infections. The nutrient may also turn out to be a potent lung saver, warding off the depredations of cigarette smoke, car exhaust and other pollutants. "The effects of air pollution are chronic," says Dr. Daniel Menzel of the University of California at Irvine. "Over a lifetime people develop serious diseases like bronchitis and emphysema. We have fed animals in our labs vitamin E and have found that they have fewer lung lesions and that they live longer...