I think all of us have at some point been both interested and afraid of the idea of HAL 9000 in our computers, but Flickr user ts_looney actually made it happen, thanks to a creative Rainmeter skin that did most of the work for him. Best of all, it's actually useful.

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• Steam Workshop: Wallpaper Engine. Advanced, full-screen, flat (and other) versions of the HAL Project screensaver, version 4.0, ported to Wallpaper Engine. Once available at this screensaver has since fa.
• HAL 9000 Screensaver is a tribute to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey in which there was a computer installed in the spacecraft. This device is represented on this screen saver. This device is represented on this screen saver.

The HAL 9000 Simulation. Download Free HAL 9000 Screensaver. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

This one's pretty simple to create, and the focus here is on the Rainmeter skin that makes this possible. Here's how to get the look on your Windows system:

• A standard flat black desktop (you could download a simple flat color from MinimalWall too, if you want something different)
• The Rainmeter system configuration and management utility for Windows
• The HAL 9000 Rainmeter theme from DeviantArt for the panels around the sides of the screen and the HAL panel in the center

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The HAL 9000 theme replaces the start orb with HAL's eye, and it drops that iconic HAL 900 panel right in the center of the desktop. If you poke HAL in the eye on that panel, he'll talk to you. That's fun, but the theme's usefulness comes from the eight panels that surround HAL: Each one can be customized to show an images or Flickr photos, your favorite RSS feed, current weather conditions at your location, your GMail inbox, weather radar images, Wikipedia and Google search tools, local hard drives, system status, and more.

This theme is actually ts_looney's handiwork, so if you really like it, head over to his Flickr page to let him know you like it, or his DeviantArt page to ask about the theme. If you're new to Rainmeter, check out our guide to get started with it. If you create a good-looking HAL desktop, make sure to share it with us in the discussions below!

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