We couldn't pass up the opportunity to share these goofy products of people's imagination. There might have been some good reason behind each program's genesis, but the results are mostly just plain fun. Certainly good for a laugh, and to share with friends! So enjoy, and if you come up with some useless ideas of your own, please let us know!
 

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BeerSippper 1.2
Cold Steel Software
http://gamma.nic.fi/~eraiha-s/products/beer_sippper/beer_sipper.html

A comical, almost satirical, variation on the classic Snake game that is sure to make you giggle. Do not use if you are offended by oral gaseous expulsions, alcoholic indulgence, or Foster Brooks.
 


 
Elizabethan Insultor 1.0
Davtri
http://www.davtri.com/

Want to catch someone off guard? Toss an Elizabethan insult at them on the subway, while manuevering in the produce section at your market, or just before hanging up on them (particularly good for unwanted phone solications!) This program can generate thousands of candidates, you bootless fool-born canker-blossom.
 


FuzzyClock 1.0.4b
Guido Neitzer
http://www.objectpark.org/

Who hasn't asked someone for the time and heard the response "half past six" or "five minutes till noon"? Everyone, right? So why do our computer clocks lock us into the repressive system of digital time!? No worries, FuzzyClock eliminates all that precision with this handy menu bar clock.
 


Helios 1.2.1
UselessSoft
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/tpecorella/uselesssoft/

In these modern times, yes, screen savers are useless. But they're fun! And Helios is stunningly beautiful. One of several screen savers for OS X from UselessSoft, Helios uses OpenGL to create gorgeous screens, and is now permanently installed on this editor's laptop.
 


 
MegaHAL/Mac 9.0.3
Nick Zitzmann
http://dreamless.home.attbi.com/

Long ago, prankster programmers created a program that pretended it was a human being, giving chatty responses when someone tried to log in to a mainframe via Telnet. Later, the Classic virtual psychologist Eliza hit the streets, sending thousands of young geeks into therapy. MegaHAL continues that semi-psychotic tradition by learning to talk to you from what you say to it. You can also train it by giving it books to "read". The results can be, well, interesting.