jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw) (02/24/89)
What's your favorite "About..." box?
The best one I've heard tell of was from someone at Apple (hi dan!)
describing an in-house version of multifinder, which drew a giant
tree describing the management and development personnel hierarchy,
with the OKAY button advancing the tree one more phase in the
historical progression of the project (with branches breaking off
for people who got sacked, one branch somehow going to a temporarily-
visible France, etc.). A final error message ended the show: "Sorry,
out of managers!"
The naked boozing zebra woman in Macpaint 2.0 isn't bad, because warped,
but doesn't really amount to more than a digitized painting or photo.
MPW's flying toolbox is great.
I'm especially interested in ones with good graphics, animation, sound,
or humor. I remember seeing some shareware one where the word "ME" was
scratched beside the standard [OKAY] button, which had been renamed
[OKAY BY ME]. Mac humor at its finest!
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Just a general discussion topic. Keep people on their toes...
-Nick
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" "Maldoror!"mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) (02/24/89)
In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? The Shadowgate About box is one of the best I've ever seen. It had me in hysterics the first time I saw it. The About in Farallon's SoundEdit program is cool, too. (They also make a great digitizer!) ______________________________________________________________________________ Dean Yu | E-mail: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan | Real-mail: Dean Yu Computer Aided Engineering Network | 2413 Kelsey House ===================================| 600 E Madison "These are MY opinions." (My | Ann Arbor, MI 48109 employer doesn't want them. |========================================== Actually, they don't really care | what I think. But President | This space intentionally left blank. Duderstadt does...) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional Disclaimer: Mindscape and Farallon have never heard of me. I just like the stuff they put out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) (02/24/89)
In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? I think the ShadowGate about box is probably the best I've ever seen. I also like the ones for SuperPaint 2.0 and Digital Darkroom. Shadowgate had a full animation, much better than MPWs or SADEs (SADEs isn't bad!) It also had a soundtrack. Check it out if you can. Scrolling text over a starry background with occasional shooting stars is the new about box format for Silicon Beach. The text is pretty funny (and editable with ResEdit). +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu | | 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ | Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | +-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | | "You remember the IIe, it +---------------------------------------------+ | was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need | | machines with big screens, color, or slots." | | - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) (02/25/89)
>In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? And how can we forget the hidden About box in MultiFinder 1.0? Of course, I'd like to know what some of those xxxxx's really were... ______________________________________________________________________________ Dean Yu | E-mail: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan | Real-mail: Dean Yu Computer Aided Engineering Network | 2413 Kelsey House ===================================| 600 E Madison "These are MY opinions." (My | Ann Arbor, MI 48109 employer doesn't want them. |========================================== Actually, they don't really care | what I think. But President | This space intentionally left blank. Duderstadt does...) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) (02/25/89)
In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? > Try ShadowGate. It'll blow just about anything out of the water. Ken Ken Hancock '90 | BITNET/UUCP/ Personal Computing Ctr Consultant | INTERNET: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.
mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) (02/25/89)
About those boxes... I still favor the "hidden" Multifinder 1.0 movie credits, the ones that came scrolling down if you option-shift-command selected the "About Multifinder" option. A lot of funny moments, but definitely the best line was "Man whose name is a complete sentence.........Fred Burst." My soul brother. --Mike P.S. does anybody know how to get the current "special" Multifinder about box? I am told there is one, but I am not sure how to invoke it. Rumor has it that you leave the standard about box up for about an hour and weird things happen. Any takers? ######################################################################### Mike Rose "I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu out of all this tumbling around." Class of 1991 (I hope!) -Poet Louise Bogan on her affair Disclaimer: I work for a with poet Theo Roethke newspaper; they relish my opinions.
sklein@cdp.UUCP (02/25/89)
In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? With system Release 5.0, under MuliFinder, HOLD DOWN THE OPTION KEY and choose "About MultiFinder" from the bottom of the DA menu... You get about three slowly-scrolling screens worth of "credits' for MultiFinder--The Motion Picture (a true, multitasking extravaganza!) Great stuff, alas it's gone from system release 6.0.x (Shucks) -Shabtai cdp!sklein@arisia.xerox.com
mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) (02/25/89)
In article <8Y1Sxyy00Wc1Q6dcVt@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes: >P.S. does anybody know how to get the current "special" Multifinder about box? >I am told there is one, but I am not sure how to invoke it. Rumor has it that >you leave the standard about box up for about an hour and weird things happen. >Any takers? If you leave the About box of MultiFinder 6.0 up long enough (about an hour) the words will change to 'I want my, I want my, I want my xxxx and xxxx' where xxxx and xxxx is (obviously) 'look and feel'. I patched my MultiFinder, but I forget what the patch is, and where to apply it... ______________________________________________________________________________ Dean Yu | E-mail: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan | Real-mail: Dean Yu Computer Aided Engineering Network | 2413 Kelsey House ===================================| 600 E Madison "These are MY opinions." (My | Ann Arbor, MI 48109 employer doesn't want them. |========================================== Actually, they don't really care | what I think. But President | This space intentionally left blank. Duderstadt does...) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (02/26/89)
>In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >>What's your favorite "About..." box? > > [MultiFinder, MPW, Shadowgate, SoundEdit, etc.] Don't leave out the about box from the Studio Session Editor module, which features animated singing musical notes! The about box in the Mac version of Pinball Construction Set was pretty nifty, too... -k -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: felix!dhw68k!thecloud@ics.uci.edu ========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================
weevil@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeff Eliasen) (02/27/89)
The best I've seen so far is the About Uninvited... for the game by that name... - Jeffrey Eliasen - NewCo MexiTech
steveg@tove.umd.edu (Steve Green) (02/27/89)
I havent been following this discussion so forgive me if...well ya know... A cool about box can be found in sound edit but the ultimate box is in Deja Vu' II. It is a runnable application...
goldman@apple.com (Phil Goldman) (02/27/89)
In article <41ad3209.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) writes: > If you leave the About box of MultiFinder 6.0 up long enough (about an hour) > the words will change to 'I want my, I want my, I want my xxxx and xxxx' where > xxxx and xxxx is (obviously) 'look and feel'. I patched my MultiFinder, but > I forget what the patch is, and where to apply it... > There is a new version of MF out, 6.1b7, shipped with the SADE release from APDA. It has a new about box. Good luck. -Phil Goldman Apple Computer
peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) (02/27/89)
Shadowgate is the best of any that I've seen. A complete little animated
sequence of a dragon chasing a guy
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Check out Farallon's SoundEdit. Its box has a smoking bomb!
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What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in MacPaint 2.0???? I remember seeing it in an old MacUser, but I haven't been able to find it... Thanx Jeff Huber jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman ) (03/01/89)
In article <2476@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> jackiw@swatsun.UUCP () writes: >What's your favorite "About..." box? I have seen many great About... Boxes. These come to mind: 1) CoreWars which had starwars music and a perspective scrolling list of credits. The problem was that the perspective effect was not smooth. 2) The various ICOM Simulation games (Deja Vu, UnInvited, ShadowGate) all have great About... boxes. Uninvited's is graveyard with clasic music playing and the various authors heads popping up from the graves to the beat of the music! 3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in color on a macII (fuse is red, sparks yellow). The closing ICON is of a doggy next to a burnt out Mac (the doggy is the SoundEdit mascot I guess). Yossie -- Yossie Silverman What did the Caspian sea? National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel) - Saki UUCP: cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM NSA LSD FBI KGB PCP CIA MOSAD NUCLEAR MI5 SPY ASSASSINATE SDI -- OOCLAY ITAY
schraag@uva.UUCP (Joost Schraag (I81)) (03/02/89)
In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in >MacPaint 2.0???? I remember seeing it in an old MacUser, but I haven't >been able to find it... Thanx Jeff Huber jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Holding down 'Command-Tab-Spacebar' does the trick. ____________________________________________________________________________ Joost Schraag | University of Amsterdam | e-mail: schraag@uva.uucp The Netherlands | or: ...!uunet!mcvax!uva!schraag ____________________________________________________________________________
prw@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG (Paul Wenker) (03/02/89)
In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in >MacPaint 2.0???? I remember seeing it in an old MacUser, but I haven't >been able to find it... Thanx Jeff Huber jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". --- Paul Wenker UUCP: prw@mecc.mn.org MECC, Advanced Development AppleLink: MECC.TECH
jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw) (03/03/89)
In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in > MacPaint 2.0???? I remember seeing it in an old MacUser, but I haven't > been able to find it... Thanx Jeff Huber jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Tab+Space+ABOUT MACPAINT. -- +-------------------+-jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu / !rutgers!bpa!swatsun!jackiw-+ | nicholas jackiw | jackiw%campus.swarthmore.edu@swarthmr.bitnet | +-------------------+-VGP/MathDept/Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081--+ " "Maldoror!"
chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) (03/03/89)
-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard - La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down - at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in - color on a macII (fuse is red, sparks yellow). The closing ICON is of - a doggy next to a burnt out Mac (the doggy is the SoundEdit mascot I guess- --Yossie My guess is that it is rather a pictoral joke on the RCA "His Master's Voice" logo. Chris Christopher Krohn Northwestern University CHRIS@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Rob Elkins) (03/03/89)
In article <3894@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG> prw@meccts.UUCP (Paul Wenker) writes: >In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> >>What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in > >Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". That dosen't seem to work..... Rob -- ARPA: relkins@vax1.acs.udel.edu BITNET: FFO04688@UDACSVM UUCP: ...!uunet!vax1.acs.udel.edu!relkins Live Long and Prosper! Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a <Insert Occupation Here>
eynon@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Barry Eynon) (03/03/89)
In article <3894@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG> prw@meccts.UUCP (Paul Wenker) writes: >In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> >>What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in >>MacPaint 2.0???? I remember seeing it in an old MacUser, but I haven't >>been able to find it... Thanx Jeff Huber jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu > > >Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". > >--- >Paul Wenker UUCP: prw@mecc.mn.org >MECC, Advanced Development AppleLink: MECC.TECH To avoid some frustration, it is worth noting that as soon as Claris found out about this, they removed the picture, so if you upgraded after the initial batch you may just have to do without... Barry Eynon eynon@lindy.stanford.edu [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now] [kill inews now]
merchant@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Peter Merchant) (03/03/89)
In article <2980@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert Elkins) writes: >In article <3894@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG> prw@meccts.UUCP (Paul Wenker) writes: >>In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >>> >>>What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in >> >>Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". > >That dosen't seem to work..... The way I understood it, Claris felt the picture may be offensive, so it was removed. I saw it in the demonstration version of MacPaint (ie, it did everything except save) and someone at Claris showed it when they showed MacPaint 2.0 to the New York Mac Users' Group quite awhile ago. --- "Funny, it worked in rehearsal..." Peter Merchant (merchant@eleazar.UUCP) (Peter.G.Merchant@dartmouth.EDU)
bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) (03/04/89)
In article <10330139@accuvax.nwu.edu> chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) writes: > >-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard >- La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down >- at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in >- color on a macII (fuse is red, sparks yellow). The closing ICON is of >- a doggy next to a burnt out Mac (the doggy is the SoundEdit mascot I guess- > >--Yossie > > > My guess is that it is rather a pictoral joke on the RCA "His >Master's Voice" logo. > >Chris In fact, the mystery dog is the famous Rex, who is indeed the mascot of Farallon Computing, Inc. Rex just happens to be very good at impersonating the RCA dog. Actually, rumor has it that early tests of the sound capturing capabilities of the MacRecorder involved Rex, who positively responded to His Master's Voice (Reese Jones) issuing forth from the back of a Mac... Just another Mac legend -- John Heckendorn /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarnet |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 | | (415) 549-2684 | |
johnston@dalcsug.UUCP (Bruce Johnston) (03/04/89)
I saw this great about box the other day at a Users Group Meeting. We were looking at some music and sound software and one of the programs (I think it was Sound Edit but I am not sure about that) had this about box that contained about six notes with faces. When a song was playing, these notes would bounce up and down and certain notes would open their mouths like they were singing the notes that were being played. Anyway, it seemed pretty sharp at the time . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Bruce Johnston Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAnada. Disclaimer: I'm always right... and submarines have screen doors!
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (03/04/89)
In article <2980@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert Elkins) writes: >In article <3894@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG> prw@meccts.UUCP (Paul Wenker) writes: >>In article <111900038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >>> >>>What exactly is the key sequence necessary to view the zebra woman in >> >>Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". > >That dosen't seem to work..... It's entirely possible your version of MacPaint doesn't have this "feature", if you acquired it recently. Claris wasn't amused, and yanked the Zebra Lady out of the about box. -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: felix!dhw68k!thecloud@ics.uci.edu ========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (03/04/89)
In article <10330139@accuvax.nwu.edu> chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) writes: > >-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard >- La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down >- at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in I think the SoundEdit about box is nasty. Sure, there's room for humor, but fake System bombs are in pretty poor taste. It strikes me as being on a par with "joke" programs like the one that puts up a dialog saying, "Formatting disk...," as it accesses your hard drive in a scary but non- destructive way. If you find that sort of thing funny, great... but I don't want it in a program I've paid money for. -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: felix!dhw68k!thecloud@ics.uci.edu ========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================
md32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Joseph Darweesh) (03/05/89)
How about the Leprechaun Demo About box where the Leprechaun and one of his enemies is playing GO.... That's cool. The Weesh md32@andrew.cmu.edu md32@andrew.bitnet
wert@cup.portal.com (robert scott comer) (03/05/89)
> color on a macII (fuse is red, sparks yellow). The closing ICON is of > a doggy next to a burnt out Mac (the doggy is the SoundEdit mascot I guess). Ever heard of Nipper, the Victrola dog? Probably the same... scott comer
tempest@csuchico.EDU (Kenneth Lui) (03/05/89)
In article <2980@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert Elkins) writes: >>Hold down the Space Bar and Tab while choosing "About...". > >That dosen't seem to work..... You probably have a newer version of MacPaint. When Apple caught that ``feature,'' it promptly got removed. Ken tempest@csuchico.EDU
jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.engin.umich.edu (John F. Mansfield) (03/06/89)
In article <20570@dhw68k.cts.com> thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes: >In article <10330139@accuvax.nwu.edu> chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) writes: >> >>-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard >>- La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down >>- at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in > > I think the SoundEdit about box is nasty. Sure, there's room for humor, >but fake System bombs are in pretty poor taste. It strikes me as being on >a par with "joke" programs like the one that puts up a dialog saying, >"Formatting disk...," as it accesses your hard drive in a scary but non- >destructive way. If you find that sort of thing funny, great... but I don't >want it in a program I've paid money for. > > >-- >========== ....... ============================================= >Ken McLeod :. .: felix!dhw68k!thecloud@ics.uci.edu >========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com > //// ============================================= I think someone left his sense of humour at home. John Mansfield North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2143. 313-936-3352 Internet: jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu or john_mansfield.um.cc.umich.edu
ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson) (03/07/89)
>It's entirely possible your version of MacPaint doesn't have this >"feature", if you acquired it recently. Claris wasn't amused, and >yanked the Zebra Lady out of the about box. I don't suppose someone has a BinHex of the famous "Zebra Lady", for those of us w/o MacPaint 2.0 who are dying of curiosity??? Thanks! -Ted
dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) (03/07/89)
I haven't seen these mentioned: 1. In the About box for the Leprechaun demo, one of the ogres (or whatever those whiney little midgets are) is playing Go with the Leprechaun. If you wait a little while, one of them says "Atari". 2. In the About box for Cairo Shootout (I could be wrong about the exact game here), there is a button labelled "Chariot". If you click on it, a little Chariot (looking amazingly similar to the one in StuntCopter) goes by. -- David Elliott ...!pyramid!boulder!stan!dce "Splish splash, I was rakin' in the cash" -- Eno
jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw) (03/09/89)
This is a review of MacPaint 2.0, the original version.
It's a fine program. Most people have a good idea what it does.
One of it's most controversial features is the hidden "Zebra
Lady"(cf Fig 1) which makes an appearance from time to time. In that USE-
NET doesn't transmit bitmapped graphics in our postings, the
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As a review, this posting has certain legal rights, including that
of reproduction "of limited portions quoted for review." The Zebra
Woman is so quoted. I hope no one's going to throw a legal hassle
over my posting it...worse (and often slanderous) reviews of
Major Software Packages take place in this newsgroup every day!
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"Ah...I've got this CHRONIC pain." _True Believer_mikel@cs.dal.ca (Michael P. Lamoureux) (03/09/89)
In article <21123@agate.Berkeley.EDU>, John Henkendorn of BMUG writes
that the early testing of MacRecorder involved a dog (Rex) responding
to his Master's voice (Reese Jones), and this idea was immortalized
in the About box of SoundEdit, where a little dog is depicted, listening
to a Macintosh.
Actually, the very first testing of the MacRecorder involve me trying
to convince my girlfriend (now my wife) that the distorted muffled
static coming from the back of the Mac really was my digitized voice!
I was until I got a sound that she grudgingly admitted sounded human
did I sense I was on the right track. (But she's a linguist and
has pretty high standards).
The radio talk show host Larry King also played, unwittingly, a big
role. His deep, bassy voice off the radio was a great sound source
to digitize, especially on early MacRecorder prototypes.
The artwork, including the dog, was done by the wife of Steve Capps,
one of the SoundEdit programmers. Makes you wonder about the
"significant others" of hackers and the support they give...
Michael Lamoureux, mikel@cs.dal.cakah120@ihlpe.ATT.COM (452is-Heitke) (03/10/89)
In article <20570@dhw68k.cts.com>, thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes: > In article <10330139@accuvax.nwu.edu> chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn) writes: > > > >-3) The About... box in SoundEdit is absolutly wonderful... It is a standard > >- La-Bomba box with a burning fuse (and sound effects) which burns down > >- at which stage the bomb BLOWS (again, with sound effects). It is in > > I think the SoundEdit about box is nasty. Sure, there's room for humor, > but fake System bombs are in pretty poor taste.... This is similiar to the Acta Reader program which comes up with a System bomb informing you to purchase Acta. I had to do a double take before I realized it wasn't a real system bomb.