UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) (05/19/91)
Have you seen this program on the Mac. It is a scream. I want one.
Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what
you are doing. Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous,
witty, insulting, or whatever. For example, if yo select an UNDO from
a menu (any menu, any program) the Moose pops up and says something
like, "Can't you make up your mind?" or "Get it right the first time."
When you select QUIT, he says, "Not yet! I'm not done yet."
He seems to have 100s of phrases, so he rarely repeats. Also, sometimes
he just pops up for no reason, and says something appropriate (or not!!)
By "pops up" I mean that a little window appears in the corner of the
screen containing a picture of a Moose (that looks like Bullwinkle).
The Moose's lips and eyes move according to the gist of whatever he
says.
Any way, I laughed and laughed. I invite any of the Amiga demo builders
out there to take a crack at this one.
leearctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) (05/20/91)
I know there is a Moose Pop-up orgram for the Amiga.. I for it, had it for 5 minutes, and killed it. Just got sick of it. Arc
griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) (05/20/91)
UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes: >Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what >you are doing. Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous, >witty, insulting, or whatever. For example, if yo select an UNDO from >Any way, I laughed and laughed. I invite any of the Amiga demo builders >out there to take a crack at this one. Yeah, someone did that on the Amiga a couple of years ago. Another bad idea come over to the Amiga> -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu
peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (05/20/91)
In article <1991May20.045702.29979@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: > Yeah, someone did that on the Amiga a couple of years ago. Another bad > idea come over to the Amiga> Not that bad an idea. A guy recently had his Mac (and everything else in his study) saved from a burglar because he'd left talking moose on and the crook thought there was someone in there. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
honp9@menudo.uh.edu (Jason L. Tibbitts III) (05/21/91)
In article <91139.114916UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> Lee Sailer <UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: >Have you seen this program on the Mac. It is a scream. I want one. > >Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what >you are doing. Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous, >witty, insulting, or whatever. I have something that purports to do this. It's not spectacular, but it does work. I'll mail the 14210 byte uuencoded LHArc file to anyone who requests it. > lee -- Jason L. Tibbitts III | Moderator: comp.sys.amiga.reviews "Blob Shop Programmers:| Send submissions to HONP9@menudo.uh.edu Because We're Bored!" | Check comp.sys.amiga.reviews for submissions Disclaimer: Opinions...| guide, disclaimers, etc. Fnord.
bja20850@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (B.J. Anderson) (05/21/91)
griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: >UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes: >>Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what >>you are doing. Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous, >>witty, insulting, or whatever. For example, if yo select an UNDO from >>Any way, I laughed and laughed. I invite any of the Amiga demo builders >>out there to take a crack at this one. >Yeah, someone did that on the Amiga a couple of years ago. Another bad >idea come over to the Amiga> I liked it on the Mac too. Where's the Amiga version??? -Beej -- I must remember to be cheerful and obedient. I must remember to be cheerful and obedient. I must remember to be cheerful and obedient. mail: anderson@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) (05/21/91)
In article <91139.114916UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes: >Have you seen this program on the Mac. It is a scream. I want one. > >Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what >you are doing. Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous, >witty, insulting, or whatever. For example, if yo select an UNDO from >a menu (any menu, any program) the Moose pops up and says something >like, "Can't you make up your mind?" or "Get it right the first time." > >When you select QUIT, he says, "Not yet! I'm not done yet." > >He seems to have 100s of phrases, so he rarely repeats. Also, sometimes >he just pops up for no reason, and says something appropriate (or not!!) > >By "pops up" I mean that a little window appears in the corner of the >screen containing a picture of a Moose (that looks like Bullwinkle). >The Moose's lips and eyes move according to the gist of whatever he >says. > >Any way, I laughed and laughed. I invite any of the Amiga demo builders >out there to take a crack at this one. It already exists. I have it around somewhere on a floppy. It is not as good as that Mac version, but it's not bad. It uses a text file to which you can add new sayings or remarks. And I believe you can also play around with the voice characteristics. The only problem I saw with it was running from a floppy. If you accidently removed the floppy from the drive, and moose couldn't find the text, then it was GURU time. If I can find it, I will send it to comp.binaries.amiga. Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP frog!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be (Ives Aerts) (05/22/91)
Nico Francois (the author of PowerPacker) did something like this
on Amiga. It is called The Guru and it pops up at random intervals
speaking some weird texts. It is written in ..... Modula 2 (yuck).
He did this for an assignment he had to do when he was still
studying. I would have liked to see the heads of the assistants
when he made the proposal: real speech ????? (how should they
know that's only a library call).
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------------------------------------------------------------------------mattel@auto-trol.com (Matt Telles) (05/25/91)
The Moose program can be found on the Amicus disks. I believe the relevant disk
number is 24. You can either find this via FTP (isca probably has it...) or by
looking at one of the ads in the back of Amazing Amiga, etc...
Matt.
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