WiseMan1_1

Short:        Displays random wise words in Workbench!
Author:       Chris Spicer
Uploader:     Chris Spicer
Type:         misc/misc
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


				THE WISE MAN V1.1

				       by

				  CHRIS SPICER

			     (c) MR DOG PRODUCTIONS




 What is it?
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 The Wise Man brings to your Amiga the distilled knowledge of the ancients.
When you double-click on its icon, it displays a wonderful message to
entertain and enlighten you. Hopefully this will raise your karma, thus
encouraging you to achieve a level of cosmic one-ness and helping usher in
a new period of world peace and love.



 Do You Believe All That?
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 No, not really.



 So, What Is It Really?
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 The Wise Man is a little program that sits happilly on your workbench and
displays a random humerous message when you double-click its icon. No,
really.



 Hang On A Sec!
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 Whassup?



 Why The New Release?
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 Well, this version of TheWiseman is actually an updated version of the one
that's already appeared on the Aminet. This one features 100 new messages.
Oh yeah, and it's got a new Newicon.



 That's It?
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 What do you want from me? Blood?



 Requirements
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 The Wise Man should work on any Amiga. It's been tested with a 10 meg 
A1200 and a 1 meg A500, and works fine on both of those.



 What Do I Do With It?
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 Stick it anywhere you want. As long as the file Thingy.txt is in the same
directory as the main executable there'll be no problem.  However, if the 
file Thingy.txt is NOT in the same directory the Wise Man will attempt to 
give you a message and realise he has nothing much to say. So he'll 
close down. Which is a shame, really, innit?

 In the previous release of Wiseman, I advised that you could stick this in 
the WB_Startup drawer of your hard drive. Unfortunately, because of the 
fact that Thingy.txt has to be in the same drawer, your innocent Amiga will 
attempt to start that file up too, and you'll get an irritating message. If 
you can put up with that, then please feel free to continue to stick this in 
the WB_Startup drawer.




 So Program The Error Out, Already!
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 I'd love to, but every time I try to re-compile my edited C code I have 
problems getting things to work correctly. I guess I should really learn 
to program, eh?




 Slacker.
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 Thankyou very much.




 Who Wasted Their Time Doing This, Then?
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 Why, tis I, Chris Spicer, he of the Mr Dog Productions. Since the last
release I have turned 21, but I still come from the rock-and-roll town of 
Nuneaton, and I still list my hobbies as crochet, planning world domination 
and sneaking into ladies changing rooms in the hope of seeing an inch of 
naked flesh.

 I've launched my own comic, A Big Slice Of Brain Cake, and I also 
contributeto other publications. Soon I should be launching a sister-title 
to Brain Cake called Semi-Automatic Goldfish, as soon as I finish some 
stuff to go in it.

 I do a little bit of Amiga stuff on the side, such as the adventure game
Minnesota Smith's Aztec Adventure (available on the aminet), 21 Worms
levels, a couple of level sets for Boris Ball, a questions disc for The 
Ultimate Quiz 2, and, of course, this. 

 Combining my loves of writing and the Amiga, I also write for the excellent
magazine Amiga Survivor. We've just turned A4 (from A5) and we're better
than ever. By and large we're a games magazine, but we do cover some
serious stuff too. People have been crying out for a games-only mag for
ages, so come on, support us why don't you?

 For details write to Robert Ivesone, 41 Wellstone
Garth, Swinnow, Leeds, West Yorks, LS13 4EJ or e-mail 
Robert@Survivor.Enterprise-plc.com. There's an Amiga Survivor website
at: http://www.crystal-software.com/AmigaSurvivor/Survindex.com

 Other forthcoming stuff from Mr Dog Productions includes a second 
MinnesotaSmith text adventure game, the first Minnesota Smith graphic 
adventure game, and the first release from Mr Dog Music...

 As always, write for details.



 And What's Your Address?
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 Why do you want to know?



 Just Curious
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 Fair enough. If you really must, you can write to me at:

 Chris Spicer
 Mr Dog Productions
 80 Castle Road
 Weddington
 Nuneaton
 Warwickshire
 CV10 OEW
 England

 Or: mr.dog@free4all.co.uk


 Where Did You Nick It From?
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 The source code was borrowed from the NorthC examples disc. The 
original was by Steve Hawtin. However, I changed it a little bit to make 
it my own.

 Inspiration for the Wise Words was taken from the following sources:



 Murphy's Law Book 2 - More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong
							ed. Arthur Bloch

 More Murphy's Law - Wrong Reasons Why Things Go More
							ed. Arthur Bloch

 Star Light, Star Bright, First...
							Johnny Hart

 However, most of the text was taken from:


 My Own Head
							Chris Spicer


 What About Copyrights And That?
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 Okay then, if you insist. Ahem, here goes.

 This program is freeware. You can distribute it as long at the following
files remain together:

 WiseMan
 Thingy.txt
 WiseMan.Readme

 Copyright with this program lies with Chris Spicer. You are NOT allowed 
to alter the code of the main executable or any of the accompanying files.

 Copyright of the text in the file Thingy.txt lies with its respective
creators.

 I cannot be held responsible for any damage done to your computer whilst
using this program.

 Usage of the program is deemed acceptance of the above terms.



 You Finished?
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 Yep.



 Thank Goodness.
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