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My Visual Basic Programs: My comfort level with VB is pretty high.  I can do quite a bit in this language.  The examples that I have posted here, for downloads, are just small programs.  I usually spent anywhere from one day to one week on these.  Ok,  here are a few of them:

 

fun ware Fun_Ware: This is the HDD formatting joke.  A few years ago, my dad sent something like this to me.  It freaked me out.  So, I wanted to recreate it.  I wanted to add some kind of fake huge binary file to make it sound like the program was really working the drive (noise).  I also want to add the capability of going through every file and displaying them (pretend format, of course).  Anyway, enjoy

dice simulator Dice Simulator for Warhammer 40k: Here it is.  This is almost complete.  I found a bug in it and haven't fixed it yet (just lazy).  I don't remember what the bug was.  I think it occurs after you run through the attack button; all the way to the armour save page.  The total amount dead keeps incrementing.  It doesn't really affect the program.  You know how many troops failed the armour save anyway.  It's just a little annoying.  I probably forgot to zero the integer upon the form unload.  oops.  Enjoy anyway

winsys32x Winsys32x: This one is funny; for you.  It's not very funny to your (ahem) 'mark'.  This is something I did to satisfy the practical joker in me.  It hides from the taskbar and task manager.  It installs to the startup folder and is named Winsys32x to hopefully keep the 'mark' from deleting it (thinking it's an important file).  It randomly reverses the mouse buttons, jiggles the mouse cursor, and randomly beeps from the PC speaker.  After you hit someone with this, be nice and help them uninstall it.

planets Planets: This is my dad's program (Steve Napier for the 'surfers).  I think this is awesome because of the elusive gravity algorithm.  Elusive because it is written in the old BASIC (with the line numbers) and dad can't remember how to recreate the gravity algorithm. DAMN!  We are both planning to create Planets 2000.  I have some good ideas for this and would like to develope this with him.  Look at the Planets 2000 teaser splash screen.  Anyway, kudos to dad.  This is a fun game.  To exit the game, you have to Cntrl + Brk

states States: This is a lame program.  Don't waste your time, unless you can't help yourself.  It was an assignment for class and I kept it.  Read the readme file to help you get the game started.  It explains how to move the DAT file.  The States program requires this to run.

 

Japanese FlashcardsJapanese Flashcards: I made the crappy States program better. I found a use for it so I retooled the states program to read off of a new DAT file that contains Japanese and English words and phrases. Just match them up and check your score. As with States, you must read the readme file to know where to put the dat file. The program won't run without it.

 

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