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  3. ║   LOOKBUSY - The Ultimate Waste Of Computer Resources                        ║
  4. ║                                                                              ║
  5. ║                                                                              ║
  6. ║   What the critics are saying about LOOKBUSY:                                ║
  7. ║                                                                              ║
  8. ║       "Yecch... I hate it! The worst program I've ever seen!"                ║
  9. ║                            --- Jerry Poornell, Byte Magazine                 ║
  10. ║                                                                              ║
  11. ║       "Stupid, stupid, stupid."                                              ║
  12. ║                            --- Peter Snortin, PC Magazine                    ║
  13. ║                                                                              ║
  14. ║                                                                              ║
  15. ║   What is LOOKBUSY? It's just a stupid little graphics demo that will        ║
  16. ║   confound the curious, impress the naive, and generally make its user look  ║
  17. ║   like a genius. Instructions: run the program on your PC, XT, AT, or clone  ║
  18. ║   with (preferably) an EGA color display card. (It might work with a PCjr,   ║
  19. ║   it *does* work at reduced speed with a CGA color card, and it looks okay   ║
  20. ║   with some monochrome adapter cards.) Then, when someone notices your       ║
  21. ║   display and asks what the hell you're doing, hit them with one of the      ║
  22. ║   following lines:                                                           ║
  23. ║                                                                              ║
  24. ║   "Why, I'm calculating the rate of increase of entropy of the universe."    ║
  25. ║   "I'm designing a new type of bomb that destroys clothes but leaves people  ║
  26. ║        standing."                                                            ║
  27. ║   "I'm plotting the course of the New York Stock Exchange for the next ten   ║
  28. ║        years or so."                                                         ║
  29. ║   "Are you familiar with antimatter?"                                        ║
  30. ║   "I'm doing top secret work for the NSA. Why, exactly, do you ask?"         ║
  31. ║   "I'm calculating the deviation of the earth from its orbit around the sun  ║
  32. ║        that would be result if everyone in China jumped off a chair at the   ║
  33. ║        same time."                                                           ║
  34. ║   "What am I doing? Nothing! Honest, I'm not doing anything. Really!"        ║
  35. ║   "I'm trying to calculate the exact day next week when the asteroid will    ║
  36. ║        hit."                                                                 ║
  37. ║                                                                              ║
  38. ║   You get the idea. Hit any key to exit the demo. Have fun.                  ║
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