MacHack 2000/MacHack 2000.toast/pc/The Hacks/Genie/Projects/A-line/Scripts/OutToLunch

Text File | 2000-06-24 | 1.4 KB | 54 lines

# OutToLunch

set a "Making trouble"
set b "Staring at the ceiling"
set c "Deliberately wasting time"
set d "Attempting to derive principles of dependency graph theory"
set e "Wishing I were a Perl script"
set f "Looking for my MPW manual"
set g "Going to the Bahamas for a moment"
set h "Automatically registering your copy of A-line"
set i "Looking for Waldo"
set j "Reflecting on my past indiscretions"
set k "A-line requires Visual Basic for MPW.  Downloading now"
set l "Out to lunch"
set m "Holding for Microsoft tech support"
set n "Rebuilding the desktop"
set o "Converting your savings to Apple stock"
set p "Connecting to cgi.a-line.com for instructions"
set q "Turning on processor cycling to reduce power consumption"
set r "Clearing space on your hard drive"
set s "Waiting for just the right moment"
set t "Downloading new artwork"
set u "Making your Macintosh happy"

set COUNT 21

set COOKIE "'{a}'∂n'{b}'∂n'{c}'∂n'{d}'∂n'{e}'∂n'{f}'∂n'{g}'∂n'{h}'∂n'{i}'∂n'{j}'∂n∂
    '{k}'∂n'{l}'∂n'{m}'∂n'{n}'∂n'{o}'∂n'{p}'∂n'{q}'∂n'{r}'∂n'{s}'∂n'{t}'∂n'{u}'"

If "{1}" == "--express" or "{1}" == "--fastfood"
    Shift
End

If "{1}" == "--pick"
    Set PICK "{2}"
    Shift; Shift
Else
    Set PICK `Evaluate ∂`TickCount∂` % {COUNT} + 1`
End

Echo `Echo "{COOKIE}" | StreamEdit -e "!{PICK} Delete"`... (please be patient)

Exit
# The end.

Set COUNT 0
For TUNE in {COOKIE}
    if {COUNT} == {PICK}
        echo "{TUNE}"... (please be patient)
        break
    end
    set COUNT `evaluate {COUNT} + 1`
end