A long time ago, in a cubicle far, far away, an innocent worker went for an innocent little coffee break. He was completely unaware of the fact that his boss was shadowing his every move. He stepped into the break room, and was surprised by a voice from behind him.
"Ah, ha! I caught you!" his boss shouted at him. "You've already been in here 4 times today!"
"But boss," the worker replied calmly, "I can't do anything. My computer is busy!" Now it was his boss's turn to be surprised. He led his boss back to his infinitely small cubicle, where his computer **appeared** to be busy compiling the new proposal. His boss was unhappy, but satisfied. What he didn't realize, however, was that his computer wasn't doing anything. It was simply idling away time, and looking professional while it was doing it. How is this feat possible? Work Faker. Work Faker is the latest in Dilbert-munching material. And what's best of all? It's free.
Editor Window
What does all that stuff do and mean? Check it out here:
1. Time to Delay:
Pretty Self-explanatory. How long to delay for.
2. Window Style:
Choose from the traditional Work Faker faking design, a Finder Copy spinoff, or an EPSON print spool dialog.
3. Quit:
Duh.
4. Fake Hard Drive Spin:
Makes your Hard Drive sound like its doing something.
5. Work Faker , Filename, Volume Name:
Text relevant to the window type. You probably won't need to mess with this.
6. OK:
Begin the countdown.
7. Realistic Remaining Time:
Using my algorithms, try and make the remaining time a little more realistic by putting a few “mistakes” in here and there. Still needs work.
8. Give time to background applications:
Whether background applications are allowed to process. Don't expect this to work too dandy, because under the new MacOS's preemptive-multitasking, apps aren't allowed to freeze other apps.
Version History
1.0b - Release 1
- Initial public release.
1.0 - Release 2
- Control embedding fixed, controls no longer initally hidden on 68k.
- Preferences routines completely rewritten. No longer complains about not having prefs file.
- Replaced "Window Size" with "Window Type."
- Changed and optimized graphics.
- General stability vastly improved.
- 68k "menu bug" fixed.
- "Virtual Memory" bug fixed. I think.
Contact
Questions with software, bug reports, comments, etc: cecval@geocites.com
Website, web ideas, so on: Samman85@aol.com
Web: http://alpach.witsandbits.com
Snail Mail:
Alpach Software
P.O. Box 11
Catharpin, VA, 20143-0011
Legal
Work Faker is provided "AS IS", with no warranty, expressed or implied, toward the software or objects affected by the software. Alapch assumes no liability toward the performance of the software, or anything else the software may affect. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This document gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Protected and copyrighted by Alpach Software Productions. All rights reserved. Work Faker is a trademark of Alpach Software Productions. Work Faker is not public domain. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. PowerPC is a registered trademark of IBM, corp. Alpach Software Productions and Apple Computer, Inc. are not affiliated in any way. All other trademarks and copyrights awknoledged. No infringement intendended. Commercial distribution prohibited, as is distribution in exchange for compensation or any other consideration. Other distribution permitted, so long as distribution is not in exchange for any type of compensation.
