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- <td><h1 align="center">Blaze 5.0 Unregistered User's
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- <p align="center">LEAD DESIGNER/PROGRAMMER<br>
- Anthony J. Mills</p>
- <p align="center">ORIGINAL ALGORITHM<br>
- Keith DeGruce</p>
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- <td><strong>A Note from the Author</strong><p>Blaze 5.0
- improves on Blaze 4.0 with a more fluid interface, green
- flames, greater speed, and a minor bugfix or two. The
- code has been converted to a more solid platform, and the
- distributed size has been shrunk considerably. Some of
- the terminology has been changed to be more intuitive and
- friendly.</p>
- <p>Other than that, Blaze is a work of art, as it always
- has been: all the beautiful flaming patterns on the
- screen are drawn by a little jewel of machine language.
- Sometimes, David beats Goliath.</p>
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- <td><strong>Legal Junk</strong><p>We live in a world with
- lawsuits flying back and forth. I do not wish to be a
- part of them, so PLEASE be sensible. Since most of you do
- not enjoy legal documents, the condensation is: this is a
- trial version, give it to all your friends (and/or
- enemies). If it runs, great; if it doesn't, try the free
- technical support; if that doesn't work, email me; if it
- still isn't working, you never paid anything for it
- anyway.</p>
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- <td><strong>Usage Instructions and Quirks</strong><p>Because
- Blaze is intended to run on Windows 3.1, 95, and NT,
- passwords are entered in the configuration screen.
- Passwords are limited to sixty characters. (All ten of
- you that this inconveniences, please suffer in silence.)
- More seriously, passwords in Windows 95/NT are not
- secure, they just look that way; the next version of
- Blaze should address this shortcoming.</p>
- <p>Blaze does not work with McAfee VirusScan's ScreenScan
- or Energy Star monitor shutoff. ScreenScan causes Blaze
- to unexpectedly minimize and Energy Star is disabled
- while the program is running.</p>
- <p>Blaze does not coexist well with DOS programs. To be
- safe when running one, disable Blaze before you start it.
- If your DOS program hangs because of Blaze, you can
- restore order with a couple Ctrl-Alt-Dels, then shutting
- down Blaze manually. There is no cure.</p>
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- <td><strong>Contact Information</strong><p>Comments,
- suggestions, notes of appreciation? <a
- href="mailto:softwaremills@iname.com">softwaremills@iname.com</a><br>
- Negative comments, technical support questions, flames? <a
- href="mailto:forward@forwarddesign.com">forward@forwarddesign.com</a><br>
- My home page is at <a
- href="http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7258/">http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7258</a></p>
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- <td><strong>About Me</strong><p>I grew up as a
- missionary's kid (MK) in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, until
- grade 10. Then, our family moved to Canada. I have two
- younger sisters, one three years younger and another nine
- years younger than I am. I started programming in BASIC
- in fourth grade, and I have been programming ever since.
- I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My favourite hobbies,
- other than computer programming, are mountain biking and
- reading. I am attending the Southern Alberta Institute of
- Technology and studying Computer Technology, but the
- classes are boring.</p>
- <p><em>Please help me get a job</em>
I have
- programmed for a long time (8.5 years), but I have little
- work experience. I have experience in C/C++, Delphi,
- Visual Basic, assembly language, and I can do a good job
- with many common hardware tasks (like setup). If you have
- influence over your company's hiring and like what you
- see, please make me an offer.</p>
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- <td><strong>Frequently Asked Questions</strong><p><i>Q.
- Have you made any other screen savers?</i> </p>
- <p>A. No. Pretty good for a first try, eh? I have some
- more ideas, I dont like sharing what they are. If I
- get hopes up, then give up on the idea because its
- too complex, its better that no one else knew about
- it in the first place. </p>
- <p><i>Q. How long did it take you to make Blaze?</i> </p>
- <p>A. Blaze 1.0 was developed November 9-11, 1997.
- Development tends to be sporadic on Blaze; I'll do a lot
- in one night and then come back to it a couple weeks
- later.</p>
- <p><i>Q. What further improvements do you plan?</i> </p>
- <p>A. I plan to develop a Windows 95 version with better
- security and DirectX support. This would allow me to use
- higher resolutions as computers get faster, and it would
- also allow me to implement a better preview than the
- current static icon. In addition, a small window could
- show the effect of choosing given options, greatly
- increasing the intuitiveness of the interface.</p>
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- <td><h1 align="center">Blaze 5.0 Fun Suggestions</h1>
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- <td><strong>Suggestions</strong><p>The blue flame is best
- for relaxation. It also works for places like Florida
- where people really don't WANT to feel the heat rising
- from their monitors! In addition, masks work pretty well
- with blue - they tend to have a "bottom of the
- ocean" effect.</p>
- <p>The orange flame is probably the most true to a real
- fire, but not to our common concept of a fire. Orange
- gives a "burnished bronze" effect to masks,
- which often looks really snazzy (Like the "ENTER
- PASSWORD"). Green flames are pretty cool, but they
- don't mimic anything.</p>
- <p>The regular, classic colours are great for the feeling
- of heat. They don't mix terribly well with masks, but as
- you don't have that option unless you pay a meagre sum,
- you don't have to worry about that.</p>
- <p>Firebrands are best for their "WOW" factor.</p>
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- <td><h1 align="center">License Agreement</h1>
- <p align="center">I hate these just as much as you do,
- but I have to protect myself.</p>
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- <td>THE ARCHIVE IN WHICH THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT IS
- LOCATED CONTAINS A DEMONSTRATION "UNREGISTERED"
- VERSION OF SOFTWARE. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY
- BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE.<p><strong>LICENSE AGREEMENT</strong></p>
- <p>This is a license agreement between you (either an
- individual or an entity), the end user, and Anthony J.
- Mills.</p>
- <p><strong>THE ANTHONY MILLS PRODUCT LICENSE</strong></p>
- <p>1. <strong>GRANT OF LICENSE</strong>. This License
- Agreement ("License") permits you to freely
- copy and distribute the Archive and the unregistered
- version of Blaze 5.0 found therein (the
- "Software"), provided that the Archive is
- passed along unmodified.</p>
- <p>2. <strong>COPYRIGHT</strong>. The Software is owned
- by Anthony J. Mills and is protected by Canadian
- copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
- Anthony J. Mills retains all rights not expressly
- granted. In no way does this License act as an assignment
- and in no way does this License grant the purchaser of
- this Software the selling rights to this Software which
- are held by Anthony J. Mills.</p>
- <p>3. <b>OTHER RESTRICTIONS</b>. This License is your
- proof of license to exercise the rights granted herein
- and must be retained by you. You may not loan, sell,
- rent, lease, sublicense or otherwise charge a fee for the
- Software in the excess of US$10.00, which shall apply
- only to the medium the Archive resides in and not the
- Archive itself. You may not modify, adapt, translate,
- create derivative works, decompile, disassemble, or
- otherwise reverse engineer or attempt to reverse engineer
- or derive source code from, all or any portion of the
- Software or anything incorporated therein or permit or
- encourage any third party to do so.</p>
- <p><strong>EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES</strong></p>
- <p>USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK!</p>
- <p>The Software was extensively tested in this and
- previous versions. Nonetheless, NO software is completely
- error-free and can be safely guaranteed to work. Support
- is available at no cost, but ultimate responsibility for
- any damage it causes must rest solely on you.</p>
- <p>As a result, this archive and the Software contained
- therein are provided "AS IS" and you assume
- responsibility for determining the suitability of the
- Software on your system and for results obtained.</p>
- <p>ANTHONY J. MILLS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS,
- IMPLIED, STATUTORY (INCLUDING THOSE SET OUT IN ANY SALE
- OF GOODS STATUTE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR
- RELATING TO THE ARCHIVE, THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY USE OF
- EITHER ONE, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) ANY WARRANTY
- OR CONDITION WHATSOEVER AS TO QUALITY, THE FITNESS FOR A
- PARTICULAR USE OR THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE.
- ANTHONY J. MILLS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF
- THE SOFTWARE WILL BE WITHOUT DEFECT OR ERROR OR WILL
- SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. ANTHONY
- J. MILLS SHALL IN NO EVENT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES OR
- DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE
- SOFTWARE, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) ANY
- CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, DIRECT OR INDIRECT
- DAMAGES OR ANY LIABILITY FOR EXPENSE OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY
- ANY DEFICIENCY, DEFECT, ERROR OR MALFUNCTION OF THE
- SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
- INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PRODUCTS LIABILITY AND
- TORT, EVEN IF ANTHONY J. MILLS KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW OF
- THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES.</p>
- <p>These limitations and exclusions shall apply
- notwithstanding to any failure of essential purpose of
- any limited remedy. No dealer, distributor, retailer, or
- entity other than Anthony J. Mills is authorized to make
- any modification or addition to any of the terms and
- conditions of this license.</p>
- <p>This License Agreement is governed by the laws of the
- province of Alberta and the country of Canada.</p>
- <p>For more information about Anthony J. Mills' licensing
- policies, please send email inquiries to <a
- href="mailto:softwaremills@iname.com">softwaremills@iname.com</a>.</p>
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