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- POWER WORDS -
Version 1.0
Copyright (c) Kevin Solway 1991,92
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Short description: 5000 quotes at your fingertips - fast!
Long description:
POWER WORDS contains over FIVE THOUSAND quotes, aphorisms,
witticisms and quips compressed into a single program file.
Searching is lightning fast because all of the entries are held
in memory - no time-consuming disk access is necessary. Press a
key to send quotes to your printer or to a text file on disk.
POWER words was designed to be tucked away on your hard disk
until you need it, without taking up too much space. Then,
whenever you need that quote, or want to be reminded of an apt
expression, it is never far away.
Includes the compilation "Wit for Wisdom" by the author.
Over 531,000 bytes of source text has been compressed into a
single executable file of only 253,000 bytes (conserving your
valuable disk space) and requires only about 440,000 bytes of
memory to operate.
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Files on the distribution disk:
PWORDS.EXE: The main program
PWORDS.DOC Documentation
REGISTER.FRM Registration form
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- A word about user supported software: -
The user supported software concept (usually referred to as
shareware) is an attempt to provide software at low cost. The
cost of offering a new product by conventional means is
staggering, and hence dissuades many independent authors and
small companies from developing and promoting their ideas. User
supported software is an attempt to develop a new marketing
channel, where products can be introduced at low cost.
If user supported software works, then everyone will benefit.
The user will benefit by receiving quality products at low cost,
and by being able to "test drive" software thoroughly before
purchasing it. The author benefits by being able to enter the
commercial software arena without first needing large sources of
venture capital.
But it can only work with your support. We're not just talking
about POWER WORDS here, but about all user supported software.
If you find that you are still using a program after a couple of
weeks, then pretty obviously it is worth something to you, and
you should send in a contribution.
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- REGISTRATION/LICENCE -
NOTE: This program is not free, but is a "shareware"
try-before-you-buy product. To become a registered user of
POWER WORDS, you need to fill-out the following (or the
accompanying registration form) and send it to me at the address
below:
POWER WORDS version 1.0
Registration .......... @ $ 10.00 ea $ ______
Name : ____________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________________
I would also appreciate any input you would care to give concerning
POWER WORDS. If you have any ideas or comments that would make this
a better program, then please let me know.
Comments and/or suggestions:
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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Please remit to:
Kevin Solway
P.O Box 207
University of Queensland
St Lucia 4067
Australia
CUSTOM VERSIONS
I can produce custom versions of POWER WORDS, for your private
or commercial use (i.e., to be distributed with your software).
Write to me.
DISCLAIMER
This program is provided AS IS without warranty, expressed or
implied.
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- USING POWER WORDS -
Just type PWORDS from the DOS prompt and press the return key to
run the program.
For example,
pwords
or
pwords -b - if you want to exclude the use of a box
for the border.
All function keys are displayed on the screen.
Select section from the menu. Bring the menu up at any time by
pressing the letter "M".
Find text by pressing "F". Use this to search for an author's
name or for keywords. A global search will search from the very
first entry through to the very last. A local search is
considerably faster but searches only the section you are
currently viewing.
Repeat the last find operation by pressing "R".
Print the currently displayed entry by pressing the letter "P".
Send the currently displayed entry to a text file on disk by
pressing "T".
"G"o to entry number. Goes immediately to the entry number
specified.
Up and down arrow keys move through the entries one at a time.
Home and end keys move to the first and last entries
respectively.
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- ABOUT "POWER WORDS" -
POWER WORDS is composed of the following sections:
Assorted quotes - attributed . . . . . . 3,000 quotes
The rest are taken from my compilation "Wit for Wisdom"
and are largely unattributed.
Men and women |
Some words of my own on men and women |
Love |
Some words of my own on love |
Marriage |- 2,000 quotes
Some words of my own on marriage |
Assorted jewels |
Some gems of my own |
The thinking man's dictionary |
(those dictionary entries marked with
an asterix are my own productions)
For completeness I have included as an appendix to this file the
foreword, introduction, and conclusion of "Wit for Wisdom".
If any publishers are interested in printing and binding "Wit
for Wisdom" for me, to make it available to a wider audience, I
would be glad to hear from them.
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Other programs by the same author:
BREEZE: Word processor/text editor, many features. Can turn
your ordinary text files into stand-alone executable
programs (with viewing & searching features) for you
to distribute.
TEXTLIFE: Text file to .EXE program converter.
CONTROL3: File manager, lists three drives/directories on screen.
LIFEGAME: Graphical simulation of natural systems.
DI: Directory program for moving quickly around your
hard disk.
PCONTROL: Printer controller program.
And one other computer book:
POISON FOR THE HEART: The ultimate philosophy.
Written in an aphoristic style for those who don't like to waste
their time with padding. Discusses the law of cause and effect
and its far reaching ramifications. Investigates the nature of
the ego, attachment, religion, men and women. Arguably the only
book a thinking person needs to read.
* All these programs are available from me, the author at:
Kevin Solway
PO Box 207
University of Queensland
St Lucia 4067
Australia
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- APPENDIX -
Includes the
Foreword, Introduction, and Conclusion
to the original compilation "Wit for Wisdom"
(which now composes all parts in POWER WORDS except the first)
- FOREWORD -
This book is a compilation of words that I like, used in
whichever way I see fit to convey my message. This is what
books are for, or at least should be. I have chosen not to
attribute the quotes to their supposed creators. Who knows who
created them? And who cares! In any case, I do not claim to
have created them myself, be they ever so deeply embedded in my
heart. Even my own productions I submit with the knowledge that
they can't be mine.
To benefit from this book you must accept what you read as
it stands, irregardless of the context in which the words were
first used, and by whom. Imagine I wrote the lot - or perhaps
God.
If you are interested in finding out more about my writings
I would be glad to hear from you. I would also be glad to hear
from any publishers who would like to make this work more
convenient to read by printing and binding it for me.
- INTRODUCTION -
Wit is rarely conducive to wisdom. It is more often a
power-play and a fortification. Wit marries ideas lying wide
apart, by a sudden jerk of the understanding. Like a bright
blast of lightning, it flashes, strikes and vanishes in an
instant. But only if this flash ignites a fire will there be
any lasting good. For such a fire there must be fuel, the fuel
of courage, open-mindedness, and yearning for truth. And if
there is no fuel, well then, the lightning flash of wit may
still fell the odd tree or two, which will, in time, feed a
killer fire.
Wit is all too often used in the same way that forest fire-
fighters use fire - to prevent or stop a larger blaze. Small
truths eat-up the fuel and form a barrier against larger and
more dangerous truths. Wit becomes an attempt to beat the
Devil, in this case the truth, at his own game.
If you would use reason in such a cowardly fashion then I
would ask you to return this book to the shelf, where it might
await more kindly eyes. But if you have the hunger of a giant
and the heart of a lion, then read on my friend - not only will
you become human, but then a god, and perhaps, a saint? For not
only must there be intelligence, but courage also - an inhuman
courage that seeks to walk alone, with none other than the sun
and the moon for company. May wit sustain you till you find
your walking legs, cutting the ground from under you.
I have not designed this collection of writings for the use
of public speakers, businessmen, public figures, lecturers,
authors, clergymen, teachers and students. Quotes are not to be
quoted. I work only for thinkers!
- A FINAL WORD -
There are two sides to my nature, the human and the
superhuman, or the animal and the human, depending on how
critical our stance. The contents of this book issue from my
lower self, which aspires to finish itself, and are aimed at
your lower self, with the aim of inflicting a mortal injury.
I would like to have related some profound spiritual
insights with you, but I cannot speak to your higher spiritual
self when you have none. Realistically, while there is ego one
must work with ego, and only when the ego becomes utterly
disgusted with itself can it die.
I hope this book has disgusted you.
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