Loader
What this program does is load, load and load - it loads packages, copies files back and forth, sets up virtual drives, interacts with the kernel and when the meter is at 100% percent it loads the next package and keeps on going. Loading never stops - only when you shut it off.
The app is absolutely safe, it never does what it says. Because no thing in the world can be totally useless, someone may find it useful. What are the possible uses? Well, you can start up a couple and people will see your computer is busy - sometimes this is handy and may explain why you cannot do your work and instead loiter around with a beer )
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/Loader.zip (1 Mb)
Stay tuned for more almost useless apps from me =)
Quote from: "Louigi Verona"sometimes this is handy and may explain why you cannot do your work and instead loiter around with a beer )
LOL! It might explain why I can't do my work but I doubt it'd allow me to loiter around with a beer. Doesn't hurt to try I guess :D
A very amusing concept, Lougi. This looks a bit analog to the ascii-editor you made a while ago.
More useless apps please..
Being 1Mb in size is a slap in the face to any useless software that has
any remains of self respect left.
It should be at least 15Mb.
LOL! It should be at least. Plus a bunch of useless add-ons and plugins..
TextPad
TextPad is a text editor that is capable of creating a read-only workspace.
For possible uses of this useless app consult imagination.
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/TextPad.zip
No chance joining the Modplug developer team?
Only to make some useless plugins, like the infamous Silence Plugin, Absolute Silence Plugin and No Playback Synth.
You're associating too far. Louigi. A silence plugin could be quite useful.
As over-ruling any pattern codes to create a break, or song-zap for example.
And silence is part of the expression inside a composition. Deciding not to play certain, obvious, notes (MD).
Quote from: "Louigi Verona"Only to make some useless plugins, like the infamous Silence Plugin, Absolute Silence Plugin and No Playback Synth.
I'm sure your contribution would be of some value. Even though you think your programs are useless, they are probrably some out there who finds them valueful.
Okay, I have worked more on the app and have delivered two solutions - for home and office use.
The first app does have a couple of goofy lines flashing from time to time, the enterprise version is all damn serious and has no jokes at all - so feel free to use it in your office.
Another neat feature that was added was a random background color and size of window, so that each Loader that you start up looks a bit different from the previous one. That way you can start up several Loaders at once and it would feel that you are installing/running several serious applications.
Here are the download links:
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/Loader.zip
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/LoaderEnterprise.zip
And a Russian version of Loader:
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/LoaderRus.zip
Yeah, and one more almost absolutely useless app:
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/Cigar.zip
Downloading...
Meanwhile there is an absolutely useless VST:
Anechoic room simulator (http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=5)
[EDIT]
Erm, Louigi...
Is there a manual for Cigar? :lol:
What it does except that the exe is taking 3mb of my precious free space?
You can
1. move it around the screen
2. show it off to your friends
3. double click on it to close it
Useless things. Great. Isn't art useless ? This reminds of this thread :
http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?topic=3102.0
Yeah, we ARE in this thread.
New app!
Dix Calculator
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/DixCalculator.zip
Quote from: "Sam_Zen"Useless things. Great. Isn't art useless ? This reminds of this thread :
http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?topic=3102.0
but art gives my computer something to do.
Art is useless if by use one means material practice. When you are listening to music you are not doing anything "practically" useful. For a person who sees that spiritual life is as real (and perhaps even more important) than material aspect art is certainly much more useful than, say, a car or even food.
These useless apps are very useful in a certain sense.
So is this topic:
http://forum.openmpt.org/index.php?topic=3102.0
How come your apps take so much space?
because they run on windows....
No, because I write them in wxWidgets. The code is cross-platform and so the binary has all the libraries in it which makes it ridiculously large. I promise soon I will learn how to strip the executable from all the unnecessary junk, but atm let me release this. In zip each app takes around 1 Mb - could be less than 100kb, but hey - give a crappy programmer a break )
Philosopher's Calc
An answer to life
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/PhilosophersCalculator.zip
Wots much space ? Indeed cross-platform makes it spacy. The 7-zip format scores better by the way. 10-8.
I like the calculators. A difference with the previous nouseapps : they're in the taskbar.
Otherwise, if declared on top, I could have used "Cigar" as a button for a list of smoking brands.
I prefer the PhilCalc, because it's not only useless, but also wrong. 42 no matter what.
The DixCalc brings 10 no matter what, but the input renders a correct order by options.
So this was quite useful to train my observation skills..
Quoteart is certainly much more useful than, say, a car or even food.
I don't like to make difference in material or spiritual needs. It's a matter of hunger I think.
Yeah, well cigar is a very specific thing - do you know what it is? It is a system menu type of window (which does not go to the task bar) minimized. Think of it as an app minimized in mid air. And once it's minimized you cannot do anything with it, not even move it. You can only double click it to maximize. That's when I close it )))
Okay, some new stuff.
Storywriter
With this baby you can create your own stories (wow!). Where's the catch? Well, you cannot use just any words you like. The only words you can use are the ones which you can choose from the drop down lists. You have nouns, verbs and "various". Too much limitation? Limitation brings creativity!
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/Storywriter.zip
And for the hardcore guys, StorywriterLite:
http://www.cathyportal.ru/files/StorywriterLite.zip
Do you guys even know what "cross-plattform" means? A cross-plattform library does not have to be large (just have a look at BASS, which has 90kb on Windows and ~200kb on Linux / Mac). The code for Windows / Linux / Macintosh / BSD / Handhelds / steam machines / whatever is never included in the binaries for other platforms. If you have the Windows version of wxWidgets, it only contains the code to create widgets for the Windows platform and it will not run on any other Platform, simple because there is no binary compatibility or a hidden part with Linux / etc. binaries inside your Windows DLLs. wxWidgets being big has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it is a cross-platform library.
http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/?q=node/2#bin
So what does that page tell us?
QuoteLarge binaries are produced because of static linkage with libstdc++ (which is said to be bulky) and wxWidgets, as well as emitting code for multiple platforms. Dynamic linkage to wxWidgets can be done if desired [...]
Basically, this tool is so big because it links libstdc++ and wxWidgets statically, meaning that two very big libraries are stored in the executable. Nothing is said about wxWidgets here.
Quoteas well as emitting code for multiple platforms
Hmm. I don't consider Storywriter cq Lite as useless. It can produce pasted lines as poetry like :
wisdom they yelled!!!s
!?,
s garden "
"!s wheres unfortunately!? choice
ss if you are not bored reading this!!!. kissed!!!
or
kitten are! i i are kitten are! are!!! are. kitten kitten!! are!!!..........
The problems seems to be in the filesize of the executable, because of including many libraries.
Including 'horse' as a noun doesn't take that much of space.
You can actually write whole sagas using Storywriter. I will post my results here.
I am also preparing to create a Sagawriter program for which I will make a special thread because I will need your help guys.