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Old December 7th 17, 06:38 AM posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
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Default Simple Windows timer app

The date is 06/12/2017 18:04

Many of us here in alt.comp.freeware feel differently and expend time
and energy testing programs, warning others about the pitfalls in some
so-called "freeware" programs that contain malware or bundleware,
testing LFW (last freeware) versions of programs to see if they work in
newer versions of Windows and answering requests for programs etc.


I've been on Usenet since Netscape and Dejanews days using rn and tin on
SunOS and Solaris machines.

I used to frequent a.c.f when it wasn't infested.

For privacy reasons, for decades, my nym automatically changes using a
dictionary lookup, as do all the headers except the subject line. I don't
even know what NNTP IP address I'm using or what the date is or the time
zone or even what the newreader is, as they are all set on various
dictionary switches that change randomly and even the actual newsreader is
a one-of-a-kind custom job written long ago before Linux was a thing.

I type up everything using vi and the program does the rest.
So my interface to you is, literally, vi.

The rest is magic.

However, I know and revere the concept of freeware as well as anyone does.

We all have to decide when to cut our losses while testing freeware.
You may put your kill switch in a different spot than I do.

I'm just explaining to you where mine is, where the kill switch location
depends on the need and the number of alternatives.

For something as simple as an egg timer, the kill switch is set low.
Any program that fails to run out of the box, gets killed.
Period.

It's not any more complicated than that.
Your algorithm may differ and apparently does differ.

It's the same as if it required NET framework. Or Visual Basic. Or Java.
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