Annoying program

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sat 20 May, 2006 2:44 pm

Remember how I asked about rotating the screen? Well, I decided that the Robot class had some more potential than that. One day in compsci I wrote what has to be the most annoying program ever created!
Here's what it does:
-opens notepad and types a message for you (looks like a real person is typing it, too!)
-immediately starts to move the cursor to random places every second, while clicking and pressing the delete key
-it does that around 20 times are so, screwing up everything you have open when you run it.

We ran it in class, and it started deleting it's own source code! Good thing it doesn't know how to save...

I'll have a jar file available for download sometime soon.

*I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CRASHES OR DEATHS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM*

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sat 20 May, 2006 3:51 pm

anykey wrote:Remember how I asked about rotating the screen? Well, I decided that the Robot class had some more potential than that. One day in compsci I wrote what has to be the most annoying program ever created!
Here's what it does:
-opens notepad and types a message for you (looks like a real person is typing it, too!)
-immediately starts to move the cursor to random places every second, while clicking and pressing the delete key
-it does that around 20 times are so, screwing up everything you have open when you run it.

We ran it in class, and it started deleting it's own source code! Good thing it doesn't know how to save...

I'll have a jar file available for download sometime soon.

*I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CRASHES OR DEATHS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM*

I'll take one.

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sat 20 May, 2006 5:44 pm

Sweet. I'll get working on releasing it!

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sat 20 May, 2006 6:01 pm

Okay! Download it here:
http://eric.woodtx.com/prank.jar
Remember, I am not responsible for any damage it does.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sat 20 May, 2006 11:16 pm

Doesn't work too well on a Mac.

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sun 21 May, 2006 1:27 am

It needs windows to open notepad and type the message. The apple user interface guidelines prohibit moving the cursor via a program, so it's kinda pointless on a mac.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Sun 21 May, 2006 8:48 am

I think that you would be directly responsible, since you made the program.

Imagine if virus authors could claim that one

.

Maybe its a bit too far having it delete stuff, would be better if it was just a nag and not malicious.

NanoWar · Post by **NanoWar** » Sun 21 May, 2006 1:21 pm

Just make it double click everything on your screen =)

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sun 21 May, 2006 2:26 pm

Very fun program, I enjoyed it. I made sure that all my windows were closed and I had hidden my task bar.

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sun 21 May, 2006 3:02 pm

I didn't lose anything when I ran it, and I was able to stop it early with the task manager. Nice program.

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sun 21 May, 2006 5:49 pm

Thanks!
It doesn't delete files, it just presses the delete key. I may release a safer version that just moves the mouse around.

Floodkiller · Post by **Floodkiller** » Tue 23 May, 2006 1:59 pm

could you explain how i run this program? i got confused with how to make it work after i downloaded it. im not exactly the best at figuring out how to run programs that dont start using .exe

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Tue 23 May, 2006 2:18 pm

Double click on it? Windows automatically knows how to run .jar files.

thegamefreak0134 · Post by **thegamefreak0134** » Tue 23 May, 2006 3:16 pm

It does? I get the choose program dialog. (You know, the annoying onw you can't make go away ever? that one.) I'm pretty sure you have to un-zip (or unAce or whatever) it first.

Post by **benryves** » Tue 23 May, 2006 3:53 pm

Sounds like you don't have the JRE installed.

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