Re: Little Joke

[Lionel Pinkhard <lionelpi@mweb.co.za>]

I don't know about this, it may actually be useful. Since the Windows
screen capture facility can't properly do DirectX captures (and various
other screen captures), but then there's also the question: Can this
program do it??? I have bought a similar program called HyperSnap DX about
a year or two ago, and what I've learnt from that, it could actually be
quite useful. But then, there's no telling that this program can actually
be as powerful as HyperSnap DX, and be able to do those kinds of captures.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, you might want to try playing a
game like Tomb Raider 3 and pressing Print Screen, I know my results
weren't very encouraging. Just a thought, but I think it just *might* be
useful, but I'll stick to HyperSnap DX, great program!

Ciao,

Lionel

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 EnderWiggenRules@aol.com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: EnderWiggenRules@aol.com
> Reply-To: gameprogrammer-owner.at.gameprogrammer.com@fairesuivre.fr,
>     gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
> To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
> Subject: Little Joke
> 
> This has nothing to do with game programming, but you Windows guys will get 
> this. I got this advertisement in e-mail:
> 
> Thank you for registering your software! Now you can bring your keyboard's 
> PRNT SCRN back to life with Screen Shot Deluxe(TM) 2.0! Order before July 5 
> and you'll SAVE $10 off the regular price, get a FREE GIFT & get FREE 
> shipping and handling! Special offer for registered software customers of The 
> Learning Company, now a division of Mattel Interactive. Use PRIORITY CODE 
> 0160580034.
> 
> Considering the PRNT SCRN key already does a screen shot in all Windows 
> applications, this program is quite worthless. For you non-Windows maniacs, 
> pressing PRNT SCRN (with or without this lousy program) stores a copy of the 
> screen's image into the clipboard, where you can import into anywhere. So not 
> only does this advertisement advertise a program that installs a function 
> into Windows that already exists, they're CHARGING you for it. And I bet you 
> people actually fall for this. What kind of a world do we live in??
> 
> So it has nothing to do with game programming. However, they made this 
> advertisement thinking people would fall for it. People probably will. And 
> what did they tell us in those business classes from so many years ago? "Know 
> your consumer." There's a good chance gameplayers people will also get this 
> e-mail. So the same consumer plays games as responds to this e-mail. If your 
> consumer is THIS stupid, what's the point???
> 
> Fun Fact.
> -Ender Wiggin
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