Subliminal Messaging

Adam McKee

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Displays subliminal messages.

Introduction

This application flashes text on the screen for a split second, embedding the message into your subconscious where it will alter your conscience mind secretly. This is not intended for evil use, but rather good use on yourself. You can use this to change yourself for the better. As far as the legitimacy of subliminal messages in general, look it up. I believe they can affect you, so does the government (subliminal advertising has been outlawed). Make your own judgments. I'll just play with the idea of messing with people's minds.

Background

To use subliminal messages is nothing. Type in a message you want to pass along to your subconscious. It'll get it. To use them properly (and get your subconscious to interpret the messages properly) takes some thought. Say you want to quit smoking. Adding the message "I do not need to smoke." is a bad move. Your subconscious will see the word 'smoke' and assign that to the 'I need a cigarette' thought that is near impossible to get rid of. Instead, use the phrase, 'I am strong willed.' or something. Never use negative phrases or words, and always use present tense and first person. I would research a bit more on the subject before getting too fancy with it.

Using the code

The code is simple and highly commented. You're welcome. Use it for whatever, except for evil. All I ask is for a quick email letting me know its use so I can see where it goes, if anywhere.

Points of Interest

This is a background-running task, so having it crowd the task bar was a bit annoying. I did disable that, but that left me with no way to exit it other than the task manager, or Alt+Tab to it and press 'q' or 'Esc' (that code has been removed). So I learned about the notify icon and combined that with a context menu, and BOOM! An icon in the system tray. Beautiful.

History

Other than what's described above, nothing has changed yet. Ideas? Questions? Changes you've made? I'd love to hear/answer/see them! armwareinc@hotmail.com.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The GNU General Public License (GPLv3)

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Adam McKee

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{ /// //this timer that shows the message /// //disable the timer to prevent re-entry tmr.Enabled = false; //create a random generator Random rand = new Random(); //set the label up... lbl.Text = messages[rand.Next(messages.Length)]; lbl.Top = rand.Next(Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height - lbl.Height - 10); lbl.Left = rand.Next(Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width); //makes the label visible lbl.Visible = true; //force the label to be redrawn lbl.Refresh(); //suspend the task long enough for the label to show up on the monitor System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(20); //then hide the label lbl.Visible = false; //set the next tick to happen sometime between 2.5 and 10 seconds tmr.Interval = rand.Next(2500, 10000); //re-enable the timer tmr.Enabled = true };

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.