Newbie Advice Script

Date:    Thu, 8 Feb 1996 19:53:38 -0800
From:    Scott Addison Flowers <flowers@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Newbie to the Director/Lingo World.

>Hi,
>I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself.  My name is Xxx Xxxxx
>and I have been studying Multimedia Design and Production for the last Eight
>months now.

>Anyway, I was wondering about the tolerance on this list for newbies.

Welcome! Questions of every level are <usually> welcomed in this forum. However:

on adviseScript
  -- entering advanced mode
  -- with intention of scaring off timid or lazy newbies
  set adjectiveList = ["strongly", "emphatically","absolutely"]

  -- get an adjective
  set randomListPos = random(count(adjectiveList))
  set whichAdjective1 = getAt adjectiveList, randomListPos

  -- remove it from the list
  deleteAt  getAt adjectiveList, randomListPos

  -- get another adjective
  set randomListPos = random(count(adjectiveList))
  set whichAdjective2 = getAt adjectiveList, randomListPos

alert "It is" && whichAdjective1 && "reccomended that you thoroughly study
the info mailings you received from the listserv when you signed onto
Direct-L. It is also" && whichAdjective2 && "suggested that you peruse the"
&& QUOTE && "Direct-L Newbie Notes" && QUOTE && "which are available on the
Director Web at URL:" & RETURN &
"http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/"
end adviseScript

Cheers (and welcome!),