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Section 4 - iPhone

The cellphone is a computer. The cellphone is switched on. The touchscreen is a selection device. It is part of the cellphone. The description is "Lets you see what you're clicking on. Or lets you click on what you see. Whichever you prefer." The description of the keyboard is "An on screen keyboard, simulated behind smooth glass." Understand "phone" or "smartphone" or "iPhone" or "cell phone" as the cellphone.

The description of the cellphone is "It looks like just about every cellphone these days - A rectangle with rounded corners manufactured of aluminum and glass. [description of the controlling program of cellphone][paragraph break][bracket]Note: This smartphone is a work of interactive fiction, and does not violate the intellectual property, either real or imagined, of any third party.[close bracket]"

The Cellphone runs a password lock program called lock screen. Lock screen is privately-named. The password of lock screen is "1234". The description of Lock screen is "Filling the screen is a passcode entry field and a numeric keyboard, protecting the phone's data from would-be intruders. It looks like there is only space for four numbers." The success of the lock screen is "The password entry field slides off the screen, revealing the cellphone's home screen underneath." The rejection of the lock screen is "The phone vibrates slightly, and blanks out the password entry field.[one of][or][paragraph break]A line of text appears under the password field saying: '[italic type]hint:[roman type] It's the kind of combination an idiot would have on his luggage.'[stopping]"

A cellphone has a number called the indicator. The indicator is usually 0.

Before examining the cellphone, now the indicator of the cellphone is 2.

Before examining the lock screen, now the indicator of the cellphone is 2.

Before examining the springboard, now the indicator of the cellphone is 4.

Before examining the browser, now the indicator of the cellphone is 4.

Before examining the mail, now the indicator of the cellphone is 4.

Before typing, increase the indicator of the cellphone by 2.

Does the player mean doing something with the cellphone's screen: it is very unlikely.

Does the player mean doing something with the cellphone: it is very likely.

Understand "tap on [text]" or "tap [text]" or "press [text]" as selecting it with.

The cellphone runs a multiple-choice program called Springboard. Springboard is privately-named. The options table of Springboard is the Table Of Installed Apps. The software priority of Springboard is 2. The cellphone is unlit.

The cellphone runs an email program called Mail. The message table of Mail is Table Of Cellphone Email.

The new mail message of Mail is "[if the cellphone is held by the player]You can feel the phone vibrate, as if it wants to tell you something.[otherwise if the player can see the cellphone]You hear the phone vibrate.[otherwise]You hear a cellphone in the distance."

The cellphone runs a search engine called Browser. The data table of Browser is the Table Of Search Results.

The cellphone runs a software called Clock. The description of clock is "A stunning facsimile of an imaginary antique clock face displays the current time with virtual brass hands: [time of day]".

Software can be quittable. A software is usually not quittable. Browser and Mail and Clock are quittable.

After examining a quittable software (called chosen software):

say "You can also tap the HOME button to return to the cellphone's main screen."

A first input handling rule for quittable software (called chosen software):

let N be the indexed text;

let N be the topic understood;

if N is "quit" or N is "home":

reset to operating system;

say "You return to the home screen.";

try examining Springboard;

rule succeeds.

A first input handling rule for Browser:

Let N be the indexed text;

Let N be the topic understood;

if N is "porn" or N is "boobs" or N is "pussy" or N is "sex" or N is "xxx" or N is "porno" or N is "tits" or N is "girls":

record "The Internet is for" as achieved;

Carry out switching off the cellphone:

reset to operating system; now the cellphone is unlit.

Carry out switching on the cellphone:

now the software priority of lock screen is 1;

now the cellphone is lit.

To reset to operating system:

repeat with item running through software run by the cellphone:

now the software priority of item is 5;

now the software priority of Springboard is 1;

This is the open-Mail rule:

repeat with item running through software run by the cellphone:

now the software priority of item is 5;

now the software priority of Mail is 1;

say "You open the mail app.";

try examining Mail.

This is the open-Clock rule:

repeat with item running through software run by the cellphone:

now the software priority of item is 5;

now the software priority of Clock is 1;

say "You open the clock app.";

try examining Clock.

This is the open-Browser rule:

repeat with item running through software run by the cellphone:

now the software priority of item is 5;

now the software priority of Browser is 1;

say "You open the web browser.";

try examining Browser.

The spam-emails is a list of texts that varies.

When play begins:

add "A humble request" to the spam-emails;

add "ENLARGE YOR REMEMBER" to the spam-emails;

add "W3BCAM G1RLS" to the spam-emails;

add "Áæ§ÂèÉËàá2012Âπ¥‰∏≠ÊñáÁ∂≠Âü∫Âπ" to the spam-emails;

add "Ron Paul in 2016" to the spam-emails;

add "A Gay Republican in the Whitehouse by 2084" to the spam-emails;

This is the send-spam rule:

Let N be a random number from 1 to number of entries in spam-emails;

Let topic be entry N of spam-emails;

Deliver topic to Mail;

Increase the score by 1;

Remove topic from spam-emails;

increase the indicator of the cellphone by 2.

Table Of Installed Apps

Table of Cellphone Email

At 10:52 AM:

deliver "Where the hell are you?" to Mail;

increase the indicator of the cellphone by 2;

follow the send-spam rule;

At 11:15 AM:

deliver "The meeting is at 1:30 PM" to Mail;

increase the indicator of the cellphone by 2;

follow the send-spam rule;

Table of Search Results