Q2 Quotes Database

Q2 Software

These programs are out of date; they will be updated in the near future.

I have created a series of applications, each of which allows you to view quotes from the Q2 quotes database without opening your web browser.
Each of these programs are similar in function, but they are written in a variety of programming languages.
Note: once you have started one of these programs, the ">" button in the program will get a quote.

Preview:
Programming Language:	Java
Requirements:	Java 1.3.1 or above
Download:	click here (4KB)
Geek talk:	The quotes are recieved by a single line of Java code: String g(){try{return(new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader((new java.net.URL("http://q2.bloople.net/r?mode=5")).openStream()))).readLine();}catch(Exception e){return"I/O Error";}} This code retrieves a quote from http://q2.bloople.net/r?mode=5, using a BufferedReader/InputStreamReader.

Preview:
Programming Language:	Visual Basic 6
Requirements:	Windows NT/95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003, msvbvm600.dll (you probably already have it)
Download:	click here (48KB)
Geek talk:	The quotes are retrieved using the URLDownloadToFile Win32 API call to get a quote from http://q2.bloople.net/r?mode=5 in to a temporary file. The program then reads the contents of the file into the program.

Preview:
Programming Language:	Konfabulator
Requirements:	Konfabulator 2.0 or above
Download:	click here (4KB)
Geek talk:	The quotes are retrieved using Konfabulator's URL javascript object.

Q2 Database full text

You can view the full text of the Q2 quotes database here. (912KB).