Thread: Want to participate in a new technique experiment?

I threw together a quick timer in Visual C++ express 2008.

Spoiler for Code:

#include<fstream>
#include<windows.h>

using namespace std;


int main()
{
int timer1;
char beepvar = 7;
int timercounter = 10;

cout << "Please enter a number of minutes to wait before the first timer beep.\nThe timer will beep again 16 minutes after that, then 8 minutes later, then 6, then 4.\n\n";
cin >> timer1;

timer1 = timer1 * 60;

Sleep(timer1);

while(timercounter >= 0)
{
cout << beepvar;
timercounter--;
}

Sleep(960);
timercounter = 10;

while(timercounter >= 0)
{
cout << beepvar;
timercounter--;
}

Sleep(480);
timercounter = 10;

while(timercounter >= 0)
{
cout << beepvar;
timercounter--;
}

Sleep(360);
timercounter = 10;

while(timercounter >= 0)
{
cout << beepvar;
timercounter--;
}

Sleep(240);
timercounter = 10;

while(timercounter >= 0)
{
cout << beepvar;
timercounter--;
}

system("pause");

return 0;
}

I don't have access to a compiler at the moment, so it will require a basic knowledge of the language to debug, should any errors surface.

The beeping is made by outputting a character with a value of 7, an trick a friend showed my in Visual C++ 2003. May or may not work here.