Easter Eggs
John S Allison
The more I learn about Windows the more I like my Eberhard-Faber #2
digital/correctable word processor. Is anyone else out there steamed
about the sometimes megabyte easter eggs that help to perpetuate my
perception that current programs are much larger memorywise than they
need to be?
I just found out recently about an easter egg in Win95 that consists
of about 15 mins of video and audio extolling the virtues of the
program development team. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how
much memory that represents but my gut tells me that a good chunk of
the bucks I spent went right down the porcelain princess.
C'mon Bill G, if your programmers don't feel sufficiently appreciated
take 'em to mickey d's and buy em a big mac and a mtn dew. They're
wasting my money and while I like computers they're nothing but tools
and I DON'T have to have MS products to use them.
I know, MS isn't the only trangressor here but the little surprise I
stumbled across above is a little bit much, don't you think?
Kirk Is
John S Allison (jsal...@rocketmail.com) wrote:
: The more I learn about Windows the more I like my Eberhard-Faber #2
: digital/correctable word processor. Is anyone else out there steamed
: about the sometimes megabyte easter eggs that help to perpetuate my
: perception that current programs are much larger memorywise than they
: need to be?
No.
: I just found out recently about an easter egg in Win95 that consists
: of about 15 mins of video and audio extolling the virtues of the
: program development team. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how
: much memory that represents
No kidding.
: but my gut tells me that a good chunk of
: the bucks I spent went right down the porcelain princess.
No. It's not recorded *as* video, but as text. And a touch of music.
Compared to the space needed for, say, handicap options, probably nothing.
: C'mon Bill G, if your programmers don't feel sufficiently appreciated
: take 'em to mickey d's and buy em a big mac and a mtn dew. They're
: wasting my money and while I like computers they're nothing but tools
: and I DON'T have to have MS products to use them.
Quit whining. It doesn't hurt you and makes a lot of people happy- and not
just the friends of the people on the list, but also people who like
easter eggs.
: I know, MS isn't the only trangressor here but the little surprise I
: stumbled across above is a little bit much, don't you think?
No.
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James Hays
In article <60if0a$mbg$1...@ionews.ionet.net>, jsal...@rocketmail.com wrote:
>I just found out recently about an easter egg in Win95 that consists
>of about 15 mins of video and audio extolling the virtues of the
>program development team. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how
>the bucks I spent went right down the porcelain princess.
>
James
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Chris Hedley
In article <60kj16$q7$1...@news3.tufts.edu>,
kis...@allegro.cs.tufts.edu (Kirk Is) writes:
>: I know, MS isn't the only trangressor here but the little surprise I
>: stumbled across above is a little bit much, don't you think?
>
> No.
Hmm. Sounds like somebody who doesn't have to buy his own hardware.
Chris.
Peter Kerr
s...@greenaum.demon.co.uk!!ARSE!! wrote:
> So you haven't heard about the 3D Doom clone built into MS Excel's
> about... box? It's true.
>
Ah, so that's the reason why I shouldn't upgrade to Excel5
I told my boss it was to do with the macro viruses...
--
Peter Kerr bodger
School of Music chandler
University of Auckland NZ neo-Luddite
Vicky Chapman
John S Allison <jsal...@rocketmail.com> wrote in article
<60if0a$mbg$1...@ionews.ionet.net>...
> The more I learn about Windows the more I like my Eberhard-Faber #2
> digital/correctable word processor. Is anyone else out there steamed
> about the sometimes megabyte easter eggs that help to perpetuate my
> perception that current programs are much larger memorywise than they
> need to be?
>
> I just found out recently about an easter egg in Win95 that consists
> of about 15 mins of video and audio extolling the virtues of the
> program development team. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how
> much memory that represents but my gut tells me that a good chunk of
> the bucks I spent went right down the porcelain princess.
Excel for W95 also has an Easter Egg (I didn't know what these things were
called) - its a few rooms you canmove about in, with the names & faces of
the Excel designers.
E-mail me if you want the instruction, or if if a lot of people ask, I'll
post both the W95 and the Excel Easter Egg instructions to this group
Regards,
Vicky Chapman.
Benny
Sam. wrote:
>
> So you haven't heard about the 3D Doom clone built into MS Excel's
> about... box?
>
And what about the flight simulator in Visual C?
-- Benny :)