Easter Eggs - Something interesting
Hey guys i'm here for a geek moment LOL
i received an email with has a subject MOZILLA FROM HELL... and all started...
One thing which was famous in the past and maybe many ppl forget or don't ever heard about it for me is an interesting subject so i thought that was a good thing to bring to the community.
I begin to write my own article but searching about Easter Eggs i found a website with some of them HERE
also i laugh a lot testing some and remembering also some of them and thinking about my old times in PC... when i start in my first class learning HOW TO TURN ON A PC... MS-DOS... OFFICE... you know... those basic stuff
i think maybe this is more an article than a post and please MOD's if this is an article lett me know and teach me how to put in the right place
hope u all enjoy this as i have fun doing this for all
so let's get started!
For those who have mozilla browser note that is many mozilla engine browsers up there and u can test in any of those but we going to focus in firefox
go to address bar of Firefox and type
so wtf? firefox is from hell? :6238:
NOPE! is just an Easter Egg ^^
that's something very interesting that in past a bunch of programs have hidden it called Easter egg but don't get confused by the name is not that chocolate one =P
the explanation about mozilla is something called THE BOOK OF MOZILLA and more information what is exactly an Easter Egg u can find HERE
but i decided to make a big post because who knows when a website will go down
so is better be safe for future new members of SB-I can check that or even some members that don't had a chance to see now... they can see in a near future :)
Notable Easter Eggs
- Random Text in Microsoft Word
This isn’t exactly an easter egg, because it’s actually documented in Microsoft’s knowledge base, but it’s one of those features that you just weren’t expecting so it still qualifies.
This should work in any version of Microsoft Word…
Just open up a new document, and then type in into the document:
And then hit enter… voila! Three paragraphs of text will be instantly added…
- Undocumented Word 2007 Feature: Insert Lorem Ipsum Text
How about insert lorem ipsum text into the document instead of random content from the help file…
Turns out, in Word 2007 all you have to do is use =lorem() instead of =rand() and you’ll be able to insert the lorem text instead.
Just type in into your document:
And just like that, Lorem Ipsum is inserted automatically!
*AN EXTRA NOTE FOR BOTH!!!
You can use the following syntax:
Quote:
=rand(paragraphs,sentences) or =lorem(paragraphs,sentences)
For instance, for 6 paragraphs of 20 sentences each, you would use:
Quote:
=rand(6,20) or =lorem(6,20)
- Flight Simulator in Microsoft Excel 97
There is a flight simulator hidden in Excel 97, not that anybody actually has that installed anymore.
- Pinball Game in Microsoft Word
Open a new document, Type "Blue", Select word (Highlight), Go to Format -> Font Choose Font Style Bold, Color Blue, Type " " (space) after word "Blue" Go to Help -> About, Ctrl-Shift-Left click the Word icon/banner, and then to play the game you use Z for left flipper, M for right flipper, and ESC to exit
- Google's Answer to Life the Universe and Everything
If you type in the following into google, you will receive the answer of 42 from Google's OneBox search result:
Quote:
answer to life the universe and everything
- Google Reader Konami Code Ninja
If you type in the Konami Code into Google Reader, you will see the background of the left pane change color with a picture of a ninja on the side, and the word Ninja! will appear in the search box.
Quote:
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right b a
- Google Won't Search for Chuck Norris
this one is nice LOL
If you open up google.com and type in the following search, and then hit the I'm Feeling Lucky button...
You will see that Google won't search for Chuck Norris:
Of course this isn't really an Easter Egg, it's just the fake page comes up as the first result. It's still fun to show to an unsuspecting person.
If you use the shortcut key combination Ctrl+Shift+Y in Google's Picasa tool, you'll see a teddy bear. If you press the key combination more than once, you'll see a whole bunch of them.
- Easter Egg in Spybot Search & Destroy
Scanning your PC for spyware can be a boring process. Well there is a cool "Easter egg" in Spybot Search and Destroy which allows you to play a game of removing squares to reveal a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. This works in Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4
Start up Spybot Search & Destroy and initiate a scan. While the scan is running, click on the binoculars located under Help.
You will hear a horse sound and the game will start up!
Just something cool added in to our favorite anti-spyware application you may not have known about.
- VLC Media Player has Santa Hat in December
Whenever it gets close to December 25th, the VLC icon has a santa hat, which you can see in the system tray or on the taskbar button. A bigger version is show in the Help \ About screen.
Open WinRAR, point to Help>About WinRAR. Click the WinRAR icon (books) in the 'about' window that appears. The logo falls down !
If you click below the 'x' button but on the menu bar, a classic style 'x' button will appear. The same will happen with the maximize/restore and minimize buttons. The classic buttons work like their modern counterparts. I have only tested this on Windows 7 with Aero enabled.
Start a new game of pinball. When it is loaded, write "hidden test" (without the quotes). Then click and drag the ball anywhere you want within the table !
this one have some explanations why not... but is interesting so i keep it
It is impossible to create a folder in Windows named:
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CON
NUL
PRN
AUX
COM1, COM2, etc. up to and including COM9
LPT1, LPT2, etc. up to and including LPT9
This is less of an easter egg than it is a reminder of how Windows was originally based around MS-DOS. All of these names were device or port names in DOS (some, such as LPT and COM, are still used in Windows today) and therefore having a folder with the same name would 'confuse' the OS.
You can make folders with these names with the "mkdir" or "mk" commands in command prompt but then you can't delete or move them unless you have "Unlocker" installed.
Press Shift+Alt+2 anytime during the game to win !
Font maker
Point to Start>Run. Type "eudcedit" (without the quotes) and make fonts yourself !
To use the fonts, you must run "charmap" (without the quotes) and scroll to Private Characters. You can then copy them and use them.
Create a new folder, rename it. Write 255 (and keep the 'alt' key pressed while typing 255). After typing, let go of the alt key and press enter. You'll have an un-named folder ! Remember that you cannot normally make an un-named folder (by just renaming a folder to a SPACE).
