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Some programs and media come packed with secret “goodies” called Easter eggs. These are fun little additions, added by programmers that can be found by accident, by completing some tasks, or by hearing about them from other people. In this article we will find some of those Easter eggs.
What is an Easter Egg?
Easter eggs, in software, are deliberately added and not not just “glitches” (see more about that below.) Often these Easter eggs are added by programmers for a joke, to get some attention, or to add some flair to the software you’re using. A classic example of an Easter egg is a hidden menu on DVD or an animation in a piece of software that can only be seen by pressing certain keys.
What an Easter Egg is Not
There are some common misconceptions with the term “Easter Egg.” An Easter egg is not:
A bug in a program.
An imposed restriction.
A hack in a program made by the end user.
For example, it has been claimed that not being able to create a folder, in Windows, with one of the following names is an Easter egg: PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 This is not an example of an Easter egg. This is a restriction, that dates back to DOS, to protect certain file names being used that are reserved by the operating system:
Although the first error message (seemingly, still, not updated with Windows 7) makes you think you’ve found an Easter egg (or glitch) in Windows, the second error message states otherwise. Another commonly confused Easter egg is the ability to generate random text in Microsoft Word. Try this:
1. Open Microsoft Word 2. Type =rand(20,9) This will create twenty paragraphs with nine sentences each (taken from the Microsoft Help files):
Still, not an Easter egg. Enough of that though, you’re here to learn about some real Easter eggs…
Easter Egg Examples
Here are some examples of the best Easter eggs I’ve found/heard about in software over the years. Please share others, you know about, in the comments.
Picasa: Teddy Bears
In Google Picasa, press CTRL+SHIFT+Y. Watch the teddy bears rain down on your screen.
Firefox: The Book of Mozilla
If you’re a Firefox user, open any version and type about:mozilla in the address bar. You’ll get a quote from “The Book of Mozilla”:
Firefox: about:robots
Open Firefox and type about:robots in the address bar:
vim: :Ni! and :help!
In vim, if you type :Ni! in normal mode, vim shows the error message Do you demand a shrubbery? If you type :help! vim, reassuringly, says Don’t Panic!
Excel 97: Flight Simulator
Want to see the credits of Excel 97 in a flight sim-like fashion? Didn’t think so, but you’re welcome to try anyway. If you’re using Office 97 or have access:
Open Excel 97 (this doesn’t work in later versions.)
On a blank worksheet, press F5.
Type X97:L97 and press Enter.
Press the Tab key once.
Hold down Ctrl + Shift and left-click the Chart Wizard toolbar icon.
uTorrent: Tetris
In uTorrent, click Help > About uTorrent. When the About dialog appears, press T on the keyboard to play Tetris.
Are These Easter Eggs?
Here are a few I’ve found, over the years, that I’m on the fence about. What do you think?
Extra Files in C:\Windows on Windows XP
If you’re using Windows XP or have access to a copy of it, go to C:\Windows and look for a file named clock.avi. I’ve not seen any use for this file. I’m not entirely sure it’s an Easter egg, but I bet you didn’t know it was there! Similarly, there is a file named “quotes”. Open My Computer and go to: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc, open the file named quotes in notepad then look at the quotes put there by the Microsoft developers.
Win Solitaire Every time
Open Solitaire Press Alt + Shift + 2 while playing and see the cards drop.
Windows XP Easter Egg - Candy Cane Pipes
Egg Body
OK Here Goes.
1.Go to Display Properties
2.Click the Screen saver tab then Click 3D Pipes 3.Click Settings
4.Click Textured
5.Click Choose Texture
6.Click Cancel.
7.Click OK on the Screen Saver Setup
Now The Pipes
should be Candy Cane Colored!
Windows XP Easter Egg - Windows Speaks Slang
1. Go to control panel
2. Open up the "speech" properties
3. In the preview box, type "Crotch"
4. Press "preview voice"
Instead of saying "crotch", the voice will say "Crow's nest".
Parameters that may be irrelevant:
I'm using Windows XP SP2 native, and the voice i'm using is Microsoft Sam
Windows XP Easter Egg - Hidden Meaning in Xp
Do you know what is the "XP" in Windows XP? Get the answer easily!
1. Go to Control Panel, then Display.
2. Select "3D flying objects" in Screensavers.
3. Click "Settings".
4. Than select "Textured flag" in Style.
5. Click OK without selecting any texture.
6. Click Preview. You must get the answer!
Windows XP Easter Egg - Windows Classic Scroll Bars in Paint
OK...
Start MS Paint
Click Image|Attributes
Set the size to 50x50 inches
Click OK
Select the Text Tool
Create a Textbox, but DON'T CLICK AWAY
Click either of the scroll bars
Click Anywhere on the canvas
VIOLA...Windows Classic Scroll Bars
The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner and has been developed by him for 15 years. He proposed this radical new theory because he felt that the old definition of intelligence, or schoolhouse giftedness, was inadequate. The old definition focused too much on linguistic and logical thinking. Though those ways of thinking were important, it left other kinds of intelligence, like a musician’s intelligence in music, out in the cold. Gardner believed that rather than two ways of thinking, or ways to be smart, there were seven. This led to his theory of multiple intelligences.
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences states that rather than two ways to be smart, there are seven. The seven ways to be smart, according to Gardner are:
Linguistic Intelligence – People who have linguistic intelligence have a way with words, so to speak. Linguistic intelligence is, according to Gardner and the author of The Seven Kinds of Smart, Thomas Armstrong, the intelligence of words. People who excel in linguistic intelligence end up being poets, writers, journalists, and lawyers. In high school, people who excel at this intelligence end up being in drama or debate. People who have linguistic intelligence are also good at word games like a crossword puzzle or Scrabble®.
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence – People who have logical-mathematical intelligence excel at science and math. These are the logical thinkers, the "Scullys" of our population. These are the people who seek out patterns in an otherwise chaotic world. They also are the ones who are making the biotechnological and nanotechnological advancements today. People who excel at logical-mathematical intelligence are also our accountants and computer programmers.
Spatial Intelligence – People with a great deal of spatial intelligence like to mess with pictures. They even think in images. They are also able to take the images they have in their minds or what they see and put that on a canvas or to take a picture of it. They are our artists, architects, photographers, pilots, and mechanical engineers. Who ever designed the Patronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia must have had a lot of spatial intelligence.
Musical Intelligence – People with musical intelligence are the musicians and singers of our worlds. They are the ones who can carry a tune and play the saxophone. Bach and Mozart had tons of musical intelligence, as do Trent Reznor and Jon Bon Jovi today. You don’t have to play music or sing to have lots of musical intelligence. People who love to listen to music, can keep time to the beat of a song, and listen to a lot of musical pieces with a degree of judgment also have lots of musical intelligence.
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence - Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence is your physical smart. Being in control ones body is the key to this intelligence, be it in doing a lay-up in basketball or performing a quintuple bypass surgery on a late-night talk show host. Athletes and surgeons are especially skilled at this intelligence. Other people with bodily-kinesthetic intelligence like to do physical exercise and to work with their hands like woodworking, crafts, and model-building. They will also use a lot of hand gestures while talking.
Interpersonal Intelligence – Persons with Interpersonal Intelligence are what you would call, people persons. They like to be around people, whether it be to help them out or to seek help. Individuals with this intelligence are able to judge peoples’ emotions and be able to adjust to them. People with Interpersonal Intelligence like to be around people and like to convince people of their positions. Many politicians have a lot of this kind of intelligence, as well as linguistic intelligence. One doesn’t have to very nice to be have interpersonal intelligence, one can also be conniving and manipulative, as well as backstabbing. Richard Hatch on Survivor, thus, also has a lot of this kind of intelligence, as did a good personal friend of his, Machiavelli.
Intrapersonal Intelligence – People with this kind of intelligence are very introspective and independent. They would not mind spend much of their time alone, getting to know their inner self, the whole basis of this intelligence. A person with this kind of intelligence can judge their own feelings easily and be very self-guiding. People who are self-employed, theologians, and counselors are often smart in this area.
Technophobiais the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. technophobia has been observed to affect various societies and communities throughout the world. This has caused some groups to take stances against some modern technological developments in order to preserve their ideologies.
Technophiliarefers generally to a strong enthusiasm for technology, especially every thing related with technology such as personal computers, cellphones, ipods etc...
The technophobic view sees technology as a threat because of its inherent capacity to alianate individuals from our common humanity and shared social situation. In this view, technology obscures or distorts human nature, or technology creates circumstances in which people no longer have to interact face to face, allowing for a moral distancing that disinishes our obligations and responsability to others.
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