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This popped into my mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8

by ulucs 9y ago

samfisher83 9y ago
People have done some absolutely crazy things with Excel as well. To some people its like an OS.
- sogen 9y ago
  Wasn't there a flight simulator or a Doom a decade ago?
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    Excel 97 had a sort of flight simulator. Excel 2000 had a car game. Earlier versions had other little easter eggs, but I think that Microsoft cracked down on them after Excel 2000.
    - mikestew 9y ago
      Turns out the federal government to which Microsoft sells wondered, “if they’re sneaking in flight simulators and dungeons, what else are they sneaking in?” That’s the version I was told, anyway. That, and Easter eggs are another attack vector. How much of a security audit do you think those get?
  - euyyn 9y ago
    Excel had a flight simulator as an easter egg, but it wasn't written in Excel formulas or VBA :)
- wolfgke 9y ago
  Indeed - some people have implemented games in it: http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/microsoft-excel-games/ http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/microsoft-excel-games/
  - lenocinor 9y ago
    My favorite is the Puerto Rico Evolver ( http://www.tropiceuro.com/puerto-rico-evolver/ http://www.tropiceuro.com/puerto-rico-evolver/ ), which both allows you to play (vanilla) Puerto Rico (the board game), AND evolves to your playstyle as you play. Pretty amazing.
SonOfLilit 9y ago
I have met an accountant with no knowledge in programming that wrote an entire accounting suite in an excel spreadsheet, which he would copy for each client.
- tosaket 9y ago
  You would be surprised how many accountants still do that. Accountants are a finicky bunch and they don't trust what a cloud accounting platform such as Xero/QB spit out, so they end up writing their own "custom software" in excel.
  - SonOfLilit 9y ago
    "Still"? I met him like three years ago. And the Israeli Xero/QB hasn't changed in like 20 years.

This popped into my mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8

by ulucs 9y ago

This popped into my mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8

samfisher83 9y ago

People have done some absolutely crazy things with Excel as well. To some people its like an OS.

sogen 9y ago
Wasn't there a flight simulator or a Doom a decade ago?
- khedoros1 9y ago
  Excel 97 had a sort of flight simulator. Excel 2000 had a car game. Earlier versions had other little easter eggs, but I think that Microsoft cracked down on them after Excel 2000.
  - mikestew 9y ago
    Turns out the federal government to which Microsoft sells wondered, “if they’re sneaking in flight simulators and dungeons, what else are they sneaking in?” That’s the version I was told, anyway. That, and Easter eggs are another attack vector. How much of a security audit do you think those get?
- euyyn 9y ago
  Excel had a flight simulator as an easter egg, but it wasn't written in Excel formulas or VBA :)
wolfgke 9y ago
Indeed - some people have implemented games in it: http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/microsoft-excel-games/ http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/microsoft-excel-games/
- lenocinor 9y ago
  My favorite is the Puerto Rico Evolver ( http://www.tropiceuro.com/puerto-rico-evolver/ http://www.tropiceuro.com/puerto-rico-evolver/ ), which both allows you to play (vanilla) Puerto Rico (the board game), AND evolves to your playstyle as you play. Pretty amazing.

SonOfLilit 9y ago

I have met an accountant with no knowledge in programming that wrote an entire accounting suite in an excel spreadsheet, which he would copy for each client.

tosaket 9y ago
You would be surprised how many accountants still do that. Accountants are a finicky bunch and they don't trust what a cloud accounting platform such as Xero/QB spit out, so they end up writing their own "custom software" in excel.
- SonOfLilit 9y ago
  "Still"? I met him like three years ago. And the Israeli Xero/QB hasn't changed in like 20 years.