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Even Excel has (had?) a secret flight sim.
by karatestomp 6y ago
Even Excel has (had?) a secret flight sim.
- throwanem 6y agoNot for a quarter century now, more or less. Whimsy is a wonderful thing, taken in moderation. It has no place in tools meant for serious work.
- lynndotpy 6y agoHad -- Microsoft has essentially had a no-easter-eggs policy since at least 2002 as part of their "Trustworthy Computing" initiative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_computing They have a blog post from 2005 on the matter: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman/why-no-easter-eggs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman... > One of the aspects of Trustworthy Computing is that you can trust what's on your computer. Part of that means that there's absolutely NOTHING on your computer that isn't planned. If the manufacturer of the software that's on every desktop in your company can't stop their developers from sneaking undocumented features into the product (even features as relatively benign as an Easter Egg), how can you be sure that they've not snuck some other undocumented feature into the code.
- Drdrdrq 6y agoIronic, given the tracking built into Windows 10 Home.
- frenchyatwork 6y agoOh, that was very much planned.
- enriquto 6y agoThis "Trustworthy computing" thing is 100% bogus if you cannot compile the code yourself.
- Avamander 6y agohttps://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-windows-10s-windows-feature-experience-pack/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-windows-10s-windows-fe... Hmm.