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"""seems really hackish and unprofessional.""" Whatever, gray suit man. """Those were very different times, I guess.""" No, today still there are huge multin

"""seems really hackish and unprofessional.""" Whatever, gray suit man. """Those were very different times, I guess.""" No, today still there are huge multinational companies that allow their programmers to have fun doing similar things. Besides there being nothing "unprofessional" (sic) about it, it also can bring in tons of good publicity and viral interest.

hamletdrc2 15y ago
Do you have any examples of hue multinational companies that allow programmers to insert Easter eggs? I can't think of a single business software vendor that has Easter eggs anymore. Even MS has stopped doing it. I do all my work in big companies and they have all been universally against humorous test data, humorous naming conventions, or an sort of Easter egg. Cite?
- dextorious 15y ago
  If I have any examples? Sure I do. Just a few week back, wasn't Google rotating the whole browser page for a specific query? http://www.gtricks.com/google-tricks/do-a-barrel-roll-google-easter-egg/ http://www.gtricks.com/google-tricks/do-a-barrel-roll-google... Google has tons of other easter eggs. Here is a Top 17: http://www.pcworld.com/article/142620/googles_top_17_easter_eggs_gags_and_hoaxes.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/142620/googles_top_17_easter_... Apple's Siri contains easter eggs referencing "2001: A space odyssey", "HHGTTG" and other stuff: http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/12/2486618/siri-weird-iphone-4s http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/12/2486618/siri-weird-iphone... In MS Outlook 2010, the default picture for new contacts is a silhouette of Bill Gates from his "arrest mugshot". Facebook has several: http://reface.me/hacks/facebook-easter-eggs/ http://reface.me/hacks/facebook-easter-eggs/ http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/05/facebook_easter.html http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/05/facebook_east... Adobe has included easter eggs, here are some for the CS5 suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmO9-RsVgQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmO9-RsVgQ
  - Hemospectrum 15y ago
    Really, Apple is the only example you need. If even Apple permits easter eggs, you can take them for granted in the general case.

hamletdrc2 15y ago

Do you have any examples of hue multinational companies that allow programmers to insert Easter eggs? I can't think of a single business software vendor that has Easter eggs anymore. Even MS has stopped doing it. I do all my work in big companies and they have all been universally against humorous test data, humorous naming conventions, or an sort of Easter egg. Cite?

dextorious 15y ago
If I have any examples? Sure I do. Just a few week back, wasn't Google rotating the whole browser page for a specific query? http://www.gtricks.com/google-tricks/do-a-barrel-roll-google-easter-egg/ http://www.gtricks.com/google-tricks/do-a-barrel-roll-google... Google has tons of other easter eggs. Here is a Top 17: http://www.pcworld.com/article/142620/googles_top_17_easter_eggs_gags_and_hoaxes.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/142620/googles_top_17_easter_... Apple's Siri contains easter eggs referencing "2001: A space odyssey", "HHGTTG" and other stuff: http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/12/2486618/siri-weird-iphone-4s http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/12/2486618/siri-weird-iphone... In MS Outlook 2010, the default picture for new contacts is a silhouette of Bill Gates from his "arrest mugshot". Facebook has several: http://reface.me/hacks/facebook-easter-eggs/ http://reface.me/hacks/facebook-easter-eggs/ http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/05/facebook_easter.html http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/05/facebook_east... Adobe has included easter eggs, here are some for the CS5 suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmO9-RsVgQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmO9-RsVgQ
- Hemospectrum 15y ago
  Really, Apple is the only example you need. If even Apple permits easter eggs, you can take them for granted in the general case.