Re: interesting

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2001 - 17:23:07 BST

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Subject: Re: interesting
From: William Benzon <bbenzon@mindspring.com>
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    on 4/24/01 8:44 AM, Wade T.Smith at wade_smith@harvard.edu wrote:

    > On 04/23/01 21:55, TJ Olney said this-
    >
    >> Like a meme, you mean?
    >
    > Well, no, more like an 'easter egg' - a small built-in surprise to a
    > computer program. Apple was rather famous for many of theirs, built-in
    > and accessible via special keystrokes. Game programs are rife with them.
    >
    > And, I am not surprised Word only has them in myth. The last thing I
    > would ever expect is not the Spanish Inquisition, but humor in a
    > microsoft program.
    >
    > - Wade

    but this particular M$ easter egg is real. It worked on my machine--a G4
    mac running Office 2001. When you type the magic formula and hit return you
    wait a bit and then you see this:

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over
    the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown
    fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over
    the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown
    fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

    about a gazillion times

    BB

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