Re: Not even Bill Gates can explain this one!
- From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:13:28 -0400
Yeah, it's an easter egg. something done by programmers for fun.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lange" <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Not even Bill Gates can explain this one!
Hi,
I tried it and it's not harmful. It creates a 35-page document filled with
repetitions of the sentence:
The quick sly fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Or something like that...
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobcat" <bobcat11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Not even Bill Gates can explain this one!
> Sounds like an "Easter egg", a bit of code that programmers sometimes
> install behind the backs of the bosses.
>
> I didn't try it and I don't want to try it in case it is malicious.
>
> Bob
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>> Try this:
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>> Open a Word document and type:
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>> = rand (200,99)
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>> Press Enter and wait a few seconds
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