Messages from the Hall of Tortured Souls.
Focuses on the so-called Easter eggs, or hidden surprises, in computer software. Activation of Easter eggs; Instructions for the explosion of Lara Croft, heroine of the Tomb Raider II computer game, flying in Microsoft's Excel 97, pinball in Microsoft Word 97 and others; Reasons for inclusion of Ea...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 353; no. 8150; pp. 75 - 77 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
12/18/1999
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Focuses on the so-called Easter eggs, or hidden surprises, in computer software. Activation of Easter eggs; Instructions for the explosion of Lara Croft, heroine of the Tomb Raider II computer game, flying in Microsoft's Excel 97, pinball in Microsoft Word 97 and others; Reasons for inclusion of Easter eggs; Negative implications of Easter eggs. INSET: Cracking open the eggs. |
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