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Re: Spinner

#41

Post by ma2rten » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 4:27 AM UTC

busted wrote: post #4

Similarly, https://www.google.com/search?q=roll%20dice https://www.google.com/search?q=random%20number%20between%20... Probably fairly easy for engineers to add these

https://www.google.com/search?q=animal+sounds

Re: Spinner

#42

Post by socialentp » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 4:30 AM UTC

rfugger wrote: post #21

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

It seems to only work in Chrome. Firefox mobile shows nothing unusual.

It appears/functions on iOS Safari just fine.

Re: Spinner

#43

Post by nimos » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 4:55 AM UTC

busted wrote: post #4

Similarly, https://www.google.com/search?q=roll%20dice https://www.google.com/search?q=random%20number%20between%20... Probably fairly easy for engineers to add these

Interesting the dice roll forces a refresh to reroll and but the random number one doesn't.

Try 100/100 min/max for the random number generator. Interesting what you can find poking around the JS.

Or -99999999999/99999999999.

Re: Spinner

#44

Post by Tempest1981 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:00 AM UTC

greglindahl wrote: post #13

buckbova wrote: post #2

Origin story?

Once upon a time, marketing realized that free publicity would happen if Easter eggs were added to the product.

Including posting the findings on YouTube:

  https://www.google.com/search?q=google+easter+eggs&tbm=vid

  "about 1,700,000 results"

Re: Spinner

#45

Post by Semiapies » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:08 AM UTC

The links people have dropped here are a hoot...but the first thing I thought of from the headline was the old Spinner music service that got bought out by Netscape, ages ago.

Re: Spinner

#46

Post by aurelian15 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:33 AM UTC

smnrchrds wrote: post #31

jat850 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure where you're located, but in Google Canada I see the spinner.

I couldn't see it in the French version of google.ca, but when I opened the English version in a private window it worked.

It solely seems to depend on the Google user language settings. Works for both the Canadian and German Google with the language set to "English". One gets what one would expect (with "spinner" roughly translating to "idiot") when trying this with the German Google set to German.

Re: Spinner

#47

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:35 AM UTC

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Re: Spinner

#48

Post by maverick_iceman » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:36 AM UTC

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

Re: Spinner

#49

Post by maverick_iceman » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 5:44 AM UTC

bodiam wrote: post #19

Slightly more impressive: https://www.google.com/search?q=play+dreidel

https://www.google.com/search?q=play+tic+tac+toe

Re: Spinner

#50

Post by qeternity » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 6:14 AM UTC

I am so curious about how these relatively simple easter eggs work behind the scenes. How are they incorporated into the core search repo? Surely the guys in charge of that beast aren't allowing these things anywhere near the core code of the GOOG empire.