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Why? Sometimes functionality has to be exposed, even when a company would prefer an alternative. Microsoft has named functions similarly on occasion [1]. [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/10/15/55296...
Because he might've appreciated better variable naming. :-P
(some may not get the reference :P)
There are also similar methods in the Android SDK:
UserManager.isUserAGoat() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManage...
Log.wtf() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Log.html..., java.lang.Throwable)
AdapterViewFlipper.fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Adapte...
I definitely love those kind of easter eggs. There are also similar methods in the Android SDK: UserManager.isUserAGoat() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManage... Log.wtf() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Log.html... , java.lang.Throwable) AdapterViewFlipper.fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Adapte...
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sens...
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sens...
I don't understand, what does this function do? Is it a reference to something? Or just a simple easter egg?
I don't understand, what does this function do? Is it a reference to something? Or just a simple easter egg?
I definitely love those kind of easter eggs. There are also similar methods in the Android SDK: UserManager.isUserAGoat() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManage... Log.wtf() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Log.html... , java.lang.Throwable) AdapterViewFlipper.fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Adapte...
Every Mac has the kernel extension "Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext" for example, which loads into RAM a short poem.
There once was was a user that whined
his existing OS was so blind,
he'd do better to pirate
an OS that ran great
but found his hardware declined.
Please don't steal Mac OS!
Really, that's way uncool.I don't understand, what does this function do? Is it a reference to something? Or just a simple easter egg?
Let's say you've rewritten core parts of some system, but you've also added new features that didn't exist before. Often times such changes are inextricably bound together. On the one hand you may want some users to test out the new code to make sure it works correctly, but on the other hand the new features you've added may not be fully "baked" so you want to restrict their use. That's where secret feature flags come in.
I definitely love those kind of easter eggs. There are also similar methods in the Android SDK: UserManager.isUserAGoat() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/UserManage... Log.wtf() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Log.html... , java.lang.Throwable) AdapterViewFlipper.fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx() link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Adapte...
There's been balmy little bits of stuff like this all the way through OSX and iOS for ages, though maybe not quite as flippant. Every Mac has the kernel extension "Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext" for example, which loads into RAM a short poem. There once was was a user that whined his existing OS was so blind, he'd do better to pirate an OS that ran great but found his hardware declined. Please don't steal Mac OS! Really,…
I remember some issues with the Apple II rom being copied and that they had to add a "Copyright Apple" or something similar to the binary data.