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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:43 pm

There are some moderately amusing Easter Eggs in Firefox 3. Simply type one of the following into the address bar (no spaces or http) and you'll get a message:

about:robots
about:mozilla
about:config

(ok, technically "about: config" isn't an Easter Egg, but the title on the warning screen is relatively amusing!)

Enjoy!

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:48 pm

lol cool

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:55 pm

With the robots message, what is the 'Gort! Klaatu ...' message in the tab? Finnish?

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

@ Roy
It's a quote from The Day The Earth Stood Still

I'm worried about "the plastic pal who's fun to be with". If they've got genuine people personalities who knows were that'l lead.
Scammer robots?

Not quite a Newb Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 42

Roycropper wrote:

With the robots message, what is the 'Gort! Klaatu ...' message in the tab? Finnish?

Definitely not Finnish Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:49 pm

Quote:

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced.
But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird.
The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire
and thunder upon them. For the beast had been
reborn with its strength renewed, and the
followers of Mammon cowered in horror.

from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 1043

I'm guessing "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." is about futurama.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:55 pm

Those are funny. Laughing

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:06 am

Did anyone push the button on the robot page? Twice? Very Happy

*** BANNED *** Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 2049

~ lotta,

Now let's see how old people are Laughing

Who was the Eater member who created the original concept of the "Book of Larry"?

What is his name now?

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Answer me these questions three?

Elite Baiter Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 1269

Yes. The button vanishes after you push it twice.

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:21 am

The funniest bit on the robot page is at the bottom.

Quote:

And they have a plan.

That's a direct reference to the subtitle text about Cylons in the introductory clip played before each episode of Battlestar Galactica. Yay for allusions to BSG in the most random of places! [/tv nerd]

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:03 am

Gold Hat wrote:

Who was the Eater member who created the original concept of the "Book of Larry"?

Dr. Tim Bits

Gold Hat wrote:

What is his name now?

Gold Hat

Gold Hat wrote:

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Well to be able to tell the air speed velocity you would have to know if it was an African or a European swallow, so until that information is given i cant give you an answer.

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:23 am

Excellent

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:00 am

NYT article on Easter Eggs: LINK

Has anyone ever seen this FlightSim in Excel, or is it a myth, like Mr Gomer? I tried it and it didn't work - do they mean the Chart Wizard?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:12 am

The about:mozilla quote is hidden in en-US.jar:

Code:

locale/en-US/global/mozilla.dtd<!ENTITY mozilla.quote
'Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers
grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the
fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own
image as promised by the <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html">
sacred words</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/About:mozilla">spoke
</a> of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was
naught but a follower.'>

<!ENTITY mozilla.from
'from The Book of Mozilla, 11:9 (10th Edition)'

FF in other languages will probably show similar text in that language.

Click on 'Sacred words' and 'Spoke' to get some extra info.

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:56 am

^^^ Absolutely!
I've got this in French.

*** BANNED *** Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 2049

Gold Hat wrote:

Who was the Eater member who created the original concept of the "Book of Larry"?

Rover wrote:

Dr. Tim Bits

No . . .No . . .No . . . you silly SA-type person . . . it was the infamous Rev. Phil Mycrackin who had the original idea for the "Book of Larry" - I simply stole the idea from you Laughing

Gold Hat wrote:

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Rover wrote:

Well to be able to tell the air speed velocity you would have to know if it was an African or a European swallow, so until that information is given i cant give you an answer.

And of course one has to consider if it was 'laden' or 'unladen' Laughing

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:09 pm

Hahaha! - you might be right! - I do remember baiting quite a few lads and continuously quoting from the Book of Larry. I just could not remember if I got it from you or I made it up! Laughing

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