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Old 21-04-2010, 08:36 PM
Barrykgerdes
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Can't remember which version of Excel it was but in the late 90s there was a combination of cells to click and you could access a 3D realtime "credits" with the names of all the programers, like a flyby through a flat landscape and blocks with the names mapped. At the time I was working in game development and all the programmers shook their head saying "No wonder MS products are so slow! They've got a bloody rendering engine in there!"
Hi Marc
That sounds like the one. The "tortured souls" are the names of the programmers. I have heard of these "secret" programs embedded in MS software before but did not know if it was true or just a rumour.

Barry
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