[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-26 Thread Guillaume Perrot
It surely is an easter egg :p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics) On Sep 26, 2:37 pm, MrSnowflake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another Easter Egg, as that's what I believe it is, otherwhise > wtf... :) > 'public static final String BRICK > Required to be able to disable the device (v

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-26 Thread MrSnowflake
Another Easter Egg, as that's what I believe it is, otherwhise wtf... :) 'public static final String BRICK Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!). Constant Value: "android.permission.BRICK"' A BRICK Permission?!! http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/Manifest.perm

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-11 Thread Guillaume Perrot
http://www.pointgphone.com/easter-egg-android-connaissez-vous-la-reponse-303 Sorry it's in french :p On 4 sep, 00:53, David Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Murphy wrote: > > [...] > > > Aw, c'mon! "At the moment, the island matching the listed value is, um, > > lost" wasn't a big enough c

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-03 Thread David Given
Mark Murphy wrote: [...] > Aw, c'mon! "At the moment, the island matching the listed value is, um, > lost" wasn't a big enough clue? Personally, *I* just want to know who the karaoke singer in the MediaPlayer 'Play Audio From Resources' demo sound is. -- ┌─── dg@cowlark.com ─ http://www.cow

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Peli
> Aw, c'mon! "At the moment, the island matching the listed value is, um, > lost" wasn't a big enough clue? Yes, but I didn't get it in the first place :-) I've never seen the show. Peli --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed t

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Mark Murphy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Shouldn't you be updating your book :) Sheesh! Tough crowd! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Warescription: All titles, revisions, & ebook formats, just $35/year --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message beca

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread michael . klatskin
Mark, Shouldn't you be updating your book :) On Sep 2, 12:48 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peli wrote: > > Now we know which island was really meant :-) > > (see discussion > > here:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_frm/thread/9... > > ) > > Aw, c'mon! "At t

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Mark Murphy
Peli wrote: > Now we know which island was really meant :-) > (see discussion here: > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_frm/thread/99269e5a52aafa8d > ) Aw, c'mon! "At the moment, the island matching the listed value is, um, lost" wasn't a big enough clue? ;-) -- Mark M

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Peli
> GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND         =    4.815162 4 8 15 16 23 42 First riddle solved: These are the cursed numbers from the TV series "Lost". http://forum.worldwindcentral.com/showthread.php?t=2462 http://www.4815162342.com/ Now we know which island was really meant :-) (see discussion here: http:/

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Peli
It is funny that only Death Star and Island gravity are known to 6 digits while the planets of our solar system only have 2 digit accuracy. GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I =3.5303614E-7 GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND =4.815162 There must be some hidden code in there. I guess the first person to c

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread jtaylor
This Death Star and Island Sensor stuff is for games right? To create artificial sensors for Games? - Juan T. On Sep 2, 10:28 am, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Other easter eggs: > * Sensor manager includes constants for GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I , > GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND , and a SENSOR_TRICORDER

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread David Given
Peli wrote: [...] > * In the release notes for the 0.9 SDK: "We regret to inform > developers that Android 1.0 will not support 3.5" floppy disks. " > http://code.google.com/android/RELEASENOTES.html Do Android devices support USB mass storage? Because if so, it should just be a matter of pluggin

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Casey Borders
The guy with the coffee cup is from the movie "Office Space". On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Other easter eggs: > * Sensor manager includes constants for GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I , > GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND , and a SENSOR_TRICORDER : > http://code.google.com/android/r

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread Peli
Other easter eggs: * Sensor manager includes constants for GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I , GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND , and a SENSOR_TRICORDER : http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/hardware/SensorManager.html * In the release notes for the 0.9 SDK: "We regret to inform developers that Android 1.0 wil

[android-developers] Re: Easter eggs

2008-09-02 Thread qvark
Well, it isn't an easter egg, but most of the wallpapers and sample pictures included in the emulator are from Romain Guy, one of the engineers of the Android team (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ romainguy/) I think he could make a living as a photographer if he leaves Google ;) On Sep 1, 5:10 pm,