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Re:Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets by sogen on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:50AM (#14703396)
Wasn't there a flight simulator or a Doom a decade ago?
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Re:Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets by euyyn on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @12:22PM (#14703740)
Excel had a flight simulator as an easter egg, but it wasn't written in Excel formulas or VBA :)
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Re:Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets by khedoros1 on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @12:10PM (#14703617)
Excel 97 had a sort of flight simulator. Excel 2000 had a car game. Earlier versions had other little easter eggs, but I think that Microsoft cracked down on them after Excel 2000.
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Re:Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets by mikestew on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @08:08PM (#14707224)
Turns out the federal government to which Microsoft sells wondered, “if they’re sneaking in flight simulators and dungeons, what else are they sneaking in?” That’s the version I was told, anyway.

That, and Easter eggs are another attack vector. How much of a security audit do you think those get?

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