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Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by The Good Doctor, Apr 27, 2009.

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  1. ArnoldBabar

    ArnoldBabar Active Member

    Anybody else ever find the hidden code in Quark back in the day that made the alien walk out and blast your selected item with a ray gun? I did it a couple of times on accident before figuring out what the hell was going on.
     
    ArnoldBabar, Apr 28, 2009
    #25
  2. budcrew08

    budcrew08 Active Member

    oh shit! our arts editor told me about that... I can't remember the code off the top of my head, but it's pretty funny.
     
    budcrew08, Apr 28, 2009
    #26
  3. CitizenTino

    CitizenTino Active Member

    I set that off once and had no idea what the hell was going on. I blinked about 10 times and wondered briefly if I had hallucinated.
     
    CitizenTino, Apr 28, 2009
    #27
  4. ArnoldBabar

    ArnoldBabar Active Member

    The bad part is that you couldn't undo it. So it was fun to do on purpose, but if you accidentally blasted your centerpiece, you were screwed.
     
    ArnoldBabar, Apr 28, 2009
    #28
  5. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    The "Revert To Saved" command is your friend.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 28, 2009
    #29
  6. kokane_muthashed

    kokane_muthashed Active Member

    Cmd/Option/Shift/K

    Several thousand years ago when my paper was converting to Quark, the paginators were assigned training courses, taught by this crusty old bird. As I was going in to the training session, the previous class was leaving. A co-worker told me "Hey, hold down Cmd/Option/Shift/K. It's awesome." So, immediately when class begins, I start a page and put some stuff on it and hit the keys. Basically, the alien walked onto the page and zapped whatever was selected on the page. Also it made a funny noise like a UFO was landing or something.
    All this is going on while the instructor is teaching us. The noise blared outta the speakers and the teach yells out, "WHO IS DOING THAT?!!" I sheepishly raise my hand and try to play it off like I accidently hit these four keys - together, all at once, accidently. She storms outta the room and, seriously, I thought she was gonna come back with the publisher and have me fired right there.
    Couple minutes later, she comes back in, saying she needed a water break. After class I apologized and we laughed about it.
     
    kokane_muthashed, Apr 28, 2009
    #30
  7. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Dude that was pretty fucked up (the ESPN.com thing, never tried or even knew about the Quark thing). I'm gonna have nightmares about that tonight.
     
    BYH, Apr 28, 2009
    #31
  8. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

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    Drag the link on http://www.cornify.com/ to the bookmarks toolbar in your browser. Go to any website and click the new button to start cornificating.

    (Many thanks to our design guy for the link)
     
    Trey Beamon, Apr 28, 2009
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  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    Does the Quark thing still work?
     
    mustangj17, Apr 28, 2009
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