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Title: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: LostFlunky on 04/11/2017, 11:00 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/11/bank-of-canada-10-bill-konami-code_n_15937926.html

I particularly like this quote:

"The Bank of Canada's web team thought the Konami code was a fun way to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation,'' Bank of Canada spokeswoman Josianne Menard said.

Here is a direct link to the BOC site:

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/banknote150/

Please discuss and post more examples...
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: Nazi NecroPhile on 04/11/2017, 11:07 AM
Heh, that's awesome.  It's just a hidden easter egg and entirely non-offensive, so I'd say it's just the right amount of influence.
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: esteban on 04/11/2017, 11:07 AM
Ha!
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: LostFlunky on 04/11/2017, 11:28 AM
I guess it isn't "ABACABB"... that might have been offensive.. lol
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: SignOfZeta on 04/11/2017, 02:21 PM
I think this is a great topic, even if perhaps accidentally. I worry about too much nerd influence. It seems like there are too many companies making million dollar decisions based on Twitter feedback instead of sound engineering.

It's not nerdiness that worries me, it's the fake expertise of the modern nerd who lacks traditional nerd background. Not Toshio Okada's "Otaku Generation" but rather the more modern less rounded western version.
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: NoSexGex on 04/11/2017, 04:25 PM
I was just about to post this! So awesome. 80's/90's gamers are taking the executive lvl jobs now, and doing cool stuff like this.
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: DeshDildo on 04/11/2017, 06:42 PM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 11:28 AMI guess it isn't "ABACABB"... that might have been offensive.. lol
Is that MK blood code?  I thought it was A,B,B,A,AC,BC,BC,AC?
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: Psycho Punch on 04/11/2017, 06:53 PM
Too much influence would be doing a pinball easter egg upon registering for an account with last name "ASSHOLEFUK" and first name "DEVILSATAN".

Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: LostFlunky on 04/11/2017, 09:38 PM
Quote from: Desh on 04/11/2017, 06:42 PM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 11:28 AMI guess it isn't "ABACABB"... that might have been offensive.. lol
Is that MK blood code?  I thought it was A,B,B,A,AC,BC,BC,AC?
ABACABB is the Genesis MK 1 code - there was also DULLARD.
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: esteban on 04/12/2017, 12:00 AM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 09:38 PM
Quote from: Desh on 04/11/2017, 06:42 PM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 11:28 AMI guess it isn't "ABACABB"... that might have been offensive.. lol
Is that MK blood code?  I thought it was A,B,B,A,AC,BC,BC,AC?
ABACABB is the Genesis MK 1 code - there was also DULLARD.
Ha! I thought Lost Monkey was referring to the Ikari Warriors (NES) code.

:)
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: TheClash603 on 04/12/2017, 07:01 AM
Quote from: esteban on 04/12/2017, 12:00 AM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 09:38 PM
Quote from: Desh on 04/11/2017, 06:42 PM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 04/11/2017, 11:28 AMI guess it isn't "ABACABB"... that might have been offensive.. lol
Is that MK blood code?  I thought it was A,B,B,A,AC,BC,BC,AC?
ABACABB is the Genesis MK 1 code - there was also DULLARD.
Ha! I thought Lost Monkey was referring to the Ikari Warriors (NES) code.

:)
That Ikari Warriors code (ABBA) is the only code I ever discovered on my own.
Title: Re: When nerds have too much influence...
Post by: Warbucks on 04/12/2017, 10:17 AM
Hah, I remember Ikari Warriors, I used to play the hell out of that game.