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Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images

23 pointsby nolanbrown23about 11 years ago

13 comments

Aqueousabout 11 years ago
Ok, I followed a shortened link and it drops me into a fairly cool terminal simulator with a space MUD-style game in it. But it&#x27;s kind of creepy to have the prompt print out as &lt;my actual first name&gt;@io<p>I know Google knows I&#x27;m logged in right now. I know that Google knows that I know that I&#x27;m logged in right now. Still, it feels weird.
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bburkyabout 11 years ago
<p><pre><code> $ find &#x2F;Applications&#x2F;Android\ Studio.app&#x2F;sdk&#x2F;docs&#x2F;images -type f | sed &#x27;s_&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;Android\ Studio.app&#x2F;sdk&#x2F;docs&#x2F;images_http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.android.com&#x2F;images_&#x27; | wget -x -i - $ diff -r developer.android.com&#x2F;images &#x2F;Applications&#x2F;Android\ Studio.app&#x2F;sdk&#x2F;docs&#x2F;images Binary files developer.android.com&#x2F;images&#x2F;admin&#x2F;device-admin-activate-prompt.png and &#x2F;Applications&#x2F;Android Studio.app&#x2F;sdk&#x2F;docs&#x2F;images&#x2F;admin&#x2F;device-admin-activate-prompt.png differ [...] </code></pre> Sadly, they&#x27;re all gone.
andrewweiserabout 11 years ago
Just found one. It&#x27;s the &quot;opportunity to purchase&quot; a ticket to I&#x2F;O. Registration code should arrive within 24-48 hours.
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davnolaabout 11 years ago
<p><pre><code> 1. Start scraping all images from http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.android.com&#x2F;training&#x2F; inside div.gc-documentation 2. Inspect manually 3. Profit </code></pre> Fun!
suyashabout 11 years ago
Very clever approach by Google (I was hoping for a coding test though :), after getting the code (which is the URL), you will be directed to sign in to your Google Account and then would have to complete the Space Mercury Mission (Console Game) to win the Code for IO 2014. For the curious, this is what the game looks like: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/b1LVoG8.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;b1LVoG8.png</a>
quaffapintabout 11 years ago
There&#x27;s the one in... <a href="http://developer.android.com/images/tools/as-buildvariants.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.android.com&#x2F;images&#x2F;tools&#x2F;as-buildvariants.p...</a> ...but I&#x27;ve tried everything I can make of that awful font and can&#x27;t seem to get the proper chars for the URL.
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brunolazzaroabout 11 years ago
It looks like they were hiding them in other places, such as old video annotations...<p>Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/jc4p/status/456881857481547776" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jc4p&#x2F;status&#x2F;456881857481547776</a>
bjonathanabout 11 years ago
example image with code for the curious : <a href="https://cloudup.com/cwt9rS66Agu" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cloudup.com&#x2F;cwt9rS66Agu</a>
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suyashabout 11 years ago
What do you think Google is doing it that way? Do they want us all to read&#x2F;spend more time in their developer docs examining the images?
sethammonsabout 11 years ago
It says I don&#x27;t have valid credentials for the four or so I found. They all seem like the same text adventure.
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eudoxusabout 11 years ago
I have only come across the two, both on the link in the OP.<p>Has anyone found others?
msieabout 11 years ago
Argh, too late as usual.
rnirnberabout 11 years ago
where are you seeing the hiding I&#x2F;O tickets?
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