Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images(developer.android.com)

23 pointsby nolanbrown2312 anni fa23 comments

developer.android.com

Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio-build.html

26 comments

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's kind of creepy to have the prompt print out as <my actual first name>@io

I know Google knows I'm logged in right now. I know that Google knows that I know that I'm logged in right now. Still, it feels weird.

lam12 anni fa

That's because you're using Chrome?

pyk12 anni fa

bburky12 anni fa

    $ find /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images -type f | sed 's_/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images_http://developer.android.com/images_' | wget -x -i -
    $ diff -r developer.android.com/images /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk/docs/images
    Binary files developer.android.com/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png and /Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/docs/images/admin/device-admin-activate-prompt.png differ
    [...]

Sadly, they're all gone.

andrewweiser12 anni fa

Just found one. It's the "opportunity to purchase" a ticket to I/O. Registration code should arrive within 24-48 hours.

tostitos197912 anni fa

Darn ... I found four but none worked :(

davnola12 anni fa

    1. Start scraping all images from http://developer.android.com/training/ inside div.gc-documentation    
    2. Inspect manually
    3. Profit

Fun!

suyash12 anni fa

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: http://i.imgur.com/b1LVoG8.png

quaffapint12 anni fa

There's the one in... http://developer.android.com/images/tools/as-buildvariants.p... ...but I've tried everything I can make of that awful font and can't seem to get the proper chars for the URL.

msie12 anni fa

First char is a 5.

brunolazzaro12 anni fa

It looks like they were hiding them in other places, such as old video annotations...

Source: https://twitter.com/jc4p/status/456881857481547776

bjonathan12 anni fa

example image with code for the curious : https://cloudup.com/cwt9rS66Agu

suyash12 anni fa

what the game looks like: http://i.imgur.com/b1LVoG8.png

suyash12 anni fa

What do you think Google is doing it that way? Do they want us all to read/spend more time in their developer docs examining the images?

sethammons12 anni fa

It says I don't have valid credentials for the four or so I found. They all seem like the same text adventure.