Apparently, all of the big red letters at the end of the trails spell out "APRIL FOOLS". The smaller red letters and numbers spell "MMC-900913", which is a reference to last year's 8-bit map.
The coordinates that are indicated in the landmarks are a bit hard to read sometimes, and you have to piece them together. The skull in New York is pointing to: (-15.36, 15.90). After searching for that location, zoom in on the green arrow, and you should see a piece of ham that is pointing to: (-21.53, 46.05)
The coordinates at the sword that comes next are also ambiguous. You have to infer that the 9 in the handle is indicating that the first number is 9.81.
I think 37.89,-61.96 is actually next, although it does take you to your location after that. The trick is to see the comma after the nine, indicating to enter the numbers in the other order.
The easy zooming and panning makes this a better graphing experience than any other calculator/software I have used so far. True, you don't have the capabilities of Mathematica available, but it seems to work great for graphing a single variable function.
Yeah, I was on the 5th floor. I had a good view actually, but it was a little bit hard to hear, especially at the beginning while everyone was still moving around, trying to find a place to stand.
I am a UW student who went to this talk. It was an interesting event. I think Gates' response to the student who asked how to be rich was the most memorable part for me.
At the department website it says the talk will be archived, but the link doesn't seem to be active:
Check out this communally gathered data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajc_VqH8uv38dFd...
Apparently, all of the big red letters at the end of the trails spell out "APRIL FOOLS". The smaller red letters and numbers spell "MMC-900913", which is a reference to last year's 8-bit map.
In this video, you can see MMC-900913 printed on the a controller chip at 29s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg&feature=youtu...