i can't understand why the microsoft guy was so embarrassed about this registry key, it's nice to find the occasional easter egg in programs.
i once had to design a button for a large austrian airline (
), and in the process i me and the other guys in the department were joking around, and i created a button with a typ-oh on purpose. instead of "passagier streichen" (delete passenger) it said "passagier streiche
ln" (stroke passenger).
we all had a laugh, up until the point where we saw my joke-button actually being online on the live site.
well, that was funny too, and we took it down right away.
but still, there were about 5 customer "complaints" about the error, some just mentioning a spelling mistake, others being real pissed about our "inappropriate" naming of the button.
well, it's still funny when i think about it
oh yes, we also sent out a test-newsletter by accident (that was another dept., by the way) that contained "blah blah blah" and "this newsletter is so cool" as well as a side-swipe at the competition. even though the sending of the newsletter was cancelled pretty quickly, it reached about 2000 subscribers.
we had a sh*tload of complaints after that as well, hehe