# Weird Windows 3-D pipes screensaver thing (ATTENTION COMPUTER GEEKS!)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 27, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-windows-3-d-pipes-screensaver-thing-attention-computer-geeks/13155 "2000-01-27T03:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-windows-3-d-pipes-screensaver-thing-attention-computer-geeks/13155/21 "2000-01-28T01:20:00Z")

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Yax, that’s really cool. Just tried it.

Studi

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**Author:** ![Utinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Utinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Utinni)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-windows-3-d-pipes-screensaver-thing-attention-computer-geeks/13155/22 "2000-01-28T01:37:00Z")

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I forgot how, but I remember that if you enter a certain series of commands into Microsoft Excel, you get transported into this weird 3D landscape that you can fly around. I have no idea what the commands are…does anyone else remember?

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-windows-3-d-pipes-screensaver-thing-attention-computer-geeks/13155/23 "2000-01-28T01:52:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Utinni!:  
> I forgot how, but I remember that if you enter a certain series of commands into Microsoft Excel, you get transported into this weird 3D landscape that you can fly around. I have no idea what the commands are…does anyone else remember?

I’ve seen that before, too, Utinni. You can only do it on a specific version of Excel though, and I can’t remember which one now either. It’s called an “Easter Egg,” and if you do a search for that term, you might be able to find a page that tells how to find that specific one. There are a lot of Easter Eggs hidden in programs. My guess is that this teapot people are seeing is one as well (as opposed to an optical illusion).

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-windows-3-d-pipes-screensaver-thing-attention-computer-geeks/13155/24 "2000-01-28T02:08:00Z")

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Yep, the teapot is an Easter Egg alright. Read about it (and other NT Easter Eggs) here… [http://www2.shreveport.com/clubwin7/WinNTegg.htm](http://www2.shreveport.com/clubwin7/WinNTegg.htm)

Here are the “how to’s” for the Excel flight simulator egg… [http://www.dgl.com/dglinfo/1998/dg980314a.html](http://www.dgl.com/dglinfo/1998/dg980314a.html)

And this page has links to Easter Eggs you can find hidden in tons of other programs… [http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Eggs/](http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Eggs/)

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