[HN Gopher] DVD Bouncing Logo
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DVD Bouncing Logo
Author : mariojv
Score : 283 points
Date : 2022-09-14 16:57 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| judge2020 wrote:
| Seems like it's hitting the corner quit often - is it on a
| predetermined path, or perhaps it's manipulating the bounces to
| achieve this?
| neogodless wrote:
| Try resizing your browser window.
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| By default, my 16:9 screen with tabs and address bar leave a
| nearly 16:8 (2:1) rectangle such that (with the 45deg
| trajectory) the logo bounces to the bottom middle, then to a
| corner, then repeats that loop, mostly.
| ksherlock wrote:
| You can resize the window to prevent it from hitting a corner
| if you'd like. Turn it into opposite-of-pong game.
| wil421 wrote:
| Never hit once on a good portion of my ultra wide screen. I
| watched for longer than I care to admit.
| capableweb wrote:
| What do you mean? Barely hits any corners for me...
| https://imgur.com/a/uFB6ck6
| sogen wrote:
| It hit the corner like 3 times in a minute?
| pwarner wrote:
| I have the DVD logo as a Zoom video background. Always get
| chuckles.
| zwieback wrote:
| Sometimes the bouncing DVD logo is better than the movie on the
| DVD. The Amazon firestick screen saver is also my favorite thing
| on TV.
| yardie wrote:
| Amazon Fire Stick with the Aerial Views[0] (Apple TV Screen
| Saver) app probably the best thing on TV since GoT.
|
| [0] https://github.com/theothernt/AerialViews
| Arrath wrote:
| I quite enjoy the background pictures my chromecast serves up.
|
| Even the Win10/11 login screen pictures are quite nice, most
| times.
|
| Really, anything is better than the 20 second eternally looping
| attract reel of a dvd's main menu. Friends once fell asleep to
| one of the redneck comedy tour dvds and it reverted to the main
| menu once playback completed. It was the worst until I turned
| it off.
| [deleted]
| RedShift1 wrote:
| How did this work on actual DVD players? Was it programmed to
| never hit a corner or was that a side effect of how it was
| implemented?
| hk__2 wrote:
| > Was it programmed to never hit a corner or was that a side
| effect of how it was implemented?
|
| None of that because it was hitting corners.
| maxbond wrote:
| Can confirm it would hit the corner if you waited long
| enough. I saw it happen twice, and a third time where it was
| like two or three pixels off from hitting right in the
| corner.
|
| I'm fairly sure (based on observation/recollection) the logo
| was placed randomly with a random vector, and when it
| contacted the wall it's vector was reflected across the
| normal at that point (eg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F
| ile:Reflection_angles.sv...). I'm not sure that every
| configuration would reach the corner, but many would.
| vikingerik wrote:
| It hits the corner, it's just really rare. If there are 500
| possible pixel positions when it hits the edge, then it's only
| going to hit the corner exactly on 0.2% of bounces.
| joewrong wrote:
| love it. I remember seeing this pulled off with 2 scrolling
| <marquee> HTML tags https://dvdmarquee.neocities.org/
| bilekas wrote:
| My nostalgia kicked in and so I opened the link and began
| searching for videos of it hitting the corner perfectly.. And
| then it started. I love google for these hidden gems.
| zelag wrote:
| This is how you know Google has far too many people than they
| actually need.
| slumos wrote:
| That seems like a ridiculous thing to say. That said, I
| actually came to the comments to wonder just how much total
| effort would have gone into this from proposal, through
| approval and sign-offs by multiple technical and non-technical
| teams, before finally getting through to production. Anyone
| have an educated guess? I'm really curious even though I don't
| believe it should sway opinion on whether to do it or not. The
| value is spread across employee morale and however many
| millions of users have their day brightened a little.
| mikestew wrote:
| _That said, I actually came to the comments to wonder just
| how much total effort would have gone into this from
| proposal, through approval and sign-offs by multiple
| technical and non-technical teams, before finally getting
| through to production._
|
| Who's to say it's not an internal training exercise?
| Someone(s) is learning to heard the kittens on a low-stakes
| project, someone else is learning to get the right sign-offs
| from the right teams/people, and the new test manager can
| spin her team up on this little project while they try the
| new workflow. And the intern gets to see their CSS tricks go
| into production to amuse millions.
| matt_heimer wrote:
| Letting people occasionally work on something fun can be good
| for morale.
| JoshuaRogers wrote:
| While it can definitely be good for morale, it's worth
| remembering that all changes bear the possibility of
| unintended consequences.
|
| This amusing anecdote comes to mind:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fsUAdlzwAs
|
| Bearing risk in mind, there's probably a reason that it's
| acceptable to implement the DVD logo on the front-end client
| but poor taste to humorously update HTTP headers, for
| instance.
|
| (That said, I tend to stay in the camp of "any path that can
| be hit, I'll eventually have to support.")
| Buttons840 wrote:
| It's also a sign that your culture is able to deliver a fun
| feature, just for the sake of it. I've worked several places
| where things are so fragile nobody would dare make any change
| that wasn't strictly necessary. That's not a good sign.
| it_citizen wrote:
| I think those little things are a part of Google DNA from the
| early days and actually have a huge impact on the brand
| perception.
|
| I am pretty sure easter eggs were a significant part of what
| made Google a cool company 10-15 years ago to my young eyes.
| The answer to life, the hidden games in Android, the raptor
| game in Chrome. At the time, it was rare for public company to
| do those silly things.
| mrguyorama wrote:
| It was NOT rare. Microsoft used to do a huge multitude of
| easter eggs. Most big companies stopped because there was
| fear that easter eggs would increase the attack surface for
| hacking. For one concrete example, the PHP easter egg was
| useful to tell which (usually vulnerable) version of PHP a
| site runs so that you can run exactly the script you need to
| attack it.
| midasuni wrote:
| French military victories
|
| When that went, it was a sign google was different to the
| early days.
| yupper32 wrote:
| All business, all the time! No fun allowed!
| wil421 wrote:
| Getting paid to code a bouncing Google logo is cool but fun
| things are what I do outside of work.
| saagarjha wrote:
| Why not both?
| acuozzo wrote:
| https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/zz-dvd-1164/
| 1-6 wrote:
| I thought Googlers were supposed to work with greater focus in
| mind. Someone is playing around.
| jamal-kumar wrote:
| I love the DVD bouncing logo. I like videos where people get
| really excited about it hitting one of the corners, prompting
| cheers. There's a bunch from bus trips but here's a bigger one in
| a stadium [1]
|
| [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKVGtJ5yng
| pengaru wrote:
| That watches like live-action reenactment of an OG Invader Zim
| scene.
| nerdponx wrote:
| That's strangely accurate. I didn't like that "edgy dark"
| humor for the most part (every Squee and Zim fan I ever knew
| was a total dickhead), but Zim in particular was kind of a
| weird and endearing look at humanity.
| dvtrn wrote:
| Man Invader Zim, haven't seen that referenced in a long time,
| that little cartoon was the perfect kind of weird for its
| time.
| nullify88 wrote:
| FWIW, Netflix released a special episode in 2019 reuniting
| a lot of the key people back with the show. It brought back
| some great memories and hasn't lost its touch. https://en.m
| .wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_Zim:_Enter_the_Florp...
| eyelidlessness wrote:
| If you haven't already checked out other work by Zim
| creator Jhonen Vasquez, his comics Johnny the Homicidal
| Maniac, and Squee, are excellent and full of very similar
| weird humor.
| dvtrn wrote:
| Very familiar, I've got hard copies of both plus Filler
| Bunny! Huge fan.
| TakeBlaster16 wrote:
| My favorite is still The Office.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtuX0jL85Y
| sbf501 wrote:
| That was funny, but then I was disappointed they needed an
| aside to explain it. Seemed unnecessary IMHO.
| lostlogin wrote:
| It's the difference between US and UK comedy.
| yupper32 wrote:
| I think it was a good aside.
|
| 1. It makes it more evergreen.
|
| 2. The excited/super invested explanations are funny.
|
| 3. It leads into the joke that Jim doesn't believe that Pam
| ever saw it hit the corner.
| sbf501 wrote:
| Ah, good point. I didn't know the joke kept running. I've
| never seen the US version. I'll give it a go.
| jahnu wrote:
| It's very good. Bar the first season and last ... 3?
|
| Different take entirely. For those unaware the UK version
| is so cynical and on occasion even dark (and i love it
| for that) and in contrast the US version is more light
| hearted and succeeds completely on those terms.
|
| Both are landmarks in tv comedy.
| tptacek wrote:
| It's a very different show. The pilot is note-for-note
| the UK show, but they quickly realized that Steve Carell
| can't play Ricky Gervais; he's just not enough of an
| asshole. So they recalibrated. I think the US version in
| its heyday is the better of the two shows.
|
| Greg Daniels was the showrunner for the first 4 seasons;
| he's Peak Simpsons, and also King Of The Hill.
| tdeck wrote:
| I watched that office episode came out and I didn't realize
| this was a thing (watching the logo and cheering when it
| hits the corner) outside of The Office, so it seems like
| the aside was necessary.
| pryelluw wrote:
| Shameless self promotion:
|
| https://github.com/pryelluw/mac-dvd-screensaver
|
| A Mac screen saver that does that but with a twist.
| JimiofEden wrote:
| Outstandingly catchy (and funny imo) song based on this concept
| of the bouncing DVD logo:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ws0QtAiiXQ
| theogravity wrote:
| Ok, that was very surprisingly catchy.
| avnigo wrote:
| I was fully expecting to be disappointed and turn it off after
| a few seconds, but I can tell you, I was transfixed.
| jaredsohn wrote:
| YouTube's 'most replayed' feature is useful here. Huge spike
| when it happens.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
|
| _Bouncing DVD Logo_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22882260 - April 2020 (270
| comments)
| [deleted]
| user3939382 wrote:
| We do our best to spy on every detail of your life we possibly
| can, but look at how whimsical we are about it! :D
|
| Here's another Google search link
| https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pernicious
| [deleted]
| hk1337 wrote:
| Pam claims that she saw it one day when she was alone in the
| conference room... okay. I believe she _thinks_ she saw it.
| m4tthumphrey wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtuX0jL85Y
| nerdponx wrote:
| It's interesting how memes like this propagated without
| really ever propagating "on the Web" or really any
| centralized communication channel. See also: blow on the game
| cartridge if it doesn't work, in case there's dust on it.
| jader201 wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22886401
| [deleted]
| swozniak wrote:
| Self-promotion: I made an Android live wallpaper of this.
|
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stephanwoz...
| [deleted]
| pantulis wrote:
| It's addictive because you can try resizing the browser window to
| try and make the logo hit the corner, it's kind of fun.
| z3c0 wrote:
| It appears that nobody has shared the rather long list of Google
| easter eggs, so here it is:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
|
| Personally, I'm a fan of "recursion", as well as "emacs" or "vi"
| nabakin wrote:
| If anyone is interested in more of these kinds of easter eggs, I
| run a subreddit for them at https://reddit.com/r/eastereggs
| dec0dedab0de wrote:
| If you're wondering why it's just a link to a search, let it wait
| a bit.
|
| I didn't know about this until they started doing it at Flyers
| games, and everyone cheered when it hit the corner.
| makach wrote:
| Thanks for this! Still, it feels so right but yet so wrong.
| the_arun wrote:
| Out of curiosity, I tried searching with <different-
| words>+bouncing+log, but bouncing works only for DVD :)
| Karellen wrote:
| I just see a "Before you continue to Google" popover. :-(
| [deleted]
| woeh wrote:
| Bonus hint: if you are on mobile set the browser to "show
| desktopsite"
| davidkunz wrote:
| Here I am waiting way too long for it to move, thanks for the
| tip!
| tssva wrote:
| Worked fine on mobile for me without showing the desktop
| site.
| woeh wrote:
| Interesting. I tried both Firefox and Chrome on Android,
| neither worked without the desktop mode enabled. In that
| case my guess is that the screen size or the resolution of
| our mobile devices plays a role.
|
| I did notice more Google widgets not working on mobile,
| such as the current "ethereum merge" search, wich is
| supposed to show a countdown timer (which can not be fixed
| with the desktop mode btw).
| TecoAndJix wrote:
| Useless App Idea #8237: Record a 10 second video of the DVD
| bouncing logo and get a future alert when its about to hit a
| corner. It can also notify your friends so they know what they
| are missing
| bze12 wrote:
| I seriously considered making a mobile game about this
| user1391 wrote:
| Also, do a barrel roll
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| https://www.google.com/search?q=do+a+barrel+roll
| shmde wrote:
| Just a heads up. If you want it to work on your phone you have to
| check the "Desktop Site" option.
| tssva wrote:
| Didn't have to do this on my phone.
| pseudosavant wrote:
| https://dvd-player-screensaver.glitch.me/
|
| 6 months ago, I decided to build the DVD screensaver using just
| SVG+CSS. Enjoy.
| lucideer wrote:
| Doesn't work for me.
|
| If I leave it a while, I eventually get a notification pop-down
| saying "This page is slowing down Firefox. To speed up your
| browser, stop this page."
|
| Is it Chrome only?
|
| Whatever it is, it sounds like someone's implemented a very
| simple feature very badly - a bouncing logo is the type of thing
| people made in basic "DHTML" on the old web, not something that
| should be slowing down a browser in 2022...
| SquareWheel wrote:
| All it's doing is setting the logo to absolute and adjusting
| its position values each step. Outside of CSS redraws, it
| shouldn't be causing any slowdowns.
| lucideer wrote:
| That and updating the SRC on every iteration with a generated
| base64 PNG data URI.
| SquareWheel wrote:
| I saw that but I figured it was just generating on "wall"
| collisions.
| rovr138 wrote:
| I'm running Safari and it's working. Not Chrome only.
| merlincorey wrote:
| Worked on Firefox for me -- maybe you need an update, or maybe
| you have an extension that is fighting it?
| lucideer wrote:
| No weird extensions and same in safe mode. I suspect it's hw
| accel issues of some kind.
|
| Wouldn't've expected as it's just a PNG (they're dynamically
| generating a PNG data uri and inserting it into an IMG SRC),
| but I don't know how they're generating it (hidden canvas?)
| and the update frequency is high. Doesn't seem very
| optimised.
| merlincorey wrote:
| It is probably down to ensuring hardware acceleration is
| turned on as I am certain that I have done that for a
| different web issue.
| lucideer wrote:
| Tried it in Chrome. It works but oh my is the frame rate awful.
| rektide wrote:
| I just imagine, 'We payed hella bucks to put the logo on the unit
| & box, damn straight it'll bounce across thr screen.'
| derefr wrote:
| For anyone who wants to try digging through Google's mangled mess
| of JS embeds: I'm curious, does Google embed the logic for these
| easter eggs in the common JS that comes along with every SERP, or
| only on the page that has the easter-egg itself?
| esprehn wrote:
| Search lazy loads the easter eggs, there's way too many to load
| them all on every search request.
|
| In general Google product's JS is built around a lot of lazy
| loading bundles.
| amelius wrote:
| Is there a way to disable them? I hate to be distracted,
| especially at work.
| lynguist wrote:
| Lazy means you only get them when you search for them.
| seattle_spring wrote:
| Do you find yourself searching "dvd bouncing logo" for work
| quite often?
| throwaway0a5e wrote:
| Exactly once, in order to make it look like one of the
| TVs on our display wall, that was very much connected to
| a computer, was in fact connected to an old DVD player.
| amelius wrote:
| No, but sometimes the Google logo itself is a distracting
| animation (I believe they call them "Doodle" or "Knoodle"
| or something).
| asdff wrote:
| You can use an adblocker to remove whatever you like from
| a webpage you regularly visit, not just ads
| troyerrdt wrote:
| Switching to another tab and switching back hits a corner for me
| every time
| cryptozeus wrote:
| wish it only changed color when reached at the corner
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