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Yatima
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The "Guru Meditation" error is one of the most iconic in the history of computing. It originally appeared as an error message in the AmigaOS. This error occurred when the system encountered a critical condition it couldn’t handle, similar to a BSOD in Windows or a kernel panic in Linux. The name comes from an inside joke among the Amiga developers. Jay Miner and his team used a device called the "Joyboard" (a sort of predecessor to the Wii Balance Board) to relax and "meditate" at the office. The Joyboard was a peripheral originally designed for the Atari 2600, allowing games to be controlled by body balance. However, the Amiga developers began using it humorously, trying to stay perfectly still while balancing on it. If they failed and lost their balance, they joked about having lost their "meditation." When the system engineers created a critical error message for AmigaOS, they decided to call it Guru Meditation as a joke referencing this failed relaxation activity.
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Very cool story, I didn’t know about that. nowadays we don’t see as many creative easter eggs. Mostly because everyone is focused on making money and less on having fun. I think
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Yatima
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I’ve always believed that easter eggs reflect that someone had fun creating that software, whatever kind it may be. It contrasts with the more corporate approach of just making it work for the money, and that’s it.
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