Comment Comment by frisco This reminds me of the "isUserAMonkey" thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7792123/strange-function-...That turned out to refer to automated testing harnesses as opposed to live users (see: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html). Unfortunately, http://developer.android.com/tools/help/goat.html 404s.The Android API is known for lots of little hidden references and Google jokes. The SensorManager for example has a bunch (i.e., GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I and SENSOR_TRICORDER: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sens...).According to the Chrome team, the "Goats Teleported" reference in Chrome is just a random number: http://www.quora.com/Google-Chrome/How-is-the-number-for-Goa...So, it appears that isUserAGoat is most likely just an engineering joke that shipped. parent frisco 14 years ago
That turned out to refer to automated testing harnesses as opposed to live users (see: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html). Unfortunately, http://developer.android.com/tools/help/goat.html 404s.
The Android API is known for lots of little hidden references and Google jokes. The SensorManager for example has a bunch (i.e., GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I and SENSOR_TRICORDER: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sens...).
According to the Chrome team, the "Goats Teleported" reference in Chrome is just a random number: http://www.quora.com/Google-Chrome/How-is-the-number-for-Goa...
So, it appears that isUserAGoat is most likely just an engineering joke that shipped.