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HYPE REMINDER!
sure, but it's misleading as others might look for a giveaway from @dustinc
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LAST GA WAS ON....? HMM?
Let them look and thing is it's one of the top comment with "was"!
The Hollywood sign was changed by a prankster in 1976 to read "Hollyweed", after the passage of a state law decriminalising marijuana.
lol
Aerogel" is the lightest solid material in the world. A silicon-based solid with a porous, 99% of its volume is empty space.
It was in 1971 that the first-ever computer virus emerged. The creators intended to experiment and analyze how it could spread across the files and computer itself. When it did, the screen showed the message: “I’m the creeper, catch if you can!”
Once it successfully reaches one’s computer, it replicates itself and eats the remaining memory until the computer can no longer operate due to insufficient storage.
The first-ever computer had a weight of over 27 Tons
The first programmable and digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), was developed in 1945.
The first mouse was made from wood!
Doug Engelbart designed the first computer mouse in 1964, which consisted of a wooden casing with two rollers and a button on top.
Before we had Windows, it was supposed to be named Interface Manager.
Windows OS would have been dubbed ‘Interface Manager’ if Bill Gates had his choice. It was planned by Bill Gates to be released under the same exact name since before it was established, the project was nicknamed “Interface Manager.”.
Firefox is not a fox!
In 2004, the Mozilla Firefox came into existence. This “firefox” is actually a red panda, an endangered Asian species.
Everyone thought Abraham Lincoln was ugly, including himself. Once when he was accused of being "two-faced," he replied, "If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one?".
In 1936, Russians developed a computer that functioned on water.
When you open the casing of the first Macintosh, you will find 47 autographs from members of Apple’s Macintosh division in 1982.
In 1833, Charles Babbage devised all of the components that make up a modern computer.
Sony unlawfully implanted rootkits on 22 million computers in 2005 to prevent users from stealing copyrighted music, which was difficult to eradicate.
A single computer program detects over half of all Wikipedia vandalism with more than 90% precision.
92% of the world's currency exists only on computers.
Only about 8-10% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest is in online banking, in-network currencies, etc.
Easy backdoors into computer systems and networks...
A random memory stick an employee found in a parking lot hacked U.S military computers.
This was the worst breach of U.S military computer in history. A foreign intelligence agency encrypted the memory stick.
A 15-year-old once hacked NASA.
This incident forced NASA to command a shut down of operations for 21 days. This cost an approximate 41,000 dollars to check the systems and fix it. Jonathan James, the teen who managed to hack NASA’s database, was under house arrest. He was not allowed to leave until he turned 18 and was under strict surveillance.
The inventor of intermittent windshield wipers tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued, and won.
80% of emails sent daily are spam mail.
Most of these emails are ads, newsletters, and other junk emails.
In 2010, a high school in Pennsylvania issued MacBooks to its entire student body.
These computers were linked to the school. Its real purpose was to be used to remotely control the webcams to spy on their students at home.
Over 5000 new computer viruses are released every month.
More than 317 million new pieces of malware are also found each day.
RACKNERD VPS PARTY!!!
And soon after the world had it's first anti-virus software named reaper!
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