Computer Facts

    Random Computer Facts

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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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    Random Darknet Shopper
    Random Darknet Shopper
    There's a bot called the 'Random Darknet Shopper' that is given $100 in bitcoins every week to purchase random items on the darkweb. It ended up buying 10 ecstasy pills and the creator was subsequently arrested.
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    The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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    On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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