Computer Facts

    Random Computer Facts

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    The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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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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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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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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    For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
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    Facebook Hacking
    Facebook Hacking
    Facebook pays at least $500 if you can find a way to hack the site.
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    By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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