Random Computer Facts

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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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    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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    Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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    Lose/Lose
    Lose/Lose
    There's a video game called "Lose/Lose" that deletes a random file on your computer every time you kill an enemy.
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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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    In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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