The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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In February 2004, a unique Morse code for the '@' symbol was introduced: ·--·-· (Dit-Dah-Dah-Dit-Dah-Dit).

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The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.

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Spam filters that catch the word "cialis" will not allow many work-related e-mails through because that word is embedded inside the word "specialist".

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35 Billion e-mails are sent each day throughout the world.

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During Bill Clinton's entire eight year presidency, he only sent two e-mails. One was to John Glenn when he was aboard the space shuttle, and the other was a test of the e-mail system.

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77 percent of Yahoo! Mail poll respondents said they are more aggravated by weeding through spam than they are by cleaning a dirty toilet.

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The real name of "the" Bill Gates is William Henry Gates III. Nowadays he is known as Bill Gates (III). By converting the letters of his current name to the ASCII-values and adding his (III), you get the following:
B 66
I 73
L 76
L 76
G 71
A 65
T 84
E 69
S 83
I 1
I 1
I 1
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666

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More Microsoft ASCII conversion conspiracy theories...

M S - D O S 6 . 3 1

77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54+46+50+49 = 666

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W I N D O W S 9 5

87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1 = 666

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A byte, in computer terms, means 8 bits. A nibble is half that: 4 bits. (Two nibbles make a byte!)

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Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

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The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

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Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox

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There are 6,000 new computer virus's released every month.

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Despite what Hollywood claims in the film U-571, the Germans' wartime Enigma code machine was actually captured in a British operation involving HMS Bulldog and HMS Aubretia in May 1941 - six months before the USA joined World War 2.