26Linux for PlayStation 2
Sony released a kit that allows PS2s (Linux for PlayStation 2) to be used as a personal computer.
27. There was a computer worm that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download a patch from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself.
28. Gaming computers heat a room just as efficiently as a space heater does.
29. In 2005, Sony illegally installed rootkits on 22 million computers to prevent the users from ripping copyrighted music, and could not be uninstalled. It also reported user's listening habits back to Sony. Ironically, the code itself contained open source software, and so infringed copyright.
30. Hard disks are so sensitive to vibration, that just screaming at them diminishes their performance.
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31Gary Kasparov
In May 1997, an IBM supercomputer known as Deep Blue beat then chess world champion Garry Kasparov, who had once bragged that he would never lose to a machine. After 15 years, it was discovered that the critical move made by Deep Blue was due to a bug in its software.
32. There is a programming language called INTERCAL which has keywords like IGNORE, PLEASE , FORGET. If you don't use PLEASE enough times while coding, Compiler rejects the code.
33. Computer algorithms can correctly spot a fake review on TripAdvisor 90% of the time, while humans are no better than chance.
34. In 1960, the computer at NORAD warned with 99.9% certainty that the Soviets had just launched a full-scale missile attack against North America. NORAD later discovered that the Early Warning System in Greenland had interpreted the moon rising over Norway as a missile attack from Siberia.
35. Webcams were invented because some computer scientists were too lazy to get up to check if their coffee was done.
