Simple Systems

By: Tasadduq Bashir

You might have read some interesting Internet firsts and facts in some older posts so, I thought why not write something about Computer. After all,  it’s computer which laid foundation of many technologies we use daily. Obviously, computer was not in the current shape from the beginning. Let’s step back towards the history and learn some interesting facts about computer.

1. First ever microprocessor by Intel was “4004”.

2. Micral N was the first personal computer built on Intel processor 8008. This personal computer was built in 1972 and more than 90,000 units were sold.

3. First hard disk drive was introduced by Seagate in 1979, which could hold 5 M.B. of data.

4. First computer virus was written by Farooq Alvi brothers (Basit Farooq Alvi & Amjad Farooq Alvi) in 1986. Though some other people say that it was written even before. Alvi brothers wrote this virus to protect their research work.

5. First Computer Company to register domain name was “Digital Equipment Corporation”.

6. HP (Hewlett Packard) was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.

7. QWERTY keyboard sequence is 129 years old.

8. Largest four software making Companies are:

• Microsoft
• Adobe
• Sap
• Computer Associates

9. 1,693,000 terabytes of information are produced and stored per year.

10. Maximum numbers of transistors on a chip are on nVidia GeFore 6800 Ultra, which contains 222 million of them.

11. First ISP was “CompuServe” which was set up in 1969. This ISP is now an acquisition of AOL.

12. “The Dirty Dozen” is the name of 12 engineers who designed IBM PC.

13. It could take more than the age of universe to crack a 128 bit SSL encrypted message.

14. Windows 95 can run on a 20 MHz 386DX and 4 MB of RAM.

15. [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Delete] sequence was written by “David Bradley”.

Read the full article at: http://www.techreaders.com/2010/03/15-interesting-computer-facts/

By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld

According to a video posting on YouTube of memory card maker Transcend and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have teamed up to produce a USB 3.0 flash drive with up to 2TB of capacity.

The drive, described as measuring as long as a human thumb and slightly thicker than a penny, was video taped at the Display Taiwan 2011 technology show. The model on display had only 16GB, but the display states that it’s capable of scaling to 2TB.

“If you’re wondering who exactly is ITRI and why have they created an ultra thin 2TB USB, they are Taiwan’s government sponsored innovation lab whose sole purpose is to help Taiwanese companies innovate, and since Taiwan is the home of hardware, it stands to reason they’d have some cool gadgets laying around,” the YouTube poster states.

Neither Taiwan-based Transcend nor the ITRI immediately responded to Computerworld requests for information about the drive technology.

Read the original article with the associated video at:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/239260/is_transcend_planning_a_2tb_usb_thumb_drive.html

**Contributed to Swenny’s E-Mail Funnies by Bob Laurie, Juneau, Alaska**

Patron: Waiter!

Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I’ll be your Support.

Waiter. What seems to be the problem?

Patron: There’s a fly in my soup!

Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won’t be there this time.

Patron: No, it’s still there.

Waiter: Maybe it’s the way you’re using the soup. Try eating it with a fork instead.

Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there.

Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl. What kind of bowl are you using?

Patron: A SOUP bowl!

Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it’s a configuration problem. How was the bowl set up?

Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer. What has that to do with the fly in my soup?!

Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly in your soup?

Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!

Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day?

Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day??

Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour.

Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?

Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato.

Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup, and the check. I’m running late now.

[waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check]

Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check.

Patron: This is potato soup.

Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn’t ready yet.

Patron: Well, I’m so hungry now, I’ll eat anything.

[waiter leaves.]

Patron: Waiter! There’s a gnat in my soup!

The check:

Soup of the Day . . . . . . . . . . $5.00

Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . $2.50

Access to support . . . . . . . . . $1.00

Found on: http://www.squarewheels.com/jokes/computerjokes.html