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* One of the early load tests of the original Bittorrent client was a large "sample video" file. |
* One of the early load tests of the original Bittorrent client was a large "sample video" file. |
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* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by the IPv6 Experiment. Now over, it was an attempt to get people to switch from version four of the internet protocol to version six, by enticing them with free porn only available to those with IPv6. |
* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by the IPv6 Experiment. Now over, it was an attempt to get people to switch from version four of the internet protocol to version six, by enticing them with free porn only available to those with IPv6. |
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* If you downloaded Microsoft's file player in 2009, you could read fifty-seven [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343502,00.asp back issues of Playboy]. |
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* When digital image compression algorithms were being researched in the early 70s, they would most probably be tested on "[[wikipedia:Lenna|Lenna]]", the informally default test image that happened to be scanned from the November 1972 [[Playboy]] centerfold. |
* When digital image compression algorithms were being researched in the early 70s, they would most probably be tested on "[[wikipedia:Lenna|Lenna]]", the informally default test image that happened to be scanned from the November 1972 [[Playboy]] centerfold. |
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** This particular image is cropped to a head-and-shoulder shot, with an arguably [[Longing Look|suggestive expression]] but no display of naughty bits. |
** This particular image is cropped to a head-and-shoulder shot, with an arguably [[Longing Look|suggestive expression]] but no display of naughty bits. |
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