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November 8, 2022 // Web version //
TimeMachiner. Tech, culture, nostalgia. By Aaron Crocco
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That’s Miss Jackson, if You’re Crashy
Notepad of Doom
That’s Miss Jackson, if You’re Crashy
Leave it to a mega star like Janet Jackson to create a cyber security situation back in the mid-2000s. The pop singer of yesteryear released a song called Rhythm Nation which happened to emit some frequencies that would legit crash a nearby computer. Rob Thubron at Techspot has more of this odd tale. Jackson's…
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Notepad of Doom
Doom is one of the most well-known and earliest entries into successful PC gaming. Id practically invented the FPS (First Person Shooter) genre with Wolfenstein and then Doom. For years, the joke is asking if a piece of technology runs Doom. Now, we get the ultimate Doom: running in Notepad. Chris Kerr at Game…
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