- The National DNA Index contains over 9,875,100 offender profiles, 1,216,400 arrestee profiles, and 447,300 forensic profiles. As of August 2012, CODIS (Combined DNA Index System)—the software that runs criminal justice DNA databases—has produced over 187,700 hits assisting in more than 180,000 investigations.
- The FBI maintains more than 5,000 samples of human and animal hair in its training reference collection.
- The Uniform Crime Reporting program, created in 1929, provides crime data (number of murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries, etc.) reported by more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies for use by those and other law enforcement agencies as well as policymakers, academia, and the public.
Between 400 and 600 pieces of chad (tiny bits of paper) are in one 8.5 x 11” sheet of shredded paper. Our document examiners piece shredded documents back together.
- The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) averages nearly 8.8 million transactions a day, serving more than 92,000 users. NCIC set a single-day record on July 2, 2012, processing more than 12 million transactions.
- STB manages the world’s largest repository of biometric-supported criminal histories, with 72.6 million subject criminal history records contained in the system.
During fiscal year 2012, the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) examined 53,931 pieces of media. CART examined more than 17,000 terabytes of data while supporting more than 9,700 investigations.
- Nearly 18 million background checks are conducted each year through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine purchase eligibility for firearms and explosives.
- The Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (RCFL) program provides services to more than 4,000 agencies in 17 states. In fiscal year 2011, 766 agencies requested RCFL assistance on major cases.
- The FBI maintains supercomputing resources with the ability to decrypt secure media in one day that would otherwise take 162 years to complete. Malicious software can be analyzed by the Bureau using automated systems within a matter of minutes.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
1-5 Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
1. The skull recovered by the Soviets in 2000, that was believed to have been Adolf Hitler’s was tested in 2009 and was confirmed to be of a woman in her 30s. – Source
2. Hitler often praised the “efficiency” of the American Genocide of Native Americans. – Source
3. After Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Adolf Hitler sent Owens a commemorative inscribed cabinet photograph of himself. Honors were not bestowed upon Jesse Owens by either President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Harry S. Truman during their terms. – Source
4. When coming to power in January 1933, the Nazi Party passed a comprehensive set of animal protection laws, with Hitler saying “In the new Reich, no more animal cruelty will be allowed.” – Source
5. A German author published his novel in 2012 called Er ist wieder da (He’s back again) in which Hitler wakes up in modern Berlin with no memories since 1945 and becomes a comedian. – Source
6-10 Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
6. The French Resistance cut the elevator cables to the Eiffel Tower to keep Hitler from visiting it during his visit when Paris fell. When faced with the prospect of climbing over 1500 stairs, he opted out. – Source
7. Hitler orchestrated what was the most powerful anti-smoking movement in the world during the 1930s and early 1940s. – Source
8. Nearly all profits from Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”, his image and his artwork go to charity. Bavaria owns the rights and sometimes has difficulty finding a charity to accept them, as they are widely considered “blood money.” – Source
9. One of Hitler’s personal chauffeurs and close friends was found to be Jewish and was targeted for expulsion from the SS by Heinrich Himmler. Upon hearing that Maurice was of Jewish descent Hitler made an exception for Maurice and his brothers calling them “honorary Aryans.” – Source
10. If his father hadn’t changed his name in 1877, Hitler’s name would have been “Adolf Schicklgruber.” – Source
11-15 Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
11. After a total war economy was instituted in 1943, Hitler had the women’s cosmetics industry gradually closed down rather than banned outright to avoid upsetting Eva Braun. – Source
12. Hitler planned to collect thousands of Jewish artifacts to build the “Museum of An Extinct Race.” – Source
13. To foster infighting and maximize power, Adolf Hitler used to intentionally give contradicting orders to officers whose duties he knew would overlap. – Source
14. Hitler accidentally bombed his nephew’s house in Liverpool, so the nephew moved to the United States to fight with the Allies. – Source
15. Hitler grew to hate soccer because it couldn’t be fixed to ensure German victory over non-Germans. – Source
16-20 Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
16. Hitler wrote a second book after Mein Kampf in 1928. In it he describes why he would go to war in Europe and how he admired US eugenics programs. It was never published because he feared it would hurt already-low Mien Kampf sales. – Source
17. Hitler had a Jewish-Austrian doctor who didn’t charge Hitler’s family during his childhood due to their economic hardship. Because of this Hitler showed his “Everlasting Gratitude” by never sentencing him to a concentration camp, had him protected, by the Gestapo, and referred to him as “Noble Jew”. . – Source
18. Plans to assassinate Hitler were cancelled because it was feared his successor would be a more rational and effective leader. – Source
19. When the battle of Stalingrad seemed lost for the Germans, Hitler expected his General, F. Paulus, to commit suicide. His response was: “I have no intention of shooting myself for this Bohemian corporal”. Paulus surrendered in Feb 2, 1943. – Source
20. Hitler never regarded the Chinese and Japanese as inferior to the Aryans. He thought that “their past history was superior to our own.” – Source
21-25 Interesting Facts About Adolf Hitler
21. Hitler banned the Nobel Prize and created his own German National Prize for Art and Science and awarded one to Ferdinand Porsche, who developed the world’s first hybrid car, as well as the Volkswagen Beetle. – Source
22. Hitler admired the Greek resistance to the invading German army so much that he ordered the release of all Greek POWs for “their gallant bearing.” – Source
23. The Nazi party tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday celebrating the coming of Hitler, with Saint Nicholas replaced by Odin the “Solstice Man” and swastikas on top of Christmas trees. – Source
24. When the D-Day forces landed, Hitler was asleep. None of his generals dared send reinforcements without his permission, and no-one dared wake him. – Source
25. A Jewish lawyer called Hans Litten put rising politician Adolf Hitler in the witness box and cross-examined him for 3 hours. Litten was later arrested when the Nazis came into power and was brutally tortured for 5 years until he committed suicide. – Source
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Unknown facts about google
"Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one." So began the "letter from the founders" penned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the company's securities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin and Page have kept to their word.
Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company's relatively short past?
Here we bring you 10 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life.
1. The First Google Doodle
Google's famous homepage "Doodles" (the changing Google logo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millions around the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary. But did you know that the very first Google Doodle was designed as a kind of "out of office" message?
In 1998 Brin and Page took the weekend off to go the Burning Man festival in Nevada. The Burning Man doodle (shown above), was designed by the Google guys and added to the homepage to let their users know they were out of office and couldn't fix technical issues like a server crash.
2. Interesting Figures from the Google IPO
While the initial price for Google's stock at its Initial Public Offering in August 2004 is an interesting stat in itself, there's more to the story. The opening price for Google's stock was $85 per share. At the time of writing, the stock price was $483 but has soared as high as $600 in the past year, making GOOG a rather nice investment for many.
A bonus factoid from Google's IPO process is the value Google stated it hoped to raise on its S-1 form — as much as $2,718,281,828. It may just look like a string of numbers to non-mathletes, but 2,718,281,828 is actually the first ten digits of the mathematical constant ""e"," showing that even as their company was planning to go public, the Google guys could still geek out with a bit of numerical humor.
3. The First Google Storage Was Made From LEGO
As proud hosts to Google back when it was still a research project, and known as "BackRub," here Stanford now showcases the original Google storage from way back in 1996. It's made up of a whopping 40 GB (less than a modern iPod) and it's made from, as fans of the building bricks will be delighted to see, LEGO. It even hash funny mini-figures on the top.
Legend has it that the reason for the LEGO construction was that the Google guys needed an easily expandable, and cheap way to house 10 4 GB hard drives, and LEGO fit the bill. Whether the primary colors of the bricks used were the hues that went on to inspire the Google logo's design is up for debate, but we'd guess it wasn't just a coincidence.
4. Google's First Ever Tweet
Google's first ever Twitter post was as satisfyingly geeky as you could hope for. The message, sent in February 2009, reads "I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010."
For anyone not fluent in binary, here's a hint — it's a well known phrase from the company's homepage. Got it? Yep, it reads: "I'm feeling lucky."
5. Google Rents Goats
This one isn't actually one of Google's infamous April Fools' Day jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. It rents goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ.
The operation of 200 goats (plus herder and a border collie) is kind to the environment, and as Google puts it: "A lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers."
6. Google's Impact on Language
While you'd think the news that the Merriam-Webster and Oxford English Dictionary adding "google" as a verb to their lexicons in 2006 would thrill the search engine, Google was actually none too pleased with the development.
"We'd like to make clear that you should please only use 'Google' when you’re actually referring to Google Inc. and our services," the company wrote in a blog post at the time.
The rationale behind the semantic displeasure was that Google had "a brand to protect," and feared Google would "slip from trademarked status into common usage." Now, four years later, we have to say Google was fighting a losing battle — just 'google it.'
However, we've found some other Google-themed linguistic delights for you — a Google staffer is commonly referred to as a "Googler," while a new team member joins as a "Noogler." Nooglers also used to wear a colorful hat with a spinner on top. According to a former employee, those hats are now pretty scarce in some offices, instead: "Every Noogler gets a yellow smiley balloon and a nameplate."
7. Google Is Dog-Friendly
Google is a super dog-friendly company. It proudly names "company dogs," like Yoshka(described as a "free-range Leonberger") pictured above. Yoshka accompanies Urs Holzle, senior VP operations and Google Fellow to the Googleplex. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office.
According to Google's "Dog Policy", one indiscretion too many on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, means Lassie will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcome across the campus.
Unfortunately, cats are not quite as welcome. Here's an excerpt taken directly from Google's Code of Conduct: "Google's affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we're a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out."
8. Google's First Ever "Company Snack" Was Swedish Fish
Back in February, 1999, the chewy candy known as "Swedish Fish" became the first ever company snack (not counting beverages) that was ordered into the Google office.
Although a relatively small event, it has led to big things. Google is infamous in the industry for treating its employees to not just free drinks and snacks on tap, but full-on gourmet meals, three times a day at a plethora of on-site cafes and eateries, as well as regular BBQs during the summer.
Brin and Page have been quoted in the past as saying no Googler should have to go more than 100 feet for food, leading to snack-filled "microkitchens" that are liberally dotted around the Google offices.
In fact, the free food is said to be so tempting that Googlers risk the "Google 15," similar to the "Freshman 15," where they pile on weight soon after joining the company. Good thing they also have a Google gym.
Backing this up, here's a stat from Google — "Bay Area Googlers consumed approximately 5,500 pounds of handmade chocolates from the snack bins in the microkitchens in 2007." Wow.
9. The Google Logo Was Not Centered Until 2001
Google's famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn't actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001. As early users will remember, the homepage had a bias to the left-hand side, and even earlier — back in 1998 — Google sported a Yahoo-style exclamation mark.
10. Google Has a Company Dinosaur
By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seen at the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely the gigantic T-Rex skeleton — nicknamed "Stan" after a "real" dino found nearby — that looms menacingly at Googlers in Mountain View.
Joining Stan in the unique campus decorations is a scale replica of the SpaceShipOne, enormous Android-themed models, pink flamingos, a large LEGO man, Google-colored phone boxes and grown-up size ball pits. One thing seems for sure — just like the company itself — life at the Googleplex must be far from dull.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Unknown Facts about Apple.inc
2. Some fake Apple stores in China are so realistic, even employees are convinced.
Many of China’s notorious counterfeit Apple stores are obvious fakes, but one store in Kunming employed workers who had no idea they weren’t really working for the Cupertino corporation.
3. Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty.
Be careful with your cigarette: Apple has refused to repair the computers of consumers that were found to have tar residue from cigs, declaring it a “biohazard” to its employees.
5. Apple owns the patent for the “slide to unlock” feature.
Apple is currently suing Samsung, claiming patent infringement, over this. A judge has already overturned Apple’s patent claims to “slide to unlock” in Germany.
7. Apple once had more operating cash in the bank than the U.S. Treasury.
In 2011, Apple Inc. boasted cash reserves of $75.88 billion, while Washington had an operating balance of $73.77 billion.
8. Jonathan Ive has worn the same T-shirt in every Apple product intro video since 2000.
They come in lovely dad-shades of earth tones and they’re made by a company called G-Star.
9. The original Apple 1 computer sold for $666.66.
Steve Wozniak claims he chose the price not for any, uh, religious significance, but because “it was just an easier way to type.”
10. Employees at Apple headquarters in Cupertino earn an average of US $125,000 a year.
$$$$! Apple employees in the Cupertino area earned a total of $2 billion in 2012.
11. The very first image shown on the Macintosh was of Disney character Scrooge McDuck.
“An image of Scrooge McDuck sitting on top of a huge pile of money bags, blithely playing his fiddle, with a big grin on his beak,” to be exact.
12. Steve Jobs eliminated all corporate charity programs in 1997.
Getty / Justin Sullivan
Shortly before Jobs passed away, New York Times writer Andrew Ross Sorkincalled attention to the fact that there was “no public record of Mr. Jobs giving money to charity,” though Sorkin acknowledged Jobs may have donated anonymously over the years. U2 singer Bono fought back in a letter to the editor, praising Jobs’ work with Project RED.
13. Everything you say to Siri is sent to Apple, analyzed, and stored for up to two years.
So maybe ease up on the swearing, mmmkay?
14. Apple’s iPhone has higher sales than everything Microsoft has to offer.
“In the quarter ended March 31, 2012, iPhone had sales of $22.7 billion; Microsoft Corporation, $17.4 billion.”
15. Carl Sagan sued Apple for defamation, but lost.
In 1994, Apple engineers developed a Power MacIntosh computer code named “Carl Sagan.” The name was only used internally, but Sagan was unhappy, stating that his endorsement is not for sale. The engineers on the project changed the code name to “BHA,” which meant, according the them, “Butt-Head Astronomer.” Sagan took his case to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, but was not successful.
17. Steve Wozniak sold 80,000 of his own Apple shares for cheap prices to employees who otherwise wouldn’t have gotten any after the IPO.
From Robert X. Cringely’s Accidental Empires: “In many ways, Woz was … Apple’s conscience. When the company was up and running, and it became evident that some early employees had been treated more fairly than others in the distribution of stock, it was Wozniak who played the peacemaker, selling cheaply 80,000 of his own Apple shares to employees who felt cheated and even to those who just wanted to make money at Woz’s expense.”
Source:http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/apple-facts#48n8jt5
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