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  2. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The scammer may block the victim from viewing their screen, claiming that it is the result of malware or of a scan being run, and use this time to search the victim's files for sensitive information, attempt to break into the victim's bank account with stolen or found credentials or activate the webcam and see the victim's face.

  3. List of Google April Fools' Day jokes - Wikipedia

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    From 2000 to 2019, Google frequently inserted jokes and hoaxes into its products on April Fools' Day, which takes place on April 1.The company ceased performing April Fools jokes in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has not performed them since.

  4. Fool's errand - Wikipedia

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    Hammer and Nails (1977) by Hans Godo Frabel.A "glass hammer" is a highly impractical object which an apprentice might be sent to fetch as part of a fool's errand. A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical task by older or more experienced members of the group.

  5. Scareware - Wikipedia

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    Winwebsec is the term usually used to address the malware that attacks the users of Windows operating system and produces fake claims similar to that of genuine anti-malware software. [ 15 ] SpySheriff exemplifies spyware and scareware: it purports to remove spyware, but is actually a piece of spyware itself, often accompanying SmitFraud ...

  6. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Preview builds of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server (available from the Windows Insider program) feature a dark green background instead of a blue one. [26] [27] [24] Windows 3.1, 95, and 98 supports customizing the color of the screen [28] whereas the color is hard-coded in the Windows NT family. [28]

  7. Color calibration - Wikipedia

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    Input data can come from device sources like digital cameras, image scanners, or any other measuring devices.Those inputs can be either monochrome (in which case only the response curve needs to be calibrated, though in a few select cases, one must also specify the color or spectral power distribution that that single channel corresponds to) or specified in multidimensional color, most ...

  8. Punk'd - Wikipedia

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    Originally, Ashton Kutcher and MTV were developing a program called Harassment, a hidden camera show which would feature pranks on regular everyday anonymous people.. However, a January 2002 prank involving a fake dead body at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas backfired and the couple who were targets of the prank sued Kutcher, MTV, and the hotel for $10 mill

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/February 2006 ...

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    Canon ZR90; Canon Powershot A620; I had no luck with Google. If the same is true for everybody, how can I accurately measure the FOV? The more accurate the better. I have lots of time, but I don't want to spend any money. ---- Bowlhover 21:32, 1 February 2006 (UTC) Set one up and take a picture of a wall.