stee
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In the mid to late 90s, Adam and Josh would often spend afternoons at a friend's house. Short on things to do, they would sometimes perform searches on P2P networks using basic and broad terms to yield the most results. They would then randomly choose a result to see what they found.
On one occasion, after performing a search for "ste" on the Scour P2P network, they came across a file named simply "stee~.jpg" or something similar. Deciding this was exactly the kind of result they were looking for, they downloaded it only to find that it was a corrupt or incomplete photo of a person they couldn't identify. The photo seemed to be professional in nature, such that it might appear in a press kit or magazine. Only a small portion of the person's face was visible, while a good portion of his body was. His clothing struck them as the kind that a celebrity or other famous person would wear. Finding this endlessly humorous, the three of them laughed about it throughout the afternoon.
It was only later that they came to realize that the man in the corrupted picture had to be Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, which gave meaning to the name of the file. Unfortunately the actual file has been lost to time.
On one occasion, after performing a search for "ste" on the Scour P2P network, they came across a file named simply "stee~.jpg" or something similar. Deciding this was exactly the kind of result they were looking for, they downloaded it only to find that it was a corrupt or incomplete photo of a person they couldn't identify. The photo seemed to be professional in nature, such that it might appear in a press kit or magazine. Only a small portion of the person's face was visible, while a good portion of his body was. His clothing struck them as the kind that a celebrity or other famous person would wear. Finding this endlessly humorous, the three of them laughed about it throughout the afternoon.
It was only later that they came to realize that the man in the corrupted picture had to be Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, which gave meaning to the name of the file. Unfortunately the actual file has been lost to time.
Category: Artifacts