Day 3 - Tutorial questions

1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?

Onel de Guzman, 24, a computer school student, has admitting writing a password-stealing program as a school project. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html - found with yahoo.com

2. Who invented the paper clip?

The modern paper clip was patented on November 9, 1899 to William D. Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut. Middlebrook invented not just the paper clip but he also invented a machine to produce the paper clip. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm - found with ask.com


3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?

The disease is caused by infection with Ebola virus, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where it w as first recognized. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf - found with hotbot.com

4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?

The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php - found with ask.com


5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?

1 terabyte = 1000 gigabytes = 1000000 megabytes – asked my children

6. Who is the creator of email?

Computer engineer, Ray Tomlinson invented internet based email in late 1971. Under ARPAnet several major innovations occurred: email (or electronic mail), the ability to send simple messages to another person across the network (1971). http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/email.htm -found with yahoo.com


7. What is unique about the political organisation of the Kingdom of Nri?

The Igbo peoples of Nri made, an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi Douglas Chambers, who teaches history, a traditional chief, the first white person adopted by the royal lineage in its history. http://www.nrikingdom.com/ - found with hotbot.com

8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly, what is the most efficient way?

You could sit on the steps of parliament house when it is in session or you could go to http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=ZD4 – found with yahoo.com

Which Brisbane punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?

9. Which Brisbane punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?

Stephen played keyboard for Brisbane punk band, the Black Assassins - http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm - found with altavista.com

10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LzQIUANnHc it tells you all about it. I learnt a new word – mashup – found with yahoo.com