Hello everyone out there,
Here are some interesting facts from our week three tutorial task.
1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
The current world record belongs to Steve Daletas of Oregon. His pumpkin weighed 1,385 pounds (628 kilograms).
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
He arrives at the Pizzey Park pool on the Gold Coast at 5am.
3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
A giraffe's tongue is just about two feet long
4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?
The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. In my own words i think its like a relationship between concepts, got to do with computers.
5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
1969: First feature and first film in 35mm, "Stereo" (produced, directed, wrote, shot and edited)
6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
For many years 555 was the unassigned dialling code in the US, but due to expansion the codes been recently re-assigned
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
I found this question really difficult. The cheapest form of travel would be by ferry.
9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
I'll Never Find Another You- The Seekers
10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
Stephen Stockwell plays in a Brisbane band called 'Black Assassins'.
That was actually harder than i thought it would be. I noticed when typing in these questions i would get alot of the classes blog entries (don't worry i didn't copy). I'm so used to Google so it was good getting used to a variety of different search engines. I would say a search engine is like an electronic library (that isn't exactly creditable), i think that rank pretty highly though, because without them then how would you find different sites about different things. Example: you have been looking for a particular recipe for ages and you cannot find it anywhere. If you access the Internet, most people wouldn't even know how to go about looking for it, that's when these search engines come in handy.
The order of the search results is pretty helpful, it is pretty much, the more related, the higher the ranking. Example: I'm looking for information on R31 skylines, in yahoo the search results will show the r31 skyline club up there because its the most relevant. I also notices wikipedia being pretty high in the search results as well. My favourite search engine is http://www.google.com/, i think its because its the only one Ive ever really been familiar with. I like how you have choices (most search engines probably do) but they have the tabs at the top, you can search information, images, current news articles. I also have a Google toolbar so its so convenient just to click that.
Some current news stories about search engines include:
Google: Media giants tie up with Google's YouTube rivals for online video distribution
Google: Google's expansion is coming at a price: it's losing its popularity
Yahoo: Yahoo's new ad program clicks
Yahoo: Yahoo! India content head quits
Ill post my information on my essay in another blog, i really don't want to lose everything Ive written. =D
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