We're going on a Google hunt!

We’re going on a Google hunt!

Greetings fellow bloggers join me this week for the exciting adventures of SEARCH ENGINES. Now there are some rules that we must follow and these include : NO WIKIPEDIA OR GOOGLE!. Otherwise do not pass go do not collect $200. answer the questions given to you and provide the appropriate search engine you used. Are you ready? On your markie’s, grab your car keys, GO.

Question 1: who was the creator of the infamous ‘love bug’ computer virus?

Onel de Guzman! (Sneaky sneaky man, all he wanted was to share the love)

Question 2: who invented the paperclip?

Johan Vaaler 1899 Norway! (Thanks Johan, now I know that my papers can stay firmly clasped together without hesitation or worry)

Question 3: How did the Ebola Virus get its name?

Question 4: What country had the largest ever recorded earthquake?

Chili 1960, it reached 9.5 on the Richter scale! (Talk about a bumpy ride)

Question 5: In computer memory storage terms, how many kilobytes are in a terabyte?

1024³!

Question 6: Who was the creator of email?

Ray Tomlinson 1971 (thanks Tom! You have made the world a better place with the spread of spam and virus’ the world over! Kudos man)

Question 7: What is the storm worm? And how many computers were infected by it?

The Storm worm was not just a normal computer worm; it was more like a worm, Trojan, and bot all rolled into one. It disguised itself as a news article hiding in email attachments stating ‘230 dead as storm takes Europe’. The storm worm was estimated to have infected between 1 million and 50 million computers. (No comment)

Question 8: If you wanted to contact the Prime minister of Australia directly, what is the most efficient way?

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Prime minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT
(You have to love K-Rudd!)


Question 9: Which Brisbane based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (head of school of arts) apart of?

Black assassins. (Go Stephen, rock on buddy!)

Question 10: What doest the term ‘Web 2.0’ means in your words?

A controlled economically effective one of a kind data source. which software is above the level of a single device. (Really really confusing!)

TADA!! We did it! we did it! we did it! YAY! that was not too hard, though right now i am missing google, im not used to all these unfamilliar search engines, its like dorothy walking through the woods with a scarecrow a tin man and a rather timid dog screaming "LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS OH MY"! But now that i have seen that the lion is just a cowardly small insignificant creature i can now rest alot eaiser at night.

Keep it real New Com Tech Bloggers!
there's no place like home!
xo