Sunday, March 30, 2008

Tutorial Questions

My tutorial task for this week is to answer a series of questions, using internet search engines other than google or wikipedia. I've never used any other search engines, so I'm just starting to realise that I take both for granted (especially google). Anyway here goes.

1.) Creator of computer virus, Lovebug?
Onel de Guzman, a twenty- four- year old computer school student from Manila, Philippines.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html

2.) Who invented the paper clip?
A Norwegian inventor, Johan Vaaler, in 1899.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpaperclip.htm

3.) How did the Ebola virus get its name?
The virus gets its name from the Ebola River in Northern Congo, where its first cases were discovered. The four subtypes of Ebola are named based on their geographical location (Zaire, Sudan, Reston, and Ivory Coast).
http://www.answers.com/topic/ebola?cat=health

4.) Largest recorded earthquake in the world?
Chile, 1960.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php

5.) In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
A Terabyte is equivalent to 1,073,741,824 Kilobytes.
http://www.wizbit.net/cd-dvd_production_faqs_what_is_a_terabyte.htm

6.) Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/03/12/inventor-of-email-i-didnt-see-spam-coming/

Ok 6 questions is enough. Using google or wikipedia is so much easier, and quicker!

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