Monday, March 31, 2008

Alot of task questions

1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Onel de Guzman was charged for being the creator of the infamous 'Lovebug' computer virus that spread through emails across the world.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html

2. Who invented the paper clip?
Johan Vaaler is said to be the creator of the paper clip back in 1899. Vaaler was a Norwegian inventor with a degree in electronics.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpaperclip.htm

3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
The virus' name comes from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile has the worlds largest recorded earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php

5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1,073,741,824 kilobytes to a terabyte
http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/

6. Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson
http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

7. What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
The storm worm is a virus that infects computers causing it to send out a lot of junk e-mail advertising with web links. When these web links are clicked the lastest file is downloaded to that computer. Some experts say that the storm worm virus has infected close to 10 million computers.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/the_storm_worm_maelstrom_or_te.html?nav=rss_blog

8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly, what is the most efficient way?
The most efficient way according to the Governments website is to send something via mail to this address; The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Prime Minister Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600.http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

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

10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words? Participation of users on the internet sharing and collaborating files and information. Some examples wikipedia, myspace, bit torrents.http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0.html

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