Entry 3. - Questions that need answering.

Search engine – www.yahoo.com

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

The Love Bug virus destroyed computer files, stole passwords and e-mail addresses, and replicated itself.
Onel de Guzman, 24, a computer school student, has admitting writing a password-stealing program as a school project.

source: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html


2. Who invented the paper clip?

Although, the claim has been disputed, most sources cite Norwegian Johan Vaaler as the inventor of the simple yet effective paper clip.

source: http://ask.yahoo.com/20031120.html


3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?

Ebola was first recognized in 1976, and since then it has appeared sporadically. The virus gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first recognized.

source: 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?

The honor of greatest earthquake of all time goes to the 1960 Chile earthquake because scientists were able to 'catch this one on tape'.

source: http://www.extremescience.com/GreatestEarthquake.htm


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

1000 kilobytes in a megabyte

1000 megabytes in a gigabyte.

1000 gigabytes in a terrabyte.

actual number: 1073 million ???

source: http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071022065226AAI8zxw


6. Who is the creator of email?

Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email in 1972

source: http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html


7. What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
......


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

Letter, email, phone. Although these ways are not exactly efficient.


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

The Black Assassins were a vital part of the Brisbane Punk scene which developed in the late 1970's and early 1980's. They played at every major venue at one time or another. Sometimes they got banned for outrageous behaviour.

source: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm


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

Web 2.0 is now a trend used in World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to facilitate creativity, information sharing, and also increase communication among its users. The web is now a platform that we can all contribute to.

Entry 2. - The Luxury of Having New Communication Technologies.

Getting straight into it, I guess the first thing I would like to say is...without new communication technologies, my life would be very simple and very different. For the past 4 years i have pretty much lived on myspace, making it the main source of contacting my friends, keeping in touch with my sister and meeting a bunch of new people. In a way, it is my second mobile phone. I wouldnt go as far as to say I am a myspace junkie, but I do enjoy using it to communicate. With everything else that is available in this day and age for example blogging, email, downloads basically everything on a computer, where would we be without it? For me thats is one thing I hate thinking about.

But on a serious note, who doesnt have a myspace, facebook or hotmail account? Anyone who is reading this must be someone who either enjoys reading blogs or is a blogger themselves. It only proves that technology these days has virtually taken over our lives.

Basically since I have had my myspace account I have met a bunch of new people, people who live locally to me, even people from overseas. For those select few i have met on myspace from either overseas or from a different state in Australia wouldnt necessarily be classed as a friend of mine (personally). For sure myspace has introduced me to people i would of most likely never of spoken to before, which i think is awesome.

Myspace was definately a craze back in the day when i first got one, all the cool kids had one, so of course i had to have one too.

Anywho, sitting here in my 'new communication technologies' class, i can hear the keyboards typing and the mouses clicking, i would go as far to say that alot of people these days rely on their computer to get them through. Of course there are distinct social connections between my family and friends with ' new communications', heck! i don't know one person who doesnt have a source of communication on a computer. When used in the right way, these communication technologies are an effective way to keep in touch with people.

Entry 1. - Me in a Nutshell.

Hello, whoever may be reading this blog. This is the first of many entries i will be making. For those who are interested i will be writing about how i feel, particular topics that interest me and basically my life in general.
I have recently started University, and i must say, it is a huge step for me. Personally i wanted to take a year off, just to give my brain a break of study overload, but i have realised if i were to have that break i would of never wanted to study again. Being here has definately opened my eyes, just meeting different people, and seeing people from all walks of life. Anyway enough of the boring stuff...
I guess when it comes to writing a blog you all of a sudden have nothing to write or talk about. And i know i have many things floating around in my brain that i would like to type, but finding just one topic for now, is the hardest part.
Right now i feel like i have the world at my feet. I am so happy in a relationship with my boyfriend, my sister is home from overseas for three months, and my parents, well i don't think i could ask for better ones. But like everyone else, i still don't know what is around the corner. And as soon as i find out i will im sure you will too.
That is all for now.

All Smiles.