Sunday, August 23, 2009

Week 4; Scavenger Hunt Tutorial Task

1.What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
Guess Mask ?

2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
1969; US

3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
His birthday : 28 October 1955
when he was 17 in high school, for $4,200.

4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
1973 , DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) developed the TCP/IP protocol suite ;
1989, The "WWW" is invented by Tim Berners-Lee, text only version.

5. How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30 years ago?


6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
Parsnip 14 feet, 3 ¾ inches 1990 8 pounds

7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
1901

8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?sunny ,rainy , ?
the coldest weather since 1954
rainy. http://www.ask.com/

10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?.
Stephen Stockwell
I searched the brand title in http://www.bing.com/

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