Tutorial Questionaire

Question 1- Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus? ANSWER: The creator of the infamous "lovebug" was De Guzman.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/11/BU193239.DTL&type=printable

Question 2- Who invented the paper clip? ANSWER: Norwegian inventor Johan Vaaler http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031120.html

Question 3- How did the Ebola virus get its name? ANSWER: The virus gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first recognized. http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

Question 4- What country had the largest recorded earthquake? ANSWER: Chilli holds the largest recorded earthquake 1960.
http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/facts.php

Question 5- In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte? ANSWER: 1073741834 kilobytes is in a single terabyte
http://www.t1shopper.com/

Question 6- Who is the creator of email? ANSWER: Ray Tomlinson is considered the father of electronic mail, at least for Email sent from one computer to another. http://www.livinginternet.com/e/ei.htm

Question 7- What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it? ANSWER: The Storm Worm attempts to link up with other infected hosts via peer-to-peer networking. Through this conduit it gets a URL which points to a second-stage executable, which in turn downloads additional stages onto the infected system. Estimates establish that the Storm Worm has infected between 1 to 50 million computers worldwide.
http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/view.html?threat=storm-worm

Question 8- If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly, what is the most efficient way? ANSWER: Electronic Mail is an option but as established on the Prime Minister of Australia Webpage Internet and email are not secure mediums to transfer information. Communication via post was futher advised:
The Hon Kevin Rudd
MPPrime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
http://pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm


Question 9- Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of? ANSWER: Stephen Stockwell plays keyboard for the Black Assassins


http://blackassassins.net/

Question 10- What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words? ANSWER: The term "Web 2.0" means the ability to share online information. Web 2.0 differs as it is a transition and platform for any person to add information. Example; MySpace
http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html