The videos in today's lecture were so funny! I thought it was equally funny when he asked if anyone downloaded movies, and everyone hesitated, looked around and kept their hands down! AS IF! everyone does it! Just no one will openly admit to it!
It was so weird to see what videos online were like back in the day, bad quality, tiny pixilated.. Boy did those video's bring me back to my childhood! ooooh reminiscing in a lecture how lovely!
We learnt about search engines, the different types. The forgotten ones.. google reigns supreme these days over every other search engine.
yahoo was the first search engine I was ever shown and I at some point made the switch to Google.
During the tutorial i learnt words like b00lean, and how to search for specific things using little symbols in your searchers around certain words...( I have this all written down, but it is late, and im tucked up in bed with my laptop and dont want to go get my uni books thank you!) i will update this some other time!) During the tutorial we were also asked to complete for our blogs a list of questions, finding the answers with other means to google. This seemed easy enough. And i made a good attempt using yahoo and bing ... i did not like these search engines at all, i had to constantly narrow down my searches with the aformentions symbols before i found anything of any use. Then i just got frustrtaed and went to google, which had the information i needed first search! Cheers Google! ( ohhh does that mean i failed the tutorial task :S I got most with yahoo and bing!)
Here they are!
1.) What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
-- A gas mask!
2.) On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
-- 1969 in UCLA
3.) What is Bill Gates' birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
-- 28th. October 1955. At the age of 19, he sold the software of a basic computer
4.) Where was the World Wide Web invented?
-- In Switzerland
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?
-- 3000 times faster (wow)
6.) What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
-- no idea ..
7.) When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
-- June of 1859
8.) What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
-- Heavy October rains which led to flooding.
9.) Why is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
-- no idea ..
10.) What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
-- The band was called "Black Assassins" and his real name is "Steven Stockwell".
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How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
It was so weird to see what videos online were like back in the day, bad quality, tiny pixilated.. Boy did those video's bring me back to my childhood! ooooh reminiscing in a lecture how lovely!
We learnt about search engines, the different types. The forgotten ones.. google reigns supreme these days over every other search engine.
yahoo was the first search engine I was ever shown and I at some point made the switch to Google.
During the tutorial i learnt words like b00lean, and how to search for specific things using little symbols in your searchers around certain words...( I have this all written down, but it is late, and im tucked up in bed with my laptop and dont want to go get my uni books thank you!) i will update this some other time!) During the tutorial we were also asked to complete for our blogs a list of questions, finding the answers with other means to google. This seemed easy enough. And i made a good attempt using yahoo and bing ... i did not like these search engines at all, i had to constantly narrow down my searches with the aformentions symbols before i found anything of any use. Then i just got frustrtaed and went to google, which had the information i needed first search! Cheers Google! ( ohhh does that mean i failed the tutorial task :S I got most with yahoo and bing!)
Here they are!
1.) What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
-- A gas mask!
2.) On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
-- 1969 in UCLA
3.) What is Bill Gates' birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
-- 28th. October 1955. At the age of 19, he sold the software of a basic computer
4.) Where was the World Wide Web invented?
-- In Switzerland
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?
-- 3000 times faster (wow)
6.) What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
-- no idea ..
7.) When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
-- June of 1859
8.) What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
-- Heavy October rains which led to flooding.
9.) Why is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
-- no idea ..
10.) What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?
-- The band was called "Black Assassins" and his real name is "Steven Stockwell".
How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
They're ranked by relevance and the keywords that you search.
Who, or what, makes one page (that you might get in your search results) more useful than another one, so that it is put at the top of your search results?
If what you searched matches any exact parts of the text, matching keywords through out the relevant page/ in the title of the page
What are some of your favourite search engines? Why do you like one more than others?
Google! it has a larger data base, fast searches and almost 100% of the time will bring up usefull results for your specific search.
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