Task 1
Answer these questions without using google or wikipedia! Try some different sources. Write a post in your blog with the answers, and include the source of the information. How do you know that the place you got the answer is accurate?
1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Riomel Lamores http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2078842,00.htm
2. Who invented the paper clip?
Johan Vaaler 1899.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/287063
Samuel B. Fay in 1867
http://www.officemuseum.com/paper_clips.htm
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
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
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
1960 Chile earthquake
http://www.extremescience.com/GreatestEarthquake.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7311945.stm
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1073,741,824
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/tanya/hwtute/How_to_measure_data/measure.htm
6. Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson 1972
http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html
7. What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
Computer Virus
Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly, what is the most efficient way?
In writing
http://www.aph.gov.au/contact/index.htm
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
Black Assassins
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
Transition on the Web becoming more user friendly
Task 2
How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
A Mirror page is also called an entrance page, or information page. Generally what it means is a web page that is specifically created containing more relevant keywords in a single page in order to rank higher on the "spider" search engines.
http://www.infolink.bz/html/mirror-pages.html
Keywords play a huge part in increasing your search engine ranking. You have to use specific keywords that you know your target audience will be searching for.
http://www.ewebmarketing.com.au/seo/526_A_Basic_Guide_To_Higher_Rankings_In_Search_Engines.htm
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?
Inbound Links, Signature Lines In Message Forums, Consistently Good Quality Content , Simple Page Titles
http://www.ewebmarketing.com.au/seo/526_A_Basic_Guide_To_Higher_Rankings_In_Search_Engines.htm
what are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others?
Google, familiarity
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
NCT Blogg 4
How impressed am I with myself. Very. The new element to my blog page "Visitor Locations" I installed without any IT assistance from anyone. I do consider myself technologically challenged after all. So that is a big deal for me.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
NCT Blogg 3_Alphaville Review
"Sensuality is a consequence of Love" has to be my favourite line from the movie. Sensuality is as important as breath. Could you imagine life without it, sensuality or love? Who would want to?
While the movie itself has a science fiction story line (I loathe science fiction) the setting takes place in France, a location I adore for all it's beauty which made the film somewhat bearable as the diegetic (the fictional world constructed by the film). The non-diegetic (sound which cannot be explained as deriving from the fictional world) elements I found annoying. The music of impending danger or climax, yet it kept me awake and the voice of the computer was painful to listen to. I enjoyed the absence of special effects.
Alphaville was represented as a society void of all human emotion, to show any emotion resulted in death by execution No past, no history, no memories, controlled by logic which suggests not a society or civilization but more so a horde. Remove the desire for the pursuit of happiness from the individual and you are left with a "non human". While Alphaville considered the logic more superior to the psyche, the choice of diversion to channel the individuals drives to intellectual, scientific or artistic achievement was neither accessible or accepted, nor was free will as it appeared. A civilization cannot exist without the drives of an individual and their psyche. The film however, suggests without logic and logic only, kaos is inevitable. Although it can be argued that an individuals liberty is not an asset of civilization denying the freedom unless channelled by civilization with law and morality. There was no psyche or conscience to the residents of Alphaville.
While I did not see the end of the movie due to technical issues, as it turned out the movie ended with the two main characters in Love, one from Alphville and the other from Outland.
Alphaville was a science fiction imaginary look into a future place in which the condition of life is extremely bad because of deprivation and oppression with no specific ideals_Dystopia.
Seriously, I do not watch any science fiction films for entertainment. I have not seen Star Wars, Star Trek, Matrix nothing. I did watch Doctor Who 25 years ago, maybe even more. I can't really remember nor do I wish to. Alphaville fits into that category of film for me, one I would like to forget and I am sure I will.
I found Alphaville a peculiar film.
While the movie itself has a science fiction story line (I loathe science fiction) the setting takes place in France, a location I adore for all it's beauty which made the film somewhat bearable as the diegetic (the fictional world constructed by the film). The non-diegetic (sound which cannot be explained as deriving from the fictional world) elements I found annoying. The music of impending danger or climax, yet it kept me awake and the voice of the computer was painful to listen to. I enjoyed the absence of special effects.
Alphaville was represented as a society void of all human emotion, to show any emotion resulted in death by execution No past, no history, no memories, controlled by logic which suggests not a society or civilization but more so a horde. Remove the desire for the pursuit of happiness from the individual and you are left with a "non human". While Alphaville considered the logic more superior to the psyche, the choice of diversion to channel the individuals drives to intellectual, scientific or artistic achievement was neither accessible or accepted, nor was free will as it appeared. A civilization cannot exist without the drives of an individual and their psyche. The film however, suggests without logic and logic only, kaos is inevitable. Although it can be argued that an individuals liberty is not an asset of civilization denying the freedom unless channelled by civilization with law and morality. There was no psyche or conscience to the residents of Alphaville.
While I did not see the end of the movie due to technical issues, as it turned out the movie ended with the two main characters in Love, one from Alphville and the other from Outland.
Alphaville was a science fiction imaginary look into a future place in which the condition of life is extremely bad because of deprivation and oppression with no specific ideals_Dystopia.
Seriously, I do not watch any science fiction films for entertainment. I have not seen Star Wars, Star Trek, Matrix nothing. I did watch Doctor Who 25 years ago, maybe even more. I can't really remember nor do I wish to. Alphaville fits into that category of film for me, one I would like to forget and I am sure I will.
I found Alphaville a peculiar film.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
NCT Blogg 2
I wouldn't normally source new communication technologies and only generally come across them through word of mouth. A change in address/location has led me to evaluate my choices and consider alternative communication technologies.
Facebook_ Initially I found the concept quite overwhelming and a huge invasion of privacy, however I gave into those feelings and reassured myself that the only people looking at my information are the people I have accepted to do so. So what is the harm. I found facebook to be great for me because I can keep up to date with friends and what has been happening in their wold without having to speak to them. That sounds so antisocial, but with todays fast paced lifestyle there just isn't enough time in the day to fit everything in. My favourite concept of facebook is looking at my friends photo albums because it gives me a sense of sharing their experiences. All my friends are friends that I currently know or friends that I may have had some years ago, who have made contact with me through facebook, which is a wonderful feeling to hear from old friends because while people change, friends change, the reasons you became friends in the first place doesn't. I use facebook now only about once a week.
MSN is my favourite form of communication. I love it. I use MSN daily to talk to my sister. A work colleague introduced me to instant messenger 2 years ago and i have continued to use MSN with my change of address, to talk to my sister and her family in preference over the telephone for economic reasons because while talking on the phone sometimes we don't talk, we just listen to one anther's silence.
I have no interest to meet people on line and only use the internet to communicate with existing friends, that is the extent of my socialising online. However as I become more familiar with the new communications technologies which are available that could change. I will just have to wait and see.
Facebook_ Initially I found the concept quite overwhelming and a huge invasion of privacy, however I gave into those feelings and reassured myself that the only people looking at my information are the people I have accepted to do so. So what is the harm. I found facebook to be great for me because I can keep up to date with friends and what has been happening in their wold without having to speak to them. That sounds so antisocial, but with todays fast paced lifestyle there just isn't enough time in the day to fit everything in. My favourite concept of facebook is looking at my friends photo albums because it gives me a sense of sharing their experiences. All my friends are friends that I currently know or friends that I may have had some years ago, who have made contact with me through facebook, which is a wonderful feeling to hear from old friends because while people change, friends change, the reasons you became friends in the first place doesn't. I use facebook now only about once a week.
MSN is my favourite form of communication. I love it. I use MSN daily to talk to my sister. A work colleague introduced me to instant messenger 2 years ago and i have continued to use MSN with my change of address, to talk to my sister and her family in preference over the telephone for economic reasons because while talking on the phone sometimes we don't talk, we just listen to one anther's silence.
I have no interest to meet people on line and only use the internet to communicate with existing friends, that is the extent of my socialising online. However as I become more familiar with the new communications technologies which are available that could change. I will just have to wait and see.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
NCT Blogg 1
Welcome
This is an unusual concept for me to communicate with an unknown audience. But here goes. Hopefully this will become, well I don't really know. For now I need to imaging a specific audience - that of my tutor and possibly later students in my class.
New Communications Technology_ the purpose for this blog, for now anyway.
Building a Creative Innovation Economy_ I read the executive summary and the conclusion hoping to gain an insight into the 80 page read. I took a cynical approach initially to the document. In my mind flashed false government promises, money and the mismanagement of that money and a misrepresentation in general. Have I became that cynical?
Do I expose my thoughts for all and anybody to read? This is anonymous anyway. I like to think I am optimistic and I like people to think I am optimistic, but before I read the article my preconceived thoughts on government and already tarnished my perspective.Will the article honestly represents the governments intentions? One can only hope and be optimistic, so I needed to discard my preconceived thoughts and allow optimism to settle in. Keeping in mind I only read the executive summary and the conclusion.
This is an unusual concept for me to communicate with an unknown audience. But here goes. Hopefully this will become, well I don't really know. For now I need to imaging a specific audience - that of my tutor and possibly later students in my class.
New Communications Technology_ the purpose for this blog, for now anyway.
Building a Creative Innovation Economy_ I read the executive summary and the conclusion hoping to gain an insight into the 80 page read. I took a cynical approach initially to the document. In my mind flashed false government promises, money and the mismanagement of that money and a misrepresentation in general. Have I became that cynical?
Do I expose my thoughts for all and anybody to read? This is anonymous anyway. I like to think I am optimistic and I like people to think I am optimistic, but before I read the article my preconceived thoughts on government and already tarnished my perspective.Will the article honestly represents the governments intentions? One can only hope and be optimistic, so I needed to discard my preconceived thoughts and allow optimism to settle in. Keeping in mind I only read the executive summary and the conclusion.
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