1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
The world's biggest machine is the Large Hadron Collider, which weighs over 38,000 tonnes and cost 2.6 billion pounds to produce as well as a 95 million pounds fee annually to the CERN.
(http://www.lhc.ac.uk/About+the+LHC/11795.aspx, viewed 12 August 2010) (http://www.lhc.ac.uk/About+the+LHC/LHC+Big+Questions/17716.aspx, viewed 12 August 2010)
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?
The best and quickest way to contact Ozzy Osbourne is through traditional mail. This is due to the amount of fake emails circulating throughout the celebrity industry.
Funny enough, I have Sharon's contact details:
Sharon Osbourne Management
9292 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-859-7761
(http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp, viewed 12 August 2010)
3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?
The telegraph is an example of one of the earliest forms of global digital communication. Founded in 1794 by Claude Chappe, the non-electric telegraph was introduced but depended on a line of sight for communication. Long distance communication only came about in 1830, when Joseph Henry, used the basis of an electromagnet to send information through a mile of wire which caused a bell to strike.
(http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm, viewed 20 August 2010)
4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
The cheapest form of travel from Gold Coast to Melbourne is by plane. Tiger Airways promotes low fares but are most of the time unreliable.
5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
Hatsune Miku is a voice 'character' who sings J-pop songs. She belongs to the company Crypton Media and Yamaha and her birthday is the 31/08/2007.
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miku-Hatsune/17111156915?v=info&ref=search, viewed 12 August 2010)
(http://www.animevice.com/miku-hatsune/18-20703/, viewed 12 August 2010)
6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
The best site to look at is camscape, which has heaps of live webcams in Antarctica. From penguins to landscape you can see a live shot every 30 minutes.
There are plenty of places to stay in Antarctica, one that especially caught my eye was Balleny: Living Hut at Mawson Station. Check out my pic below.
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| 'Balleny' living hut, Mawson 1966 |
(http://www.martingrund.de/pinguine/station.htm#1, viewed 20 August 2010)
(http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Antarctica/Hotels_and_Accommodations-Antarctica-TG-C-1.html, viewed 20 August 2010)
7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?
The top song of 1980 was Blondie by "Call me". I remember that one, what a fantastic hit! (haha)
Let me know what you think...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I&feature=av2n
(http://80music.about.com/od/80smusic12/tp/topsongsof1980.htm, viewed 20 August 2010)
8. How would you define the term 'nano tec hnology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
Nanotechnology is the science of building devices, for instance electronic circuits, from sole atoms and molecules. In other words, its the break down of metres to the billonith (scale of nanometres), in forms and structures of molecules and atoms and materials. Below is a video showing the journey through nanotechnology...
(http://www.answers.com/topic/nanotechnology, viewed 20 August 2010)
9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
Google street view uses X-ray cameras which can actually see inside everything and everything else...Scary but hilarious!
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| Hilarious shots captured by Google Street View |
(http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/smile-its-googles-candid-camera/2007/06/04/1180809390551.html, viewed 20 August 2010)
(http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/google-street-view-cameras-better-than-x-ray-vans/418/, viewed 20 August 2010)
10. Translate these questions into Klingon.
nuqneH (Hello...roughly, what do you want)
Ok so I'm not going to spend two hours trying to convert these questions into Klingon. However what I know is that Klingon is the tongue of Star Wars and I've attached a site where they are so compassionate about this useless language. Check it out! http://www.kli.org/tlh/
So at first I thought this was going to be a nightmare. I found not using google isn't so hard, there are so many search engine sites available to use such as Yahoo, Ask Jeeves etc. I think it's interested to see how much people rely on Google and Wikipedia and it just shows how much control these organisations have over the internet. Crazy!
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