Sunday, March 30, 2008

Answers to Questions

Who was the creator of the infamous 'lovebug' computer virus?
Onel de Guzman - www.cnn.com or http://edition.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html

Who invented the paper clip?
William D Middlebrook - found using www.ask.com or http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm

How did the Ebola Virus get its name?
It was named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), near where the virus was first observed. - found form my Mac Dashboard dictionary.

What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile - found using www.ask.com or http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/top10.php

In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
one terabyte is equal to 1.073742E+09 - found using www.ask.com

Who is the creator of email?
Ray Tomlinson - found using www.answers.com or http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/1408411

What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?

"The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.

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." - found from www.ask.com or http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html

If you wanted to contact the prime minister of australia directly, what is the most efficient way?

Which Brisbane based punk band is Stephen Stockwell a member of?
The Black Assassins - found using www.myspace.com or www.myspace.com/theblackassassins

What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
The advancements in internet as they are now, being more developed than what the internet used to be like. The internet has a wide range of possibilities that did not previously exist and it is these developments and services that make "web 2.0".

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