What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
"BigPumpkins.com congratulates Ron Wallace on his 1502 pound pumpkin weighed at the Frerichs Farm GPC weigh-off in Warren, RI on October 7, 2006."
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=161&gid=49
What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
I'm guessing this question means apart from stalking him, tackling him to the ground and yelling in his face? um.. look him up in the yellow pages? how am i supposed to know?! maybe he has a blog!
What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
"A giraffe's tongue is 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 centimeters) long and blue-black. Some people think the color is to keep the tongue from getting sunburned." wow, you learn something new everyday dont you!
http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=giraffes+tongue+length&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&fp_ip=AU&x=wrt&meta=0&u=www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html&w=giraffes+tongue+length&d=dANTihIeOeiK&icp=1&.intl=us
How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
2. (loosely) metaphysics.
If you go to dictionary.com and turn the sound up on your computer, it even pronounces it for you! WOW! ;)
In my words: ontology is the study of how things exist. yeah yeah, paraphrasing.. i know, i know.. but i did reference!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontology
What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
""Shivers" (aka "The Parasite Murders" and "They Came From Within") is the story of a parasite, designed to help ailing human organs, that goes out of control with sickening results. It's full of the straight-from-the-subconscious imagery for which Cronenberg would later become famous. Gory flesh effects were provided by Joe Blasco, who told Cronenberg that his apprenticeship in horror make-up was the stint he put in on "The Lawrence Welk Show." "Shivers" originated from a dream Cronenberg had about a spider emerging from a woman's mouth and was made for a Montreal soft-core porn outfit called Cinepix. "Sleazy distributors," Cronenberg called them. "My kind of people.""
I thought i would add all of that info in there from the site, because seriously, that is just SO WRONG. soft-core porn?! what kind of guy is this anyway? what kind of tutorial is this? (at least the guys will be excited im sure..)
http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=What+was+David+Cronenberg%27s+first+feature+film%3F&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&vc=&fp_ip=AU&u=www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/30/cronenberg/&w=david+cronenberg%27s+first+feature+features+film+films&d=PohivxIeOab-&icp=1&.intl=us
When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto) is a small essay written January 8, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_manifesto
Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
FOR MANY years, 555 was unassigned as a dialling code in the US and could thus be used to prefix fictional numbers with impunity. Due to expansion, the code has recently been assigned, but scriptwriters and others maintain the use. BT maintain a list of unissued numbers for the use of authors and scriptwriters in this Britain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2357,00.html
What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
I'm going to be a total loser and say "walking" simply because i'm sick of trawling through endless search engines comparing prices. LOL
What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
Go-Set also published the first national Australian pop charts in October 1966 (all charts prior to this were state-based.
Ohh, someone's trying to be tricky hey hey hey!!! ;)
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:t7qPS7-
50ysJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rock+Australian+Pop+Charts&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=au
Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
the Black Assassins. Can anyone say.. GROUPIE?!
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:WiRAkrWUv1IJ:www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm+Stephen+Stockwell+Brisbane+Band&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=au
TOPIC 2B
What is a search engine?
Search Engine, software program that helps users find information stored on a personal computer, or a network of computers, such as the Internet.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761582857/Search_Engine.html
How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet? Pages are then indexed according to the words they contain, with special treatment given to words in titles and other headers. When a user inputs a query, the search engine then scans the index and retrieves a list of pages that seem to best fit what the user is looking for.http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761582857/Search_Engine.html
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? Generally, when an engine displays a list of results, pages are ranked according to how many other sites link to those pages. The assumption is that the more useful a site is, the more often other sites will send users to it. Google pioneered this technique in the late 1990s with a technology called PageRank. But this is not the only way of ranking results. Dozens of other criteria are used, and these will vary from engine to engine. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761582857/Search_Engine.html
what are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others? My favourite is google. It is simple to use, and I guess I'm just used to using it now that it's second nature for when i want to research something to go on the internet and type in W.W.W.D.O.T.G.O.O.G.L.E.D.O.T.C.O.M
Can you find some current news stories about search engines? (for example, Google has been in the technology news a bit lately).
No i can't right at this very moment, but I may come back to this page, remember I hadn't finished this week's entry and decide to complete the questions!
Something for you to ponder until you await my return: why is the sky blue? Why do doughnuts have holes in them? Why does coke taste so much better in a glass bottle?! ;)
Love to all, goodnight
*takes bow and exits stage left
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