1501art task 4

Answers to questions:

1. The creator of the lovebug virus is onel de guzman- source was http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061206122723AAObIMr

2. Johan Valeer invented the paperclip- source was http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpaperclip.htm

3. The Ebola gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first recognized- source was http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

4. Chile experienced the largest recorded earthquake- source was http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1960_05_22.php

5. This is the method I found for working out the answer. 1 Terabyte = 1024 G = 1024² M = 1024³ K = 1024⁴ bytes . There are 1073741824 kb in a terabyte- source was http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/tanya/hwtute/How_to_measure_data/measure.htm

6. Ray Tomlinson invented email- source was http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/internet.htm

7. The storm worm is a virus that spreds via email. It is a trojan downloader virus- source was http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/p/storm.htm

8. 

Parliament House Contact

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel: (02) 6277 7700
Fax: (02) 6273 4100

 

Electorate Office Contact

Morningside Office:
Location:
630 Wynnum Road
Morningside Qld 4170

Postal Address:
PO Box 476A
Morningside Qld 4170

Tel: (07) 3899 4031
Fax: (07) 3899 5755

This seems to be the only way to contact the p.m that I could find- source was http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=83T

9. Stephen Stockwell played keyboard for Brisbane punk band the Black Assassins- source was http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm

10. Web 2.0 is basically an updated, more efficient version of the web- source was http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

I suppose that I can’t be 100% certain that these are the correct answers but they are the best results I could turn up.

1501art week3

My most commonly used form of communication is, like most, by mobile phone. I don’t have access to the net at home as yet, but am endeavoring to have it installed by next week. So this has made it difficult to access things like email, facebook, myspace, blogging, or any other of the now common net based communication methods.

I am not a member of facebook but most of my friends do use it regularly. This is something I would already be using if I didn’t have concerns about the privacy of my personal information. A lot of my friends are from overseas so facebook is a cheap and easy way to keep in touch, yet I am still reluctant to use it.

Email is something that I have started using much more regularly since starting at uni, as I have on campus access to the net. In most cases I use it for formal communication but, of late, I have started using it to keep in touch with friends and family more often. Again, not having access to the net at home obviously restricts useage, but I could see it becoming a regular part of how I communicate in life.

Blogging! Now this one I had never even attempted before starting uni. I wasn’t even quite sure what having a blogsite was all about. Never the less, blogging is a curious way of socialising, yes? If you have constant contact with friends through blogs, then I can’t see any difference between email, myspace or facebook. Where I could see a use is for communicating with specific interest groups. I made that term up, so to explain, I mean that if you are checking out a site on a band you like, then you can chat to others about them, ie- news, downloads,etc.

So as a relative novice at using the net as a method of communication, I can see myself becoming more accustomed to, and maybe even preferencing it in the future.

1501ART: WEEK 2

Peter Walsh

Introduce myself!

I’m Pete. I’m studying a bachelor of arts. My majors are digital video and writing. New communication technologies is a prereqiusite for digital video. I began at griffith here last year during mid year intake. My plan after completing this course is to further my studies in the film production area.

I am a muso at heart, which is probably why I have such a great interest in creative writing and film.

Short stories and screenwriting, are the areas in writing that I am focusing on at the moment.

My experience in relation to this particular course is limited, to an extent, but that should be more of a challenge than a hiderance.. I hope! I’m also enrolled in ‘writing for the web’ this semester. So hopefully these 2 courses will compliment each other in a way that what I have learned in one class, will help/apply to the other.

Anyways I am a bit boring so this week’s blog will have to be a bit shorter than the ones to follow.