The new world record pumpkin, weighing an incredible 1262 pounds, was grown by Geneva Emmons of Washington state.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/10/102201t_pumpkins.jhtml
www.yahoo.com
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
The quickest way to contact Grant is to write to the Miami Swimming Club, their address is:Miami Swimming ClubPO BOX 2461BURLEIGH QLD 4220 http://granthackettonline.free.fr/?page_id=107
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3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
A giraffes tongue can be as long as 22 inches in length! http://www.bellsouthmspioneers.org/ZooGiraffes.htm
4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?
Ontology is a vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them I'm pretty sure, something to do with the existance and being.
Ontology: What is real??
5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
David Cronenberg's first 'feature' film (at 63 minutes it is as long as many B-features) was called The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenbergwww.amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Monster-Cinema-David-Cronenberg/dp/0802035698
6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
1986 by the mentors.
http://www.technozen.com/manifesto.htm
7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
Due to the "low fill" of the 555 code, Hollywood was encouraged to quote 555 numbers in their productions to prevent real subscribers being harassed by members of the public trying out the numbers quoted on the screen. Generic and satirical advertisements and commercials often used 555 numbers. In the early days of exchange names the prefix KLondike-5 was used as this exchange did not exist.
Of course, there was a 555 code in each city (or each locality with its own area code). Therefore there were a lot of 555 codes around the USA being under-used. And with the advent of long distance dialling, anyone could call anywhere by adding an area code to the 555 number
www.ai.com
http://www.omegarobot.com/article/555.html
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
The cheapest way to travel to Rhodes from Crete is by a Ferry
http://www.athensguide.com/ferries.html
9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
Seekers
Source: onmc
10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
Black Assassins.
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS
2b Questions
What is a search engine?
What is a search engine? Internet search engines (eg Google, AltaVista) help users find web pages on a given subject. The search engines maintain databases of web sites and use programs (often referred to as "spiders" or "robots") to collect information, which is then indexed by the search engine. Similar services are provided by "directories," which maintain ordered lists of websites, eg Yahoo!www.liv.ac.uk/webteam/glossary/
How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
This depends on the search engine, there are mutiple ways of doing so... many search engines count the numer of times that the search criteria is included in the article / on the website.Google does it by using their PageRank technology which is able to find out how important the matches are and how much relevance they have to the search criteria.
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?
The search engines list the hits according to how closely they think the results match the query. Most search engines use search term frequency as a primary way of determining whether a document is relevant. If you're researching diabetes and the word "diabetes" appears multiple times in a Web document, it's reasonable to assume that the document will contain useful information. Therefore, a document that repeats the word "diabetes" over and over is likely to turn up near the top of your list.
http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html
what are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others? My most favourite one is Google. Google is the first search engine I was introduced too. I have chosen to stick with google because it gives you the most about of answers form your search research and I find them to be the most relevant. Even in todays course I was asked to find answers to questions from other search engines like a9, mooter, altavista and there was no comparision between them and google. The questions i typed into them resulted in irrelevant answers and a couple showed "no results".
If i wasn't allowed to use google, my next source would be yahoo, it is not as good as google but it's close enough.
Can you find some current news stories about search engines? (for example, Google has been in the technology news a bit lately).
March 22, 2007 4:32 PM PDT
Analyst: Google doing mobile phone software, not hardware
Despite all the rumors and speculation about a Google Phone, the Web search company is working on software to run services on mobile phones rather than building its own phone, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray says.
The Google mobile phone software would work with, not compete with, Apple's iPhone and other mobile phones, Munster wrote in a research note on Thursday reported on by Reuters.
The head of Google in Spain and Portugal confirmed last week that Google is working on a mobile phone, but she gave no details. Google spokespeople in the U.S have refused to provide further comment, except to say: "Mobile is an important area for Google and we remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce."
There have been reports that the Google Phone would be a Blackberry-like device and that Google was partnering with Samsung, and other reports that Google was in talks with France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange. Google bought mobile software maker Android in 2005, among other mobile software companies.
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March 20, 2007 5:24 PM PDT
More current news found on http://news.com.com/2060-10812_3-0.html
A new alternative to Google’s YouTube
News Corporation and NBC Universal to launch new video distribution service.
Google’s YouTube has become the major portal for publishing and searching for online video content. Google bought the site for one major reason: access to eyeballs. The number of visitors represent a huge audience for online advertising.
YouTube is mostly known for all the amateur videos available, but Google is also trying hard to get access to syndicated footage, TV series and such.
Now wonder other parties would like to get a piece of the pie. News Corporation and NBC Universal is to “launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled”. And the goal is to distribute TV programs and movies.
The content will be distributed via AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!
It is unclear whether there also will be a separate site giving users access to all this free content. Probably not, as the main point seems to be to skip the site and brand building altogether:
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Google defies US over search data
Google has been resisting the government request since AugustThe internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people are looking for.
Google was asked for information on the types of query submitted over a week, and the websites included in its index.
The department wants the data to try to show in court it has the right approach in enforcing an online pornography law.
It says the order will not violate personal privacy, but Google says it is too broad and threatens trade secrets.
Privacy groups say any sample could reveal the identities of Google users indirectly. And they say the demand is a worrying precedent, because the government also wants to make more use of internet data for fighting crime and terrorism.
However, the Department of Justice has said that several of Google's main competitors have already complied.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630694.stm
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