1. Who was the creator of the infamous "lovebug" computer virus?
Onel de Guzman, 24, a computer school student from the Philipines.
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2. Who invented the paper clip?
Johan Vaaler (Norwegian), Cornelius J. Brosnan (American), and William Middlebrook all have had a huge part in the invention/creation of the paper clip. Johan Vaaler got the patents on his invention the paper clip in Norway, Germany and then the United States. Corneluis J. Brosnan also received patenting rights in the United States and last but not least William Middlebrook had the patenting rights on the "Gem" paper clip (only the machine though).
Source:
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031120.html
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
It was named after the Ebola River in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo where the disease was first noticed.
Source:
http://www.answers.com/topic/ebola?cat=health
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
Chile, it happened in 1960, and it happened roughly 100 miles off the coast, and the epicenter itself was only 60 meters below the surface.
Source:
http://www.extremescience.com/GreatestEarthquake.htm
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1073741824. So 1,073,741,824 kilobytes in a terabyte.
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http://malektips.com/computer_memory_definitions_0003.html
6. Who is the creator of email?
A computer engineer called Ray Tomlinson invented internet-based mail (also known as: email) in late 1971.
Source:
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/email.html
7. What is the storm worm, and how many computers are infected by it?
It starts with an email, and once the email is opened an file attached is executed, and then spread. One's computer becomes apart of the "Storm Botnet", which basically means a network where one's RAM, harddisk space, and computing power is used in a "collective" net. It is estimated to have infected betweem 2 and 5 million computers.
Source:
http://what-is-what.com/what_is/storm.html
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly, what is the most efficient way?
Through either of these sites:
http://www.alp.org.au/people/qld/rudd_kevin.php
http://www.myspace.com/kevinrudd
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School of Arts) a member of?
The Black Assassins.
Source:
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/staff/stockwell.htm
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
With over 9.5 million hits on Google.com, there is much dispute as to what Web 2.0 means. Some people believe that it is simply a meaningless marketing buzzword created to create hype. Others believe its all the elements of the internet that have some form of networking involved; BitTorrent, Google, Wikipedia etc. Where people come together and share/do something together, a community feeling.
Source:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
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