WEEK 4

2a:Scavenger Hunt
1 What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
Ron Wallace whose pumpkin is at 1,502 pounds, owned by a Rhode Island farmer may set a new world record for the biggest pumpkin in the world.
http://www.wayodd.com/new-record-may-be-set-for-biggest-pumpkin-in-the-world/v/5402/

2 What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
Fan Mail Address:Grant Hackett
Swimming Australia
PO Box 3286
Belconnen
ACT
Australia 2617
Australia
http://www.fanmail.biz/29813.html

3 What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
An adult giraffe’s tongue is 27” long.
http://www.qeok.com/other/2843-qeok.html

4 How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
Ontology is a philosophy that identifies everything is existent reality. It can be as the process of the noun transfer to the entities.
http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.html

5 What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
David Cronenberg would establish a reputation for himself as an original horror master with Shivers (1975), which really launched his career as a writer and director.
http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/cronenbergbio.html

6 When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
The ‘Hacker Manifesto’ was wrote on January 8, 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto

7 Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
To prevent real subscribers being harassed by members of the public trying out the numbers quoted on the screen.
http://www.omegarobot.com/article/555.html

8 What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?


9 What song was top of the Australia Pop Charts this week in 1965?
I'll Never Find Another you
The Seekers
http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/topspot/1965.htm

10 Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboard and vocals?
Brisbane punk band Black Assassins
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS

2b:
1 What is a search engine?
A search engine is a software program that searches for sites based on the words that you designate as search terms.
http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/searchengine.htm

2 How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
Search engine shows how many characters the search engines display from a title tag. This is not the same as the maximum length a title tag can be. It simply shows how many characters from the tag will actually be displayed. If there is no title, search engines typically form their descriptions from the first text they find on a web page, or from the meta description tag, if they support it. This shows the description length, in all cases. Some search engines will use text in a meta description tag for a page's summary. Also,the default setting is shown in bold. Some search engines also support Sort By Date, and some also list page dates within descriptions.
http://www.pagebypagedesigns.com/searchenginedisplay.html

3 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 people who make the web page, and people who want get information from internet make one page more useful than another one.
Search engine also is a important element to influent your research results.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

4 What are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others?
Google, yahoo, and hotbot.
My favourite search engine is Google. Because it is more easier and quicker to find informations than other search engines. The user is friendly. Also Google is the most popular search engine in the world.

5 Can you find some current news stories about search engines? (for example, Google has been in the technology news a bit lately.)
Google Tevlevision engineering targets mass TV personalization.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/?p=1091