Week 3 - Tute Task

This weeks Tute Task was to answer the following questions without using Google or Wikipedia. I decided to search on Bing and Yahoo, the only two other search engines I'm familiar with.

1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?

I couldn't find the actual biggest machine in the world, but I found this link which shows the worlds biggest machines. All the following machines have different heights and weights, each the biggest of its class:

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/40463_worlds-largest-machines-ever-built

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?

Ozzy Osborne's wife is his manager, and she thinks a lot more clearly than he does so I'd recommend contacting him through her. Her contact details are:

Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne Management

9292 Civic Center Drive

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Phone: 310-859-7761

(http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp)

Probably the most reliable way of contacting him would be seeing him face to face. Here's a picture just in case: (http://akabodian7.pbworks.com/Ozzy-Osborne)

3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?

The electrical telegraph was patented in 1837, so this was the first form of global digital communication. (http://telecom.tbi.net/history1.html)

4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

Yahoo answers informed me: ''Go to the local truck dep and get a lift bro they should be accommodating if you throw a 50 there way" (http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071006025338AApbaud).

Or for an extra 10$ you could snap up a cheap airfare from Tiger, Virgin or Jetstar. (http://www.bug.co.uk/forums/17-transport/4605-cheapest-way-travel-gold-cost-melbourne.html)

5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?

She is an animated singer created by the Crypton Future Media. She was released on August 31, 2007 so I guess that's her birthday. (http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Miku_Hatsune)

6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

I found an Australian website with a webcam in Antarctica: (http://www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/mawson/default.asp)

7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?

Magic by Olivia Newton John was 1# in 1980, as was Sailing by Christopher Cross.
(http://www.80sxchange.com/80s_charts/1980.htm)

8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?

When I think of nano technology I think of super modern, tiny technology however it is defined as "any technology on the scale of nanometers." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nanotechnology)

9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?

The camera used in Google Street View is designed by Immersive Media. A picture and further information can be found here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9724604-1.html

10. Translate these questions into Klingon.

As with any language, there are some words which simply do not translate. I have copied and pasted these questions directly from http://www.mrklingon.org/

1. nuq 'oH [the] [weight] vo' [the] [world’s] [biggest] [machine] chay' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH [cost] Daq chen?

2. nuq 'oH [the] [best] [way] [quickest] HochHom [reliable] Daq [contact] [Ozzy] [Osborne]?

3. ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication]?

4. nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne]?

5. 'Iv 'oH [Hatsune] [Miku] nuq [company] ta'taH ghaH [belong] Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS?

6. tu' [a] yIn [webcam] Daq [Antarctica] tu' [a] Daq Daq [stay] Daq [Antarctica]?

7. nuq bom ghaHta' [top] vo' [the] [Australian] [pop] [charts] vam [week] Daq?

8. chay' [would] SoH [define] [the] [term] ['nano] [technology'] Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH [really] [mean]?

9. nuq [type] vo' [camera] 'oH [used] Daq chenmoH [‘Google] [Street] [View’]?

10. [Translate] Dochvammey [questions] Daq tlhIngan

Those are my answers for this weeks Tute Task, thanks for reading!

Emily