A: Knock Nevi's: World's Largest Ship Ever Constructed. It weighs 564,763 tons. It cost $9 billion dollars
http://www.knock-nevis.com/
Q2. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Can you find a place to stay in Antarctica?
Aboard an expedition vessel - http://www.selectlatinamerica.co.uk/destinations/antarctica/accommodation
Q3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?
A:1931 Teletype. http://vig.pearsoned.co.uk/catalog/uploads/Glover_Digital%20Comms_C01%20reduced%20file%20size.pdf
Q4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
A. Using Tiger Airways - $38.95.
Q5. Who is Douglas Engelbart? What is he know for?
A Douglas Engelbart is an American computer scientist and inventor born January 30, 1925 in Portland, Oregon. He is known for inventing the computer mouse.
Q6. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Stephen Conroy? (who is this guy?)
A: Senator Stephen Conroy is the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. You can either telephone him on 03 9408 0190 or email him at minister@dbcde.gov.au, but be sure to add your postal address if you do.
Q7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1990?
A: "How am I supposed to live without you" - Michael Bolton. (I loved this song...how sad am I).
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/main.htm
Q8. How would you define the term 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
A The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. The study and categorising of things that may or may not exist.
http://www.answers.com/topic/ontology
Q9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
A: A camera created by Immersive Media.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9724604-1.html
Q10. Name three computer operating systems (not for phones) that are NOT Apple OS or MS-Windows operating systems?
1a. Linux - created in 1991d by Linus Torvalds
1b. You can get a copy of it from http://www.linux.org/
http://www.computerhope.com/unix.htm
2a. BSDUnix (This is a subgroup of Unix) - Unix was developed by some of the members of the Multics team at the bell labs starting in the late 1960's. 2b. You can get a copy of it from: http://www.tech-faq.com/where-to-download-unix.html
3a. Inferno - Inferno was first made in 1995 by members of Bell Labs' Computer Science Research division.
3b. Can be downloaded from here: http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/downloads.html
Free derivatives of Unix can be easily downloaded via the Internet. This sets Unix apart from other proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows.
The different versions of Unix and Unix-like operating systems available for download include FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Red Hat Fedora Linux, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux, and Sun Solaris
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