Ten Questions.Day3

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?

he could be seen riding his bicycle while wearing a gas-mask to prevent hay-fever
http://www.nels.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GURPS/WWII/Turing.htm

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Alan+Turing+riding&page=1&qsrc=0&dm=all&ab=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcozybeehive.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fthat-strange-bicyclist-alan-turing.html&sg=P1ztt8vfjiUiR6MCrT2xaGLx6ZwkB4hCcCHCKBWi%2BRE%3D&tsp=1259508164871

2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?

First two computers communicated with each other was September 2, 1969 from http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/09/02/birth-of-the-internet/
In University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=the+history+of+computers&page=1&qsrc=2352&dm=all&ab=6&title=The+History+of+the+Computer&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.merchantos.com%2Farticles%2Finformational%2Fthe-history-of-the-computer%2F&sg=4XC3F1fmLI3oeGKVyjpzvl%2BKaGt79GPcs%2FkN%2FjEBziU%3D&tsp=1259507787436

3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?

Bill Gates’ birthday is on October 28th 1955 and he sold his first software at the age of 25 to IBM.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=bill+gates+biography&form=QBRE&filt=all&qs=AS&pq=Bill+Gates

4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?

Geneva, Switzerland at CERN
at Yahoo http://www.technologyforall.com/TechForAll/webdata.html

5. How does the power of the computer you are working on now compare with the power of a personal computer from 30 years ago?

the major comparisons is that commands had to be typed by the user in 1981 rather than by the use of a mouse nowadays
http://www.bing.com/search?q=+power+a+personal+computer+from+30+years+ago&form=QBRE&filt=all&qs=n


6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
I couldn't find any


7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?

Queensland became a state in 1901
http://www.qld.gov.au/about-queensland/history/
beacuse 1859 Queensland New South Wales border proclaimed
http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/museum/articles_complete/surveying/proclaim.html

8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
high of 28 degrees and a low of 19 degrees
www.wunderground.com/history/airport/YBBN/1954/11/17/DailyHistory

9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?

He bragged that he had sex with 250 women over the course of one year. The sheer brazenness and multiplicity of his sexual swath astonished people.

http://englishhistory.net/byron/moorebyron.html

10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?

BLACK ASSASSINS
http://www.bing.com/search?q=+band+Sirhan+Chapman+play&go=&form=QBRE&filt=all&qs=n

the name is Steve Stockwell
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm#members