Questions (Tutorial 4)

1. What did Alan Turing wear while riding his bicycle around Bletchley Park?
He wore a gas mask.
2. On what date did two computers first communicate with each other? Where were they?
3. What is Bill Gates’ birthday and what age was he when he sold his first software?
Bill Gates was born on the 28th of October, 1955.
He sold his first software when he was 17.
4. Where was the World Wide Web invented?
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?
6. What is the weight of the largest parsnip ever grown?
7. When did Queensland become a state and why is the Tweed River in New South Wales?
Queensland became a state in 1901.
8. What was the weather like in south-east Queensland on 17 November 1954?
Flooding
9. Why is is Lord Byron still remembered in Venice?
10. What band did Sirhan Chapman play in and what is his real name?



· How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?
· 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?
· What are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others?
When I was in China, I always use Baidu to help me to do some research. Baidu is very popular and convenient search engines in China. But now i found that Google is much better. Bcause sometimes the Baidu results page is a pretty murky prospect. Also Google is an English one, it much fit for me now. I think Google is simple to use, I like it .