Hello CaiCai - Wig (Week 6 Tutorial)

3D worlds and socialising on the Internet (Tutorial 5)

In recent years, the rise of a new 3D virtual world offer users a real world with a completely different life experience, communication, entertainment, production, exchange, learning, and to provide users with high emulation of working and living environment.

Web 2.0 and Social Media (Lecture 5)

With the advent of Web 2.0 era, the technologies of social media have developed rapidly。
In my opinion, The typical characteristics of Web 2.0 is concentrate on user interaction.
Upload a video on YouTube, put a photo on Flickr, or write your own view by using the blog. All of these things do not require some special technical expertise, just need to connect to the Internet.

3D and Internet (Tutorial 5)

The combination of 3D and Internet provides us a better network environment. We can get a real experience in this virtual network environment.

I feel strongly in this regard. In China, most of online games have been to use the 3D technology to make the high quality picture. As a result of 3D technology, players can get a true feeling in this virtual environment. It can be said that virtual reality builds a virtual real world by high computer technology, in which participators have a real feeling as if in the real world.

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 .

New Communication Technology(Tutorial 3 part2)

Along with the rapid development in digital, multimedia and network communication technology, internet has become the most important way to acquire the information for people. The use of modern network communication tools has become widespread. I have been to use those kinds of tools for 5 years. The initial reason for using these tools because I feel that is fun and I was bursting with curiosity. Moreover, most of my friends are use those kinds of communication tools. Now I find that these tools really useful for me. I am far from home now and could not stay with my family, these tools become more important for me. I always use them to keep in touch with family and friends. In additio, the use of Webcam Video make communication between each other becomes the same as face to face.
Personally，I think that the network is no privacy at all. If there are something involved in some very personal issues, please note that if you put it on the internet, it might be found by someone.
Some companies (like Facebook, Google, etc) collect the user's information is necessary. While protecting the user's privacy, these companies must do the most complete information protection.

New Communication Technology's development (Tutorial 3 part1)

This video is very interesting. The author imagines the future development of new communication technologies. First, Nokia cell phone, the chip is installed in people’s finger. Second, a now Erickson cell phone, the chip is implanted in people’s nose. In the end, a man put a fart, he says he received a fax. Although the ending is funny, but it also reflects the development of new communication technologies is inestimable. Also I think the future development of new communication technology will result in new and major leaps.