This week we had many tasks to complete, with a few that were to be posted on to our blogs..... below are the summaries an answers to these questions.
TASK ONE - LIBRARY CATALOGUEi have chosen to do my assignment on the enigma machine, and its functions. the first of my articles is a video recording titled "Enigma [videorecording] / BBC ; Opus Arte. " this is a "A hidden portrait" and performance of the complete work by the BBC Symphony Orchestra given in the Cathedral in Elgar's home town of Worcester with Sir Andrew Davis. the second article i have chosen is titled "Intercept : the Enigma war / Jozef Garlinski. " this article states and dicsusses the functions within the machine and the relativity toward the german war.
TASK FOUR - SCAVENGER HUNT
1.What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
606.7kg (1,337 lb 9 oz) on October 5, 2002
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2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
By going to the Grant Hackett website and contributing to the grant Hackett online yahoo club. This is sent automatically to Grant Hackett.
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3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
The length of a giraffe’s tongue is approximately over 18inches (46cm)
Animal Facts *Giraffe
4. How would you define "ontology"? What does it really mean?
Definition = a) study of existence: philosophy the most general branch of metaphysics, concerned with the nature of being.
b) Theory of existence: a particular theory of being
Microsoft word – definitions.
5. What was David Cronenberg's first film?
His first feature film was “shivers” in 1975
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6. When was the "Hacker's Manifesto" written?
“Hacker's Manifesto” was written on the 8th of January in 1986
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7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with "555"?
The prefix was reserved for TV and movies use so the viewing public wouldn't harass real phone customers when they were looking to speak with their favourite stars.
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8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
The cheapest form of travel for Crete to Rhodes would be by plane, with the flight costing $229.14
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9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
03/20/65 I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY BEATLES 03/20/65 I MUST BE SEEING THINGS GENE PITNEY 03/20/65 IF I RULED THE WORLD TONY BENNETT 03/20/65 LONG LONELY NIGHTS BOBBY VINTON
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10. What band was Stephen Stockwell in?
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
week 3 - la jatee
Thoughts about lecture three - the screening of "La Jatee".
the week two lecture was interesting however a little hard to follow so today i will be blogging about the screening of the movie "La Jatee". this movie was interesting to say the least. there were three main things that caught my attention when the lights dimmed and the movie began. first and foremost, the fact that it was in french and had subtitles through-out the whole picture. secondly the fact that it was in black and white, and thirdly, that the people / characters did not move, they were merely images flashing through to make a scene. all three of these made the movie more interesting to watch. also these factors made the movie intriguing to watch, as i now had to concentrate fully to understand what was going on throughout the film. "La Jatee" was about a man who participated in these experiments in which he endured great anxiety and pain, to achieve one main goal. time travel. first he travelled through time to go to the future, to visit a lady of particular meaning to him and once this task was completed he then attempted to travel backward through time, to the past. this mission to, was successful. how ever it was the ending that caught my main attention as when he finally did succeed to travel to his past, the child version of himself witnessed something horrific, his own death. it is a little hard to understand through the mere readings of my writing, it is definitely one of those movies you have to see. so that's my take on the screening of "La Jatee" and i hope you now go and watch it and find it as interesting as i did.
the week two lecture was interesting however a little hard to follow so today i will be blogging about the screening of the movie "La Jatee". this movie was interesting to say the least. there were three main things that caught my attention when the lights dimmed and the movie began. first and foremost, the fact that it was in french and had subtitles through-out the whole picture. secondly the fact that it was in black and white, and thirdly, that the people / characters did not move, they were merely images flashing through to make a scene. all three of these made the movie more interesting to watch. also these factors made the movie intriguing to watch, as i now had to concentrate fully to understand what was going on throughout the film. "La Jatee" was about a man who participated in these experiments in which he endured great anxiety and pain, to achieve one main goal. time travel. first he travelled through time to go to the future, to visit a lady of particular meaning to him and once this task was completed he then attempted to travel backward through time, to the past. this mission to, was successful. how ever it was the ending that caught my main attention as when he finally did succeed to travel to his past, the child version of himself witnessed something horrific, his own death. it is a little hard to understand through the mere readings of my writing, it is definitely one of those movies you have to see. so that's my take on the screening of "La Jatee" and i hope you now go and watch it and find it as interesting as i did.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
week two blog for new com tech.
My names Simone, first year student doing a bachelor of journalism and finding it great to begin with although I'm not to brilliant with computers so hopefully this will help me out a little. I deferred for a year so its great to be studying again because i actually enjoy it which may sounds weird to most, although probably not because i am at uni now not school! First lecture was great, well not great but as good as a first lecture could go. It's very exiting to meet new people and even more exiting to be studying something i am actually interested in. I'm really glad that in the lectures they use visual effects, i think it is much better if i can see what is going on instead of just listening to someone who knows exactly what they are doing, because sometimes that can get a little confusing. For me anyway. As for tutorials, I'm in my first one now so cant say to much about it, although it seems as though we have many interesting people in our class, from many different cultures. Which is always a good thing so we can get different perspectives of what is going on. I'm looking forward to being able to become more computer literate, like this right now is new for me as i completely do not get any of that my space stuff, i just don't really get why it's so popular and what its all about, although i do admit to having one but only because my best mate set it up for me like 3 years ago in school. As well as this subject i am studying Effective Writing because i do enjoy writing...allot, and also Cultural Perspectives, which has turned out to be a great class so far.... very interesting. Oh and Management Concepts...interesting but pretty much we have just started on the basic stuff. So generally enjoying uni so far, although i do have one problem, i haven't quiet acquired all of the text books yet so that is kind of a huge problem but I'm getting there! thanks and see you next week. Simone. p.s name is not Simone its pronounced Sim-on. as in Sim card and on off :)
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