Week 3 Treasure hunt

Week 3 - Treasure hunt
... and then Tuesday mornings got interesting.
Not quite what I was expecting when I dragged myself out of bed at 7am this morning to my shrill alarm urging me to get up and start the day, but a more than welcome surprise. But of course there is a twist, this isn’t like any treasure hunt I have been in before.
The first thing that comes to my mind with the mention of ‘treasure hunt’ is childhood scavenger hunts for chocolate and sweets. This is education, this is different, plus 8am tutorial is no time for chocolate! No sweets or screaming children, rather than tangible goods hidden behind trees, today I am looking for information: Information kept in the depths internet, a jungle in it’s self.
Usually the internet can be easily navigated by its users. Like an explorer uses his compass and map, in modern times we simply ‘Google’ to find what you need to know in an instant.
Ten questions? ‘Simple’ you say?
Think again. Ten questions. No google, no Wikipedia even! Today I am navigating the internet without my compass... so wish me luck!
1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
Quite simply, i can tell you its empty 203 tones when its empty, 592 tons when it’s full and cost a staggering US$3.5 Million.

The Liebherr T 282B is the world’s biggest machine on land - according to Bukisa.com, from the looks of those wheels, I don’t care if it’s top speed is only 65KPH, I wouldn’t want to be standing to close to that thing when it’s moving.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/40463_worlds-largest-machines-ever-built

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?
Any internet savy individual can easily come into contact with practically any major celebrity through twitter. These days you can contact Linsdsay Lohan, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Ozzy aswell, with the use of your twitter accounts.
While this covers the dictionary definition of ‘getting in contact’ with our dear friend Ozzy Osbourne, in reality this won’t be of much use if you actually require him to solicit a reply Then book him to play your Grandmothers birthday party. Celebrity Facebook and Twitter pages are often used as a publicity tool and are managed or advised by a marketing or Public Relations agent.
Best way to contact Ozzy for ‘business’ purposes is through his management, Sharon Osbourne Management – give them a call on 310-859-7761 (Don’t forget your dialing codes for California and be prepared to pay big bucks if Granny really want’s him for her 90th)
If it’s just some fan mail your wanting to send try a website like www.contactvip.com, but be prepared to pay the US$9.95 a month for unlimited access.

3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?
“What hath God wrought.” - Samuel Morse only words in the world’s first morse code message... How right bloody right he was. If only he could see the long path digital communications took to reach today where global digital communication means clicking the Skype application on my desktop to see my mother sitting in Malaysia and my best friend in Germany.
The first Global telegraph was a telegraph line from The USA to Europe in


4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
Offically, the cheapest way to travel from Gold Coast to Melbourne is free. Completely free, providing you’re an infant.
For the rest of us, it’s not so good, but you can still pick up a cheap flight from a variety of comparison websites out there. Unless you want to hitch hike (from personal experience i don’t recommend this), bike ride or walk it, flying is the way to go.
Flight comparison websites like Webjet and Skyscanner take the dirty work out of shopping around.
The average, non-student, adult individual can pick up a flight months in advance for well under $100 AUD. According to Skyscanner.net a 10:15PM flight with Tiger airways on the 28th of November will set you back a mere $46.25 AUD.


5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
For me, this was too easy. Hatsune Miku is of course a vocaloid, but I knew that without needing to search. One of the advantages of having Good friends in Hokkaido, Japan.
Hatsune is a computer program who will, quite simply, sing a composition for you. She was born on the 31st of August.
For a girl born in 2008, i personally think her skirt is far too short – I was still wearing ones-ies and diapers when I was two.
(Source: Eri Swada, Telephone conversation via Skype)

6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=27 has four live web cameras in Antarctica. If you like what you see

7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?
"Funkytown" by Lipps Inc.

http://funkytown.com/


8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
"Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current work and concepts that are more advanced."

http://www.crnano.org/whatis.htm


9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
Google street View uses the Dodeca 2360 by Immersive Media.

www.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Google/ss/events/tc/012006google


10. Translate these questions into Klingon.

-1 nuq 'oH [the] [weight] vo' [the] [world’s] [biggest] [machine] chay' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH [cost] Daq chen

-2 nuq 'oH [the] [best] [way] [quickest] HochHom [reliable] Daq [contact] [Ozzy] [Osborne]

-3 ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication]

-4 nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne]

-5 'Iv 'oH [Hatsune] [Miku] nuq [company] ta'taH ghaH [belong] Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS

-6 tu' [a] yIn [webcam] Daq [Antarctica] tu' [a] Daq Daq [stay] Daq [Antarctica]

-7 nuq bom ghaHta' [top] vo' [the] [Australian] [pop] [charts] vam [week] Daq

-8 chay' [would] SoH [define] [the] [term] ['nano] [technology'] Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH [really] [mean]

-9 nuq [type] vo' [camera] 'oH [used] Daq chenmoH [‘Google] [Street] [View’]

-10 [Translate] Dochvammey [questions] Daq tlhIngan