Lecture
This week’s lecture was about Old Communication technologies, it went into detail in regards to old communication practices and how they evolved into what we now use. We viewed many examples of different forms of old communication technologies including, rock paintings, hieroglyphics and body painting. The subject of semiotics also arouse as not only do we communicate with each other through written text or vocal words we also use body language and semiotic systems to help portray messages. The premise of semiotics is based up general assumptions for example a tribe that wore more red body paint than yellow would be considered more dangerous as we associate red with danger or haste. Some more modern communication practices in which we discussed included the use of the telegraph, radio, morse code, telephone, radio, cinema and television which are still currently used not only to help individuals communicate but to assist in the spread of media propaganda. From the lecture we could see that not only do we still adopt some techniques from the older forms of communications but it is these techniques which created the backbone for the technologies we now rely on so much in everyday life.
Tutorial
Who was the creator of the infamous "love bug" computer virus?
The creator of the love bug virus was Reomel Ramones.
BBC news- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/740558.stm
2. Who invented the paper clip?
William D. Middlebrook- The Great Idea Finder- http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm
3. How did the Ebola virus get its name?
The Ebola virus gets its name from the Ebola river in northern Congo (Zaire)
Sci-Tech Encrclopedia: Ebola Virus-http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=How+did+the+Ebola+virus+get+its+name%3F+&fr=yfp-t-601&ei=UTF-8
4. What country had the largest recorded earthquake?
The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960
Earthquake Facts- earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/facts.php
5. In computer memory/storage terms, how many kilobytes in a terabyte?
1,073,741,824 KB = 1TB
Conversion Calculator- http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/calculate/
6. Who is the creator of email?
I DO NOT KNOW. MAYBE YOU?
7. What is the storm worm and how many computers are infected by it?
The so-called Storm worm is actually not a worm, but rather a family of Trojans(viruses).
What is the Storm Worm?- http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/a/stormworm.htm
8. If you wanted to contact the prime minister of Australia directly,
what is the most efficient way?
The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Or
http://pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm
Prime Minister Of Australia- http://pm.gov.au/
9. Which Brisbane-based punk band is Stephen Stockwell (Head of the School
of Arts) a member of?
Stephen Stockwell writes music for the band Black Assassins
MySpace blog- http://blog.myspace.com/daniko
10. What does the term "Web 2.0" mean in your own words?
The term Web 2.0 refers to the world wide webs second generation of services, it allows information to be shared online through out different media forms.
What exactly does Web 2.0 mean?-
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/11/05/BUG78M5PHL1.DTL&type=business
Reading
The reading by Walter Benjamin entitled " The Work Of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" discusses the question when is a work of art completed. The question plagued leads us to wonder at what stage does a piece of art become art for example in a movie is it art when its a screenplay, a scene, a trailer or perhaps when the whole work is complete. The article also discusses what is an authentic piece of art and how true art can depict an "aura" of significance point beyond the realm of art. He discusses the fact that on any level it could be considered a form of art work it just depends on the way in which it is viewed at that time. In essence anything could be considered art it just follows the premise that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
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