Week 5 Tutorial Task

Post 2- Scavenger Hunt

Where was the first University established and in which year?-University of Nanjing, in China, founded around 258 BCE. It was only formally termed a “university” in 1888, but it has offered education to Chinese without the issuance of formal degrees for centuries.Source: Bing.com- http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-oldest-universities-in-the-world.htm

What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play?  Can you name a couple of their songs? - The Black Assassins( Brisbane Punk Rock Bansd) - keyboards, vocals- Songs Include Death Take Me Now, Drugs, Azaria Source: Bing- http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm

What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build? TAKRAF RB293 is a giant bucket-wheel excavator made by the German industrial company TAKRAF. In the human history MAN Takraf RB293 is the biggest vehicle. It has its name in Guinness book of world record as the largest machine ever made. The excavator comprises of a large wheel that rotates on the arm of the machine. It costs around $100 million

Features

Height: over 94.5 meters or 310 feet tall

Length: over 220 meters or 722 feet long,

Weight: over 14,196 tons or 31.3 million lbs

Source

http://www.bing.com/

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/40463_worlds-largest-machines-ever-built#ixzz1Vu0VGdA8

http://topexcavators.com/various-kinds-of-excavators.php

Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer? Attorney Kenneth Feinswog

Details
Feinswog, Kenneth A Attorney At Law

6701 Center Drive W # 610

Los Angeles, CA 90045-1555

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Metro Area

Website:

Information not found

Phone:

(310) 277-8211

 source: Ask.com.
http://www.manta.com/c/mms3lh1/kenneth-a-feinswog-attorney

What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne? The cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne is with a plane ticket that would cost roughly $80  Source: Bing.com http://www.airfaresflights.com.au/flights/Melbourne/Gold_Coast-OOL/

Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday? 
Hatsune Miku is the first and most popular installment in the Vocaloid Character Vocal Series, a singing synthesizer application produced by Yamaha.Beginning with her release in August 2007 Hatsune Miku has gained a lot of attention caused mainly by the Japanese video streaming site Nico Nico Douga
  
Find a live webcam in Belarus :
 Source Bing.com
http://www.webcamgalore.com/EN/webcam/Belarus/Minsk/498.html 

Find a place to stay in Antarctica:
Antartica Camping and Kayak- Enjoy the awesome silence of the White Continent living the adventure of camping on land.Our polar explorers have a high level of expertise and we supply equipment necessary to make the experience unforgettable and  enjoyable.

http://www.antarcticdream.com/en/index.html 
Source Ask.com
   

What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991? Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do it For You
Source Ask.com
http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bryan+Adams&titel=Waking+Up+The+Neighbours&cat=a 

What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’? 
Chevy Cobalt  - A camera-toting tipster saw what appeared to be a giant armada of Chevy Cobalt cars in the Google parking lot, getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts) with special 360° cameras It was an entire fleet of at least 30 brand-new Chevy Cobalt cars parked behind the building, most without license plates yet. As you can see in the pictures above, each had a metal device attached to its top, which looks suspiciously like a vertical extension for mounting Google's Street view 360° camera.

Source Bing.com
http://gizmodo.com/279222/google-streetview-camera-car-fleet-set-to-invade-america 

Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.

¿Dónde estaba la primera universidad establecida y en qué año?

¿Lo que se denomina banda de Stephen Stockwell y lo que él jugar? ¿Puede nombrar un par de sus canciones?

¿Cuál es el peso de la máquina más grande del mundo? ¿Cuánto cuesta para construir?

¿Quién es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y lo que es la mejor manera (más rápida, más fiable) ponerse en contacto con el abogado?

¿Cuál es la forma más barata de viajar desde la costa de oro a Melbourne?

¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿Qué empresa ella pertenece a? ¿Cuál es su cumpleaños?

Encontrar una webcam vivo en Belarús. Encontrar un lugar para alojarse en la Antártida.

¿Qué canción era tope de las listas de pop australianas esta semana en 1991?

¿Qué tipo de coche se utiliza para hacer 'Google Street View'?

Traducir estas preguntas en español y, a continuación, se traducen en inglés.

Week 5 Response to content

In my personal opinion the film Rubber was the most bizarre and down right disturbing movie I have ever viewed. But for some reason I was not turning away from the picture, a reason behind this may have been the structure that was applied throughout them film. Rubber was obviously a very risky film to even produce, where a tyre have the presence of a serial killing human being. I believe the reason behind why this film may have worked is the use of the screenplay structure. Syd Field who writes "The Foundations of Screen Writing"  states The word itself means "to build, or put together," and understanding how it works is essential to the craft of screenwriting. Simply put, structure holds the story together. 

Correct structure was vital for a film so bizarre as Rubber, Field also states the importance of the plot point from The Paradigm Worksheet which is any incident, episode or event that hooks into the action and spins it around into another direction; in this case, either Act II or Act III. I believe the plot point in the film rubber was the moment when the tyre " killed its first victims setting up the tyres intentions and them of the whole movie. Whatever someones opinion Rubber was a film that left many wondering what the writers were thinking and who would have the guts to produce such a film.

Reference.

Syd Field - the paradigm worksheet (with audio introduction to the screenplay structure paradigm). Viewed 27/8/11  http://www.sydfield.com/featured_theparadigmworksheet.htm

Week 4 Tutoiral Task

Tutorial Task
Choose a social networking site that you either regularly visit or know about and discuss in 200 words how you understand the Terms of Service that all users must agree to to be invited into the site. 

Facebook-

When you signed up to the social network site Facebook did you read the companies terms and conditions? I can guarantee that a lot of us didn’t even think of it, myself included. Before many of us had become addicted to the social network phenomenon,  if we had the chance would we second guess joining if we knew exactly what we had signed up for. In one of facebook first line in its terms and conditions the site states "For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook".

Facebook seemingly has us wrapped around there finger when you agree to join the site you become a part of the facebook culture. The terms and conditions consist of 18 very intimate and specific points that many of us will not experience during our life time of usage.  So next time you’re on the giant social network check your rights and just exactly what facebook can do with your content.

Reference

Facebook. Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Viewed 18/8/11.http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

Week 4 Response to content

Did social media cause the British Riots 

Obviously social media did not cause the British riots, but I do believe it assisted in the rapid spread to other parts of the UK. After local man Mark Duggan was shot dead by police as they tried to arrest him in the north London area of  Tottenham. Some people say it's down to tension between local young people and this incident is what sent them over the edge(Guardian). Buildings and cars were burnt, shops were looted, and petrol bombs were thrown at police during a weekend of rioting.Student Jake Manu said: "The police never talk to us, they ignore us, they don't think we're human in this area." But what does the social network have to do with.The police are calling "copycat criminal activity" – some of it apparently part of an orchestrated plan which brings a very real possibility that these riots could have been spread over numerous social networks coinciding with the spread of riots over the city of London (BBC). The social network has the ability to spread anything over the Internet and it is no coincidence it could have have had a hand in the spread of the London riots.

References

BBC 2011. London Riots: What Caused the Tottenham riots? Viewed- 24/8/11 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/14443623 

gaurdian.co.uk. London riots spread south of Thames. Viewed-24/8/11 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-spread-second-night