| Author |
 Topic  |
|
chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
|
|
Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
 Posted - 09 March 2006 : 12:10:31
|
Got the same, meself - tripped up a bit in the middle.
|
 Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
 |
|
|
Nertz
Junior Member
Canada
341 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 12:22:59
|
| 18/20 - reflection of age??? |
Sadly, most Family Court Judges wrongfully reward opportunistic gold diggers
that use our children unjustly as "instruments" of power.
www.fathers-4-justice-canada.ca |
|
|
|
MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
|
|
MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1722 Posts |
|
|
Cliff
Average Member
United States
501 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 13:27:27
|
8/20 400pts
How that for talent. :) |
|
|
|
Podge
Support Moderator
Ireland
3776 Posts |
|
|
Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 15:01:30
|
Fun, but at least one answer is incorrect. I talked with a person who wrote a virus for a DG Nova minicomputer system in about 1975 or 1976. I also disagree with virus vs. worm definition.
There didn't seem to be all that much history in the quiz, at least nothing about most of significant computer history. Asking about BitTorrent is hardly historical.
What about Univac, the Babbage, Schockley and the transistor and how that changed digital computing, lasers, Grace Hopper and the story of how the term "bug" came about, CDC, Burroughs, Univac, DEC, CDC, and so much more.
PS - I played Spacewar in 1969 or thereabouts using a trackball on a graphical display screen :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware
|
======
Doug G
======
Computer history and help at www.dougscode.com |
|
|
|
Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 15:08:22
|
only 10.... definately showing my age  |
|
|
|
chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 15:42:03
|
quote:
Originally posted by Doug G
Fun, but at least one answer is incorrect. I talked with a person who wrote a virus for a DG Nova minicomputer system in about 1975 or 1976. I also disagree with virus vs. worm definition.
There didn't seem to be all that much history in the quiz, at least nothing about most of significant computer history. Asking about BitTorrent is hardly historical.
What about Univac, the Babbage, Schockley and the transistor and how that changed digital computing, lasers, Grace Hopper and the story of how the term "bug" came about, CDC, Burroughs, Univac, DEC, CDC, and so much more.
PS - I played Spacewar in 1969 or thereabouts using a trackball on a graphical display screen :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware
ok doug. you've got 'till monday to make a better quiz to test us all.  |
|
|
|
muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 09 March 2006 : 16:15:51
|
Only 11/20 with a score of 400.
And a few of those I was just guessing well.  |
Bill Parrott
Senior Web Programmer, University of Kansas
Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
Personal Website (www.chimericdream.com) |
|
|
|
MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1722 Posts |
|
|
MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
|
|
MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1722 Posts |
|
|
Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 10 March 2006 : 18:21:35
|
quote:
ok doug. you've got 'till monday to make a better quiz to test us all.
OK, here's a start at some more quiz questions.
1. Who was Charles Babbage and what did he do?
2. When did the development of the first electronic digital computer start? And why did the Army fund it?
3. According to legend, how did the term "bug" originate?
4. When was the first magnetic disk introduced?
5. When was the first magnetic drum memory introduced?
6. When was the parallel printer port interface used in PC's developed? By what company?
7. What was the first popular microcomputer OS? What OS was it based on?
8. What company created the first 1200 baud full-duplex modem? When?
9. What companies were the "seven dwarfs" of "IBM and the seven dwarfs"
10. What was the Carterfone Decision's impact on computing?
BTW, anyone interested in some very early military computing history could find the book "when computers went to sea", a detailed history of the US Navy NTDS (Naval Tactical Data System), much of the design was done by a young guy named Seymour Cray. I worked on that stuff, some of the equipment used surface-mounted IC's in the 1960's.
|
======
Doug G
======
Computer history and help at www.dougscode.com |
|
|
|
ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
|
|
Topic |
|
Topic Locked
.