Internet Scavenger Hunt Name: Christopher Gorski Date: February 2, 2012

Instructions Using searching techniques described in Chapter 3 and the search engines and directories listed for each question, locate the following pieces of information. Refer to the Search Engines & Web Resources handout (in D2L Content) for a listing of search engines and subject directories. To validate that you found the requested information, you should complete each of the following: 1. Save this document in your Documents folder using the Save As command. Verify that you are saving in Documents! When you download from D2L, Windows likes to save in Downloads or Temporary folders. 2. Locate the answer using the search engine/directory listed AND one other search engine of your choice. 3. Include the URLs to the search engines results page. Each search that you do, copy/paste the URL to the results page (with all of the listings). To do this, right-click in the Address bar in your web browser. Choose Copy. Return to this Word document, then choose Paste. 4. Include the URLs of the web page with the answer (not the results page). From your search results page, choose one or two that appear to answer the question (you must find ONE with the answer). When you click through a web page with the answer(s), copy/paste the URL. To do this, right-click in the Address bar in your web browser. Choose Copy. Return to this Word document, then choose Paste. 5. Type the answers to the questions. 6. Wikipedia can only be used 2 times within your answers! Good luck! This assignment is due 2/12/12 and is worth 15 points. Upload your completed document to the Chapter 3 - Internet Searching Dropbox in D2L. Be sure to include your name and date on your document. 1. What date and time (Central Time Zone) do we set our clocks FORWARD in 2012 at the beginning of Daylight Saving Time? Search engine: www.mamma.com Search engine results page: http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=web&q=What+date+and+time+%28central+time+zone%29 +do+we+set+our+clocks+forward+in+2012+at+the+beginning+of+daylight+saving+time%3F&j_q=&l = URL1: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/rules/usa/

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqZo2H8A6qnRGtfqnc5neyubvZx4?p=What+date+and+time+ %28central+time+zone%29+do+we+set+our+clocks+FORWARD+in+2012+at+the+beginning+of+D aylight+Saving+Time%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t

URL2: http://geography.about.com/cs/daylightsavings/a/dst.htm

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Answer Date: 11 March 2012 Answer Time: 2 a.m. 2. What is the origin of the term surfing the Internet? Search engine: www.ask.com Search engine results page: http://www.ask.com/web?q=What+is+the+origin+of+the+term+%22surfing+the+internet%22%3F&se arch=&qsrc=364&o=0&l=dir URL1: http://www.netmom.com/about-net-mom/23-who-invented-surfing-the-internet.html

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AnKiZgRHT4rb5SpRnVHZG4ebvZx4?p=What+is+the+origin+o f+the+term+surfing+the+internet%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701 URL2: http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/internet/internet-history/history-of-internet-surfing.html

Answer: The term was coined in 1992 by Jean Armour Polly, it was the title of a beginners level article she wrote for the Wilson Library Bulletin. 3. How many participants are there currently on Internet2? Name one participant (primary or sponsored) from Minnesota. Search engine: www.excite.com Search engine results page: http://msxml.excite.com/search/web?q=How+many+participants+are+there+currently++on+internet2 URL1: http://k20.internet2.edu/faq

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AnKiZgRHT4rb5SpRnVHZG4ebvZx4?p=How+many+participan ts+are+there+currently+on+internet2%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

URL2: http://www.internet2.edu/

Answer how many: Internet2 is a non-profit membership organization of 208 universities working in conjunction with government and industry to operate a private national internet protocol network. Answer from Minnesota: University of Minnesota. 4. What was the first web browser available to the public, and who developed it?

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Search engine: www.dogpile.com Search engine results page: http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web?fcoid=417&fcop=topnav&fpid=27&q=What+was+the+ first+web+browser+available+to+the+public%2C+and+who+developed+it%3F&ql=

URL1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqZo2H8A6qnRGtfqnc5neyubvZx4?p=What+was+the+first+we b+browser+available+to+the+public%2C+and+who+developed+it%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF8&fr=yfp-t-701

URL2: http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_mosaic.htm

Answer web browser: Mosaic was the first web browser and it helped to popularize the internet. Answer who developed: It was created by Marc Anderson and Eric Bina at the National center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois. 5. How many inches are in one smoot? Search engine: www.gigablast.com Search engine results page: http://www.gigablast.com/search?k0w=490584&q=How+many+inches+are+in+a+%22smoot%22%3 F

URL1: http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/30/fun-and-unusual-units-of-measurements/

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqZo2H8A6qnRGtfqnc5neyubvZx4?p=How+many+inches+are +in+one+%22smoot%22%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

URL2: http://www.convertunits.com/from/inches/to/smoot

Answer: Sixty seven inches are in one smoot. 6. What year was the first Macintosh computer released and how much did it cost? Search engine: www.altavista.com

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Search engine results page: http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0oG7qccVixPPx0AsGKl87UF;_ylc=X1MDMjE0Mj Q3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA2FsdGF2aXN0YQRuX2dwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzeWMEcXVlcnkDV2hhd CB5ZWFyIHdhcyB0aGUgZmlyc3QgTWFjaW50b3NoIGNvbXB1dGVyIHJlbGVhc2VkIGFuZCBob3cg bXVjaCBkaWQgaXQgY29zdD8Ec2FvAzE?p=What+year+was+the+first+Macintosh+computer+released+and+how+much+did+it+cost%3F&fr= altavista&fr2=sfp&iscqry=

URL1: http://lowendmac.com/compact/original-macintosh-128k.html

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqZo2H8A6qnRGtfqnc5neyubvZx4?p=What+year+was+the+fir st+Macintosh+computer+released+and+how+much+did+it+cost%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF8&fr=yfp-t-701

URL2: http://oldcomputers.net/lisa.html

Answer Year: June 1983 Answer Cost: US $9,995 7. Find a picture of the original IBM PC. Copy/paste the picture to your document. How much memory (RAM) did it have? (Each URL should answer at least one of the questions.) Search engine: www.webcrawler.com Search engine results page: http://www.webcrawler.com/search/web?fcoid=417&fcop=topnav&fpid=27&q=How+much+RAM+did +the+orginal+IBM+pc+have%3F&ql=

URL1: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=274

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqZo2H8A6qnRGtfqnc5neyubvZx4?p=How+much+ram+did+th e+original+IBM+pc+have%3F&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

URL2: http://www.vintage-computer.com/ibm_pc.shtml

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Answer Paste picture: Answer RAM: 16KB 8. Locate a website that sells custom crutches that float. What is the business owners name? Search engine: www.bing.com Search engine results page: http://www.bing.com/search?q=custom+crutches+that+float&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=custom%2520c rutches%2520that%2520float&sc=1-26&sp=-1&sk=

URL1: http://www.fetterman-crutches.com/crutches/ed-openshaw-wood-top-underarm/index.php

Other Search engine results page: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7icLaSxPrxgApChXNyoA?p=custom+crutches+that+float &ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t701&xargs=12KPjg1oduy5a3vOHvKvjFSvXBhg9O0JCz5Is_WMQaRp8L_XNtR6AuOfa_3pgqGK5q7 y_g_Q..&pstart=3&b=11

URL2: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fetterman-crutches.com

Answer: Thomas Fetterman 9. When you google someone, you type their full name in the Google search box to see what comes up. If you use quotation marks around your full name, you may have better results. Google your name. List at least one pertinent piece of information that you found. Search engine: www.google.com Search engine results page: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psyab&hl=en&biw=782&bih=738&source=hp&q=%22christopher+gorski%22&pbx=1&oq=%22christoph er+gorski%22&aq=f&aqi=gv4&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17763l28036l0l29551l20l20l0l0l0l1l1322l11099l0.1.6.2.2.3.4.2l20l0&bav =on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=782384432d316272

URL: http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Christopher_Gorski_1319461/

Answer: I found that a man with the same name as mine, in Florida, that has an arrest record and mug shot online, great.

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10. Summary: Please type a brief paragraph that summarizes what you learned from this assignment. Try to answer these questions in your summary. Which of these search engines have you used before, if any? Did you find the same answers using two different search engines? Why or why not? I have used some of the search engines that you had us use in this assignment before like Ask, Bing, and Google. I didnt notice much of a difference in the search results from search engine to search engine because most of the lesser ones used the bigger ones like Google or Yahoo to find the results. I mainly use Yahoos search engine because it is my browsers home page and my email is through Yahoo.