494100416: 2007

2007年6月4日星期一

搜尋引擎作業十

1. If you use Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Internet Exploer 5.5 or a more recent version, install the Google Deskbar on your system.

2. If you use Internet Exploer, install the Google Toolbar on your system. If you use another browser, install Google Browser Buttons on your system.

3. Make Google your home page.

4. Make Google your default search engine.

1. Convert 1 mile to meters.

2. Convert 1 kg to lbs.

3. Convert 0 degrees Kelvin to Fahrenheit or Celsius.

4. Compute the number of minutes in a 365-day year.

5. Which is larger pi^e or e^pi? The same relationship holds between x^e and e^x for all non-negative values of x except e. The exponential constant, e, is approximately 2.72 and the ratio of the cir cumference to the diameter of a circle, pi, is approximately 3.14.

6. How many lottery combinations are there if the winning combination consists of 5 distinct integers between 1 and 99, i.e., there are 99 balls in an urn and once one is selected, it isn't returned to the box.

1. 查聯合國總部的地址.

2. 查美國圖書館學會地址與電話.

2007年5月21日星期一

搜尋引擎作業九

1. Find out about public swimming pools that you can use when visiting Naples, Italy.
解答: 那不勒斯地中海飯店
搜尋過程:
在google首頁點選"語言選項"

在翻譯的框格裡打入[public swimming pools],選擇"英文至義大利文"

得到的翻譯結果為[piscine pubbliche ]

把使用偏好的語言改為義大利文

在google搜尋框打入 [piscine pubbliche Naples]

關於 piscine pubbliche Naples大約有449 頁義大利文搜尋結果

選擇Informazioni sull'hotel Renaissance Naples Hotel Mediterraneo a ...

http://it.viaggi.yahoo.com/p-guida_hotel-1465867-renaissance_naples_hotel_mediterraneo-i

2. Find a reception hall, local caterer, disc jockey, and bartender that you can hire for a wedding reception at a small winery in Burgundy, France.
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入
3. “I Love You” 的法文及發音
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入
4. Find the first chapter of Le Petit Prince online and have Google translate it into English. Compare this translation with the first chapter of The Little Prince translated by Katherine Woods, which you can find online if you don’t have a handy copy of this lovely book.
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google的使用偏好將語言改為"法文"

在google搜尋框打入[first chapter Le Petit Prince]

關於first chapter Le Petit Prince大約有30,700 頁法文搜尋結果

將全文複製貼到Google翻譯
選擇"法文至英文"

在google搜尋框打入[ The Little Princechapter I translated by Katherine Woods]

5. Restrict your search to France and search for pages in English on the war in Iraq.

搜尋過程:
進入google首頁的進階搜尋,在查詢框打入[war Iraq]

語言設定為"英文"

網域"除去www.google.fr"

關於 war OR Iraq -site:www.google.fr大約有523,000,000 頁英文搜尋結果

選擇CNN: War in Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/

1. Is it true that if you touch a cold halogen bulb with clean fingers, you will shorten its lifespan?
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入[touch halogen bulb]

約有420,000項符合touch halogen bulb 的查詢結果

選擇How Things Work - Incandescent Light Bulbs

http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW/incandescent_light_bulbs.html

2. Are 75% of Americans chronically dehydrated?
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入 [Americans chronically dehydrated]

約有96,500項符合 Americans chronically dehydrated 的查詢結果

選擇Are You Chronically Dehydrated? :: Health and Disease

http://www.alive.com/1174a4a2.php?subject_bread_cramb=4

3. Are you less likely to get dental cavities if you drink fluoridated water?
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入 ["fluoridated water"dental cavities]

約有58,900項符合"fluoridated water"dental cavities 的查詢結果

選擇Google 網上論壇： misc.kids.breastfeeding

http://groups.google.com.hk/group/misc.kids.breastfeeding/browse_thread/thread/427d4b75732fbedd/c84eb7900c1c8f2c?hl=zh-TW

4. Is clumping kitty litter a major health hazard to cats?

解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入 ["clumping litter" hazardous]

約有862項符合"clumping litter" hazardous的查詢結果

選擇Cat Health Problems and Clumping Clay Kitty Litters

http://www.thelighthouseonline.com/articles/moredata.html

5. What are the benefits and drawbacks of a flu(influenza) shot?
解答:
搜尋過程:
在google搜尋框打入 [influenza]

約有21,000,000項符合influenza的查詢結果

選擇CDC - Influenza (Flu)

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

點選 Key Facts

6. Does microwaving food in plastic containers or plastic cling wrap release harmful chemicals into the food?Check whether this is an urban legend.

解答:

搜尋過程:

在google搜尋框打入[microwave cooking plastic wrap]

約有485,000項符合microwave cooking plastic wrap的查詢結果

選擇Urban Legends Reference Pages: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer ...http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.asp

2007年5月14日星期一

搜尋引擎作業八

1. According to the dictionary, what is an “urban legend”?

解答: a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
搜尋過程:

在GOOGLE搜尋框內打入define:urban legend

在奇摩字典打urban legend

2. Find the history of the word ‘chivalry.’ From which language does it come and from what word?
解答:由法文,西班牙文,義大利文衍生而來,都是騎在馬背上的捍衛者的意思中世紀的十字軍東征慢慢衍伸出騎士精神,但是之後的要求越來越嚴格
搜尋過程:

在google搜尋框打入history of the word ‘chivalry’

約有645,000項符合history of the word ‘chivalry’

選擇Growth And Decadence Of Chivalry

http://history-world.org/Chivalry,%20growth%20and%20decadence%20of.htm

3. Does Google provide a link to dictionary for definitions of terms in languages other than English?
解答: 中文（簡體）中文（繁體）俄文義大利文英文的 catalog定義
搜尋過程: 在google搜尋框打入define: catalog

4. What does ‘zeitgeist’ mean? What’s on the Google Zeitgeist page www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html ?
解答: A German term meaning "spirit of the time." It refers to the moral and intellectual trends of a given era. Examples of zeitgeist include the preoccupation with the more morbid aspects of dying and death in some Jacobean literature, especially in the works of dramatists Cyril Tourneur and John Webster, and the decadence of the French Symbolists.
搜尋過程: 在google搜尋框打入

連結www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

可以看到Google所統計出來的的搜尋排行榜，不僅有各個類別也有各個時間的搜尋排行榜。

1. After Nelson Blachman received reprints of a paper he wrote for the June 2003 issue of the Mathematical Scientist, he wanted to discover what other sorts of papers appear in the same issue of this semiannual publication. Find a table of contents for The Mathematical Scientist for Nelson.
解答:
搜尋過程: 在google搜尋框打入

2. Compare the dates on the current page with the dates on the cached version for the following organizations:
˙CNN
˙New York Times
˙Java Pro Magazine
˙North Texas Food Bank
解答:
搜尋過程: 在google搜尋框打入
3. Check the dates that the Wayback Machine archived versions of Google Guide
解答:
搜尋過程:在google搜尋框打入

2007年5月7日星期一

搜尋引擎作業七

1. On National Public Radio (NPR), you heard a researcher at Stanford University whose name sounded like Jeff Naumberg and want to send him email. What is Jeff's email address?
搜尋過程:

在Google 首頁都搜尋框打入[NPR Stanford University Jeff Naumberg ]

約有77項符合NPR Stanford University Jeff Naumberg 的查詢結果

但所得結果和題目符合的都是Google指南

2. From Google's home page. www.google.com , search for "french military victories" and then click on the I'm Feeling Lucky button to see Albino Blacksheep's parody of a Google spelling correction result.

Note:Though the page looks like a Google page, if you enter another query in the search box, it will be processed by the hosting site, listed in your browser's address box.

搜尋過程:

在Google 首頁的 I'm Feeling Lucky 搜尋[french military victories]

會出現"Did you mean: french military defeats "

點進去則顯示這個有關法國戰敗的網站

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

2007年4月15日星期日

搜尋引擎作業六

1. What are some home remedies for getting rid of ants?

解答: 網頁中提供許多趕走螞蟻的方法,如利用白粉筆或辣椒話現在螞蟻出沒的地方
搜尋過程:

使用google查詢[getting rid of ants]

約有609,000項符合getting rid of ants的查詢結果

選擇Getting Rid of Ants

http://www.thefrugallife.com/ants.html

2. Find facts about declawing cats.

解答:
腳趾都清洗及消毒. 準備止血帶. 將腳趾準備切口僅次於爪準備接受檢查和手術.

手術後的切口應以止血帶包紮好,以防止流血

搜尋過程: 使用google查詢[declawing cats]

約有304,000項符合declawing cats的查詢結果

選擇A Cat Declaw... Photos Of One Method Of Many To Declaw A Cat-

http://www.thepetcenter.com/sur/catdc.html

3. What is the Google’s privacy policy? How do I stop my previous appearing when I type in a new search term?

解答: Google 隱私權政策闡述在您使用 Google 産品和服務時我們如何處理個人資料，包括您在使用個人化搜尋時提供的資料。

您需要一個 Google 帳戶才能使用個人化搜尋。在建立 Google 帳戶時，Google 會要求您提供一些個人資料，包括您的電子郵件地址和密碼，以用於保護您的帳戶不受未經授權的進入。您可以通過 Google 帳戶進入我們多項需要登記的服務。
個人化搜尋會記錄有關您在 Google 上的活動的資料，包括您的搜尋查詢、您點擊的搜尋結果以及您搜尋的日期和時間，以改進您的搜尋結果和顯示您的搜尋歷史記錄。一段時期後，該服務可能會利用您在 Google 上活動的更多資料或是您提供給 Google 的其他資料以爲您提供更佳的搜尋結果。
搜尋過程:使用GOOGLE搜尋[Google’s privacy policy]

約有119,000,000項符合Google’s privacy policy的查詢結果

選擇Google Privacy Center: Privacy Policy

http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/privacypolicy.html#information

4. Some movie stars attend Botox parties. What goes on at such parties and why do they attend? Which stars have used Botox?

解答: BOTOX® injections utilize Botulinum Toxin Type A to treat wrinkles. BOTOX® Injections were originally slated to treat neurological disorders; today, BOTOX® injections are widely used to remove facial lines, especially frown lines, "crow's feet," and forehead lines.

以下為注射過肉毒桿菌的好萊鎢明星
Sylvester Stalone
Cher
Ryan Seacrest
Elizabeth Hurley
Geri Halliwell
Greta Van Susteren
Joan Rivers
Kim Cattrall
Kylie Minogue

Elizabeth Taylor
Madonna
Cliff Richard

Annie Potts
Mickey Rourke
Leslie Ash

搜尋過程:

使用google查詢[Botox parties movie stars ]

約有386,000項符合Botox parties movie stars 的查詢結果

選擇Botox hollywood stars, celebrities, and movie stars

http://www.botox-cosmetic-surgery.com/botox_hollywood_movie_stars.htm

點選BOTOX injection

5. When was Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio’s (NPR) legal affairs correspondent , born, where was she educated, what degrees does she have, Did she attend law school?

解答: 生於 January 14, 1944 . 就讀 Boston University
搜尋過程:

使用google搜尋[Nina Totenberg]

約有78,300項符合Nina Totenberg的查詢結果