computer/technology quiz

[Bobo]

okay here is my question

What was the first movie to use 2D CGI and what year was it?

Westworld, 1973

and What was the firstr movie to use 3D CGI and what year was it?

Futureworld, 1976

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

correct.

 

[Bobo]

Ok here's one:

How many speaker holes does a Mac LC575 have?

 

[apj101]

Ok here's one:

How many speaker holes does a Mac LC575 have?

two unless you count the bios/mobo-onboard speaker

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

kinda gone dead for a while so ill kick it back up.
the first gen of amd cpu's were the K5 then came K6 then K7 then K8 what is the next going to be? ( it comes out in mid 2007)

 

[34erd]

K8l

 

[Bobo]

two unless you count the bios/mobo-onboard speaker

No, speaker holes, as in the holes in the plastic covering the speakers. There are 182.

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

34erd you are correct your turn

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

34erd please ask your question.

 

[mrjack]

34erd! Can we get a question?

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

sorry 34erd you missed your opertunity. here is my question.

When was the term "supercomputer" first used and what computer was it refering to?

 

[mrjack]

1929, it was a custom tabulating machine by IBM.

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

Correct! your turn Mr. Jack

 

[mrjack]

A simple one, what is the VIR triangle?

 

[SFR]

A simple one, what is the VIR triangle?

An easy way of remembering the equations for Ohm's law


and about apj101's 9/11 question (If I was not out of town I would have guess it... we talked about that in the MM/DD/YYYY vs. DD/MM/YYYY thread awhile ago.. )

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

oh i was thinking to far out of the box lol i knew that!!

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[mrjack]

Your turn to ask a question, SFR.

 

[SFR]

Your turn to ask a question, SFR.

I honestly can not think of a difficult question..

How about a unix question...

What is the term used for directing the output of one process as the input of another process?

 

[mrjack]

Pipe. Also known as filtering output.

 

[YEA_PC_PHONICS]

Come on sfr is he correct?