Follow the White Rabbit » Internet http://fortytwo.edublogs.org Helping Teachers with Technology. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Sabotaging the System http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2009/11/15/sabotaging-the-system/ http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2009/11/15/sabotaging-the-system/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:57:07 +0000 aliogas http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/?p=768 A 60 Minutes segment on Cyber Warfare:


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(Thanks Anita)

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Google has the ability to perform calculations. Amongst the calculations that google can perform are addition, subtraction, division, percentages and square roots.

Example:

100+98
2001-32
23*909
66/3
sqrt(9)
16% of 49

 

Conversions

Google can also erform conversions.

Example:

100 cad is usd100 lbs in kg
33 fahrenheit in celcius
500 kilometers in miles
10 gallons in liters

 

Searching a Site

You can force google to look for information in a particular site.

Example:

“computer science” site:www.thestudy.qc.ca

This will look for computer science in the Study’s website.

 

Related

This will look for similar websites.

Example:

related:www.google.com

This will list sites like google.

 

Filetype

You can search for a particular filetype through google.

Example:

“atomic learning” filetype:ppt 

This will look for a powerpoint on atomic energy.

There are 13 main filetypes that you can search for:

  • pdf 
  • ps (Adobe PostScript)
  • wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku (Lotus 1-2-3)
  • lwp (Lotus WordPro)
  • mw (MacWrite)
  • xls (Microsoft Excel)
  • ppt (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  • doc (Microsoft Word)
  • wks, wps, wdb (Microsoft Works)
  • wri (Microsoft Write)
  • rft (Rich Text Format)
  • swf (Shockwave Flash)
  • ans, text (text)

 

What’s the weather?

In the google search field, type in: weather Montreal

 

What Time is it?

In the google search field, type in: time Berlin

 

Local Searches

Example:

restaurants h3y1s4

This will list restaurants close to The Study.

 

Define

Example:

define computer

This will give you definitions of the word computer.

 

Stocks

Type in the stock symbol in the search field and you will see the stock prices.

 

Link

This will list websites that have links to the specific web page you asked for.

Example:

link:www.thestudy.qc.ca

This will give you sites that link to The Study from their website.

 

Movies

Example:

movie:Casablanca

This search will provide you with reviews of the movie Casablanca.

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  1. Start Safari.
  2. From the Safari menu, choose the command preferences
  3. Make sure that you are in the General Tab. The very first line in the General Tab is asking you to set the default web browser. Choose the browser from the popup menu and quit safari. 

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