Archive for September, 2007

Before Detective Mackey

Question: What do the letters VIC in Commodore VIC-20 stand for?

  • Very Inexpensive Computer
  • Video Interface Chip
  • Five Intergrated Circuits
  • Victor, Jack Tramiel’s son



Answer: Video Interface Chip

Add comment September 20th, 2007

That’s a lot of calls

Question: A typical fiber optic cable can carry up to 2.5 billion bits of data per second, or how many simultaneous telephone calls?

  • 16,000
  • 32,000
  • 64,000
  • 128,000



Answer: 32,000

Add comment September 19th, 2007

Goody, goody, goody

Question: What newsgroup started the trend of silly group names with tripled elements?

  • alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg
  • alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork
  • alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die
  • sci.physics.edward.teller.boom.boom.boom



Answer: alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork

Add comment September 18th, 2007

Play nice!

Question: What does ‘nice’ refer to in Unix?

  • the priority level of the task
  • the portability of the program
  • how friendly the interface is
  • how well error-recovery works



Answer: the priority level of the task

Add comment September 17th, 2007

Secret handshake

Question: ‘P1003′, to a UNIX person, means what?

  • Dennis Ritchie’s license plate
  • The Unix International Membership Office Mailstop
  • The IEEE Posix Committee
  • The FORTRAN compiler no-input-file error code



Answer: The IEEE Posix Committee

Add comment September 16th, 2007

Before blogs

Question: Which of the following is not a top-level Usenet group prefix?

  • net
  • sci
  • unix
  • talk



Answer: unix

Add comment September 15th, 2007

Pretty as a picture

Question:

If you sat down at a computer and saw this screen, you would be using…

  • an Amiga
  • an Apple // GS
  • an Atari ST
  • a Xerox Alto



Answer: an Amiga

Add comment September 14th, 2007

It’s short for….

Question: On UNIX, cc is the C Compiler, and pc is the Pascal Compiler. What is
bc?

  • BASIC Compiler
  • BCPL Compiler
  • Binary Calculator
  • Backus Compiler



Answer: Binary Calculator

Add comment September 13th, 2007

With two tin cans and a string

Question: CompuServe went online in what year?

  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979



Answer: 1978

Add comment September 12th, 2007

Pac Who?

Question: Which PacMan sequel didn’t really exist?

  • PacMan Junior
  • Mrs. PacMan
  • Pac Land
  • PacMan Plus



Answer: Mrs. PacMan

Add comment September 11th, 2007

Next Posts Previous Posts


Calendar

September 2007
M T W T F S S
« Aug   Oct »
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930

Posts by Month

Posts by Category