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Video #2 - Triumph of the Nerds (Volume 1 - Impressing Their Friends)
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11. How is a "techie" work environment different from the standard work setting?
12. What are COBOL, FORTRAN, and BASIC?
13. What company invented the microprocessor chip?
14. What was the microprocessor chip initially used for?
15. Before the Altair 8800 (the first home PC) could be used, what had to be done first?
16. What kind of people would use the Altair?
17. How useful was this early machine?
18. How was the Altair 8800 programmed?
19. How did Paul Allen solve this programming problem (for the Altair 8800)?
20. Bill Gates joined Paul Allen and started what company?
21. What company did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found?
22. Which one of the two was the technical wizard? Which was the salesman?
23. What was Arthur Rock's role in this story?
24. What was the "killer application" that sold home computers to the establishment? What did it do?
25. Why didn't the authors of this software become rich?
you have to dress in a suit and work 40 hours a week the work environment is less structured and very casual but the hours tend to be long your job security is always questionable you work only during the night when Japan is awake you get paid for doing nothing because the boss really doesn't understand what it is you doExplanation / Answer
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11. How is a "techie" work environment different from the standard work setting?
you have to dress in a suit and work 40 hours a week
the work environment is less structured and very casual but the hours tend to be long
your job security is always questionable
you work only during the night when Japan is awake
you get paid for doing nothing because the boss really doesn't understand what it is you do
Answer: the work environment is less structured and very casual but the hours tend to be long
12. What are COBOL, FORTRAN, and BASIC?
names of three very old computers
famous inventors
higher level languages which made programming and debugging software much easier
parts of Univac
these are some of the names Bill Gates was originally going to name his company
Answer: higher level languages which made programming and debugging software much easier
13. What company invented the microprocessor chip?
Apple
IBM
Microsoft
Intel
Compact
Answer: Intel
14. What was the microprocessor chip initially used for?
running calculators and traffic lights
it calculated firing tables for the army
a paperweight
to guide astronauts to the moon
it controlled the Christmas lights at the Whitehouse in Washington DC
Answer: running calculators and traffic lights
15. Before the Altair 8800 (the first home PC) could be used, what had to be done first?
it had to be assembled from parts stuffed in a box
you needed to convert the electricity from AC to DC
you needed a password which costs more than the computer itself
a technician had to come to your house to give permission to use it
it had to be paid in full or it would not work
Answer: a technician had to come to your house to give permission to use it
16. What kind of people would use the Altair?
space scientists who needed to calculate lunar orbital data
top secret government officials who needed to break codes
doctors who were trying to find a cure for cancer
teachers who needed a way to calculate grades easier
maybe all of the above but definitely people who had way too much time on their hands and probably no other social life
Answer: maybe all of the above but definitely people who had way too much time on their hands and probably no other social life
17. How useful was this early machine?
it was fundamental to the lunar landing missions
it broke top secret German codes
it was so useless, people had to think of things for it to do
it found 5 cures for cancer
it made its inventor a multi-billionaire
Answer: it was so useless, people had to think of things for it to do
18. How was the Altair 8800 programmed?
from magnetic tape on huge reels
flipping switches in a certain sequence
the same way you get your programs in modern computers
voice input
using a standard keyboard
Answer: flipping switches in a certain sequence
19. How did Paul Allen solve this programming problem (for the Altair 8800)?
he invented the hard drive so software could be stored on it
he stole some other guys idea and got rich off it
programs were loaded over the internet
he developed the basic interpreter, which was an easier way to load software
he invented a better keyboard
Answer: he developed the basic interpreter, which was an easier way to load software
20. Bill Gates joined Paul Allen and started what company?
Apple
IBM
Microsoft
Intel
Compact
Answer: Microsoft
21. What company did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found?
Apple
IBM
Microsoft
Intel
Compact
Answer: Apple
22. Which one of the two was the technical wizard? Which was the salesman?
Jobs / Wozniak
Wozniak / Jobs
neither, Bill Gates really should get the credit
no one really knows because they give each other the credit
Jobs used the name Wozniak as a pen name & both people are really the same person
Answer:
no one really knows because they give each other the credit
Jobs used the name Wozniak as a pen name & both people are really the same person
23. What was Arthur Rock's role in this story?
he was the main competition
he gave free business advice
he was the father of the two Steves
he provided funding to finance the company's startup
he thought up the name of the company
Answer: he provided funding to finance the company's startup
24. What was the "killer application" that sold home computers to the establishment? What did it do?
Pong which was a stupid game but people loved it
Windows which was a great operating system
the internet which lets you send and receive email
VisiCalc which was a spreadsheet program
OS/2 which changed the display to color
Answer: Pong which was a stupid game but people loved it
25. Why didn't the authors of this software become rich?
they were blackmailed by a large company to keep quiet
they actually made a ton of money but invested it poorly
they actually made a ton of money but gave it all away to save the whales
after they wrote the program, the machines it ran on became obsolete
they chose not to patent their idea
Answer: they actually made a ton of money but gave it all away to save the whales
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