Ta-da!
-Answer Time -Answer Time!
-It's StoryBots: Answer Time -Answer Time!
They live in your computer And they got a job to do
They're all about learning And they make it fun too
When you have a question They answer it for you
It's StoryBots: Answer Time
Answer Time!
-Hey there! How's it going? -Boop!
Hi, Bang. What is a shape with 20 sides called?
I'll check, but there is no way a shape could have 20--
What the what? There's a shape with 20 sides called an icosagon?
Are you okay?
I think I need to lie down.
Hi, StoryBots.
Can I have a big, giant pizza?
Pizza? You have the wrong--
Can I have cheese on it?
Okay, but hold on a sec.
And some pepperoni?
Pepperoni. Got it.
And a lot, and a lot, and a lot of tomatoes?
Tomato. Wait a minute, we're not a pizza place!
Boop?
Carrots!
Yeah!
Carrots!
-Boop? -Yeah!
What are you doing?
-Whoa! Carrots! -Boop.
We've got a Level Three coming in.
Oh, I'm in so much trouble. I totally messed up. Things are so bad.
I need your help. I am seriously gonna get fired.
Whoa, man. You gotta, like, slow down. Take a deep breath and stuff.
Okay, you're right. Thank you, Bang.
So, like, how can we help you?
My name is Stacy. I work at the Gray and Drab Corporation.
We help companies maximise efficiency
by eliminating fun and silliness in the workplace.
I have no idea what you just said.
Well, Bo,
let's just say my job is to help companies become more serious.
But I have done something that is decidedly not serious.
Whoa, that sounds pretty serious.
Oh, Bang, it really is.
I knew I shouldn't have gone karaoke-ing with my friends.
What's wrong with karaoke?
Nothing necessarily wrong with karaoke.
What's wrong is that I filmed it, Beep.
Yep. You never sound quite as good as you think.
That's not it. I thought I was emailing the video to my friends,
but I emailed it to the entire company.
-That's definitely a problem. -Especially if your job is to be serious.
That video's going to my boss,
my boss's boss, my boss's boss's boss, my boss's boss's boss's boss.
I am definitely gonna get fired.
What can we do to help?
I was hoping you could tell me how the Internet works.
That way, I could stop the video from getting to everyone and save my job.
Can we figure out how the Internet works to help stop that message?
We do live inside computers.
Wait, we live inside computers?
Hold up. You didn't know you lived inside of a computer?
It's in the theme song.
Boop-boop-boop, boop-boop.
I know where we can go.
Let's go straight to the Internet Department.
-Oh yeah! -I haven't been there since I was a kid.
Thank you so much, Bo. But please, hurry.
My serious boss is in a serious meeting.
If I don't stop that video before she gets back, I am toast.
Don't worry, Stacy. We are on the job.
Answer Time!
Hi, StoryBots. How do flies walk on the ceiling?
It may seem impossible,
but for a fly, walking on a ceiling is rather natural.
On the tip of a fly's foot are little pads, which--
As I was saying,
on these little pads are lots of sticky hairs, which--
Excuse me.
The pads on its feet are sticky enough to allow the fly to walk around
on smooth surfaces like a statue.
Or a microscope. Or a vase!
Or even upside down
on the ceiling!
Marvellous creatures.
Hi, StoryBots. Can you tell me some news?
You're watching StoryBots News on channel 22 and 2/3, WBOT,
with your hosts Story Storyberg and Bot Botson.
Breaking news.
Pelicans can hold more food in their beaks than in their stomachs.
The halibut is just divine, isn't it, dear?
Just magnificent--
Wanna help me finish this? I couldn't eat another bite.
-Well, I never! -Disgusting.
Oh, I recommend the herring.
Next stop, the Internet Department.
This is the Internet Department?
Hello? Is anybody here?
Welcome, newbie, to the wonderful world of the Internet.
The World Wide Web permeates many aspects of our lives, StoryBot and human alike.
But what exactly is the Internet?
Can I catch bugs with it?
No, Timmy, it's not that kind of net.
The Internet is a network made up of billions of computers around the world,
connected to each other by cables and radio signals.
Gee whizz!
"Gee whizz" is right. It's the connections between these computers
that lets them send and receive videos, pictures, websites,
games, and even messages to each other.
To find out how that works, first--
Wait, what happened?
Oh, that happens all the time.
Sorry to scare you. Haven't seen a StoryBot here in ages.
What? But everybody uses the Internet.
But everyone's too busy using the Internet to learn how it works anymore.
Oh, I see.
But wait, who are you?
Ah, I'm so glad you asked.
Why, I'm
the Internet Wizard!
Still got it.
Well.
Okay, then, Mr Internet Wizard, sir,
do you think you can help me find out how the Internet works?
I thought you'd never ask.
Welcome to the Internet!
Wow!
There must be billions of files here!
How will I ever find Stacy-- Oh, there it is.
Got you! What's this?
192.168.1.1?
Oh, that's a weird number.
Not a weird number at all.
It's the IP address of the server where that message is being sent.
IP address, huh? Wait!
No!
No! Stacy's video!
Oh, it's destroyed!
What am I gonna-- Wait a second, that's a good thing!
Now it won't get sent.
The message isn't destroyed. It got split into little pieces called packets.
What? Why does it get split into packets?
By splitting a big message into little packets,
they can travel more securely via different routes.
Since they have the same IP address,
they get to the same place to be put back together.
Put back together?
Oh no, I have to stop them!
-You can't stop-- -Hang on, Stacy. I'll stop that message!
Guess she'll learn the hard way--
Hey, why do people sneeze?
Detective Boop, I'm Betty Esquire.
The famous lawyer set to take that rotten Slim Slyman to trial.
But I won't be able to make my case in court if I can't… stop…
sneezing!
Boop-boop.
Boop.
-Thank goodness you came. -Boop!
Boop?
The flowers? I don't know. They started arriving a few days ago.
I guess I have a secret admirer. I don't know who it could be.
Boop?
Maybe the gardener. He does pick flowers for me once in a while.
Excuse me, Detective.
Delivery from your secret admirer.
Oh, how adorable.
I just want to snuggle you up.
Boop-boop!
Boop!
Boop.
Slim Slyman?
Rats! All that pollen from the flowers
and dander from the puppy
was supposed to float up your nose, not mine!
What is he talking about?
Boop, boop-boop, boop-boop, boop-boop-boop-boop, boop.
You're saying that dust, pollen, and dander particles
tickle the little hairs inside our noses,
and that's what makes us sneeze?
That's right, Betty Do-Gooder. If I could've kept you sneezing--
I wouldn't be able to argue your case in court.
That was my dastardly plan.
Another case closed by Detective…
Boop-boop-boop.
Oh, thank you.
You sneeze when something irritates The inside of your nose
Like pollen, dust, or dander It could be one of those
The particles get in And they tickle tiny hairs
Sneezing is your body's way To get them out of there
Nerves inside your nose Set off a signal to your brain
There's something in here It can't remain!"
Your brain tells your throat, chest Lots of muscles too
To blow it out together With a powerful "Achoo!"
Achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo!
The air comes speeding out Because a sneeze is super strong
So whatever irritates your nose Won't stay there long
When pollen, dust, or germs Float in the breeze
Your body clears your nose out With a great big healthy sneeze
Achoo!
Next stop, still the Internet Department.
Internet traffic control. State your IP address.
-Where you headed? What's your number? -Number? Oh, number, right.
192.168.1.1?
Clear.
Wait, what's going on? What is this?
Ma'am, this is one of many, many, many routers.
Please move it along.
What's a router?
A computer that reads the IP address of packets
and sends them to the correct destination.
Would you please let go? We have a lot of packets to process.
Oh, sorry.
This is where you get off, honey.
Have a wonderful day.
Commencing packet reassembly.
I've got to stop Stacy's video from being put back together!
Purple StoryBot, please halt your interference or you will be detained.
I have to interfere
for Stacy!
No!
Once information is sent,
it can't be stopped from reaching its destination.
Internet Wizard?
Wait, what do you mean?
I tried to tell you, but you zipped off so fast.
You have to think long and hard before you hit send,
because once you put something on the Internet, it's there forever.
Why are you echoing?
No reason.
I guess there's nothing I can do about it anymore.
What's happening now?
In addition to the IP address and the information requested,
the packets contain instructions on how to put everything back in the right order.
This happens incredibly fast.
Computers send and receive information all over the world
in a fraction of a second.
Once someone hits send, it gets to its destination
and the packets get put back together in hardly any time at all.
I drive a truck
A big ol' truck
I better get back and tell him I couldn't stop the message.
Thanks for your help, Internet Wizard. Goodbye! Bye now!
Glad to have you stop by to witness the magic of the Internet.
The Internet, Internet Let's learn somethin' 'bout the Internet
Internet, the Internet Let me teach you 'bout the Internet
The Internet is made up Of billions of computers
All around the world Brisbane to Bermuda
Connected to each other By a bunch of cables or radio signals
That's how we send emails and games Websites, pictures of sunsets
Want a cat video? Type in a request
Your request gets sent to a server Broken into packets, I'll explain further
There's a lot of information In the packets
It's got something called an IP address
Like 192.1.0, that's the address to The server where your packet's need to go
The packets travel different paths Through special computers called routers
They're reassembled The server reads the request you made
And knows what you need
It finds the video you want it to play Breaks it into packets headed your way
It happens in a fraction of a second
Click a button on the Internet See a cat meow
The Internet, Internet
We all learned Somethin' 'bout the Internet
Internet, the Internet
We all learned Somethin' 'bout the Internet
Stacy? Hello, Stacy?
Are you there?
Bo! Yes, I'm here.
Please tell me you figured out How to stop my video from going out
Oh, Stacy, I'm so sorry, but I couldn't.
No…
Why not?
Once a message is sent out on the Internet, you can't get it back.
There's gotta be a way, Bo.
How? How does it work?
Well, each message is broken into lots of tiny pieces called packets.
Okay.
Those packets contain the address for where they need to go,
and instructions for putting the packets back together.
And there's absolutely no way to stop them?
No, they even travel along different paths.
They can be in different places around the world at the same time,
until they get to the right server to be put back together.
When my boss sees this video, she is totally gonna fire me!
Maybe she'll think you're funny?
Zero chance of that happening.
May as well start working on my resume. I need to find a new job.
What's happening?
Oh, it's a message from the president of our company.
Oh, I can't even read it. I can't read it. Bo, can you?
"OMG, Stacy, you are so funny."
Oh, I knew it. My life is ruined and…
Wait. What?
What else does it say?
"Thanks for the laughs, Stacy."
"Sometimes humour can go a long way in maximizing productivity."
y boss loved the video. She's giving me a promotion!
Oh, Stacy, I told you she'd think you're funny!
Oh, you were so right, Bo.
I couldn't be more excited to be Gray and Drab's new vice-president
of silliness!