This is why the internet is great...

[Emancipated]

Well, 2nd only to pr0n but that goes without saying.

I was reading a review on Amazon on The Killer's album and noticed a member hailed from Georgetown, Guyana. But wait, I only know of two Georgetowns and they're in North America. I then Google/Wiki it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Guyana

Amazing how the internet has the ability to bring all the information you want at arms length.

Again, simply amazing.

[Tijuana]

Welcome to 1995?

[ben_liu]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[a1cd]

your amazed that someone in the capital of Guyana has internet?..

[Emancipated]

your amazed that someone in the capital of Guyana has internet?..

Don't be a tool.

To the rest of you fools, it's nice to be humbled now and again. Don't ever take it for granted! I'm from a generation where we played handball and road hockey after school, not get home and play games and chat on IMs.

[esq05]

I didn't even know there were two Georgetowns... was this thread really necessary? Not trying to be mean, but c'mon guys, get a blog.

[Emancipated]

The internet is great - I discovered a third Georgetown and it is like 1 hour away... Amazing and it has it's own GO Station - how advance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Ontario


and so many more Georgetown's that can last a lifetime of information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Georgetown

See there, someone has chosen to see the positive side of this posting. Sure it may seem mundane and trivial at face value but like I said, it's nice to be humbled by these afterthoughts from time to time.

[rayray27]

i guess it's true that you learn something new everyday... hehe

[ItemFinder]

See there, someone has chosen to see the positive side of this posting. Sure it may seem mundane and trivial at face value but like I said, it's nice to be humbled by these afterthoughts from time to time.
I think he's making fun of you :D

[Cough]

Far more famous is Jonestown Guyana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown) - the home of the infamous Kool Aid massacre

[whampoa]

OP, meet your best new friend, 3weddings.

[CCCC3333]

Far more famous is Jonestown Guyana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown) - the home of the infamous Kool Aid massacre
They didn't actually use Kool Aid.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/232174.html

[N_Raged]

I don't know what I'd do without Google Maps/Earth... besides using an actual map.

[Cough]

They didn't actually use Kool Aid.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/232174.html
You are correct but the incident is still colloquially reference to kool aid....



The term is derived from the 1978 cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown. Late in the year he ordered his followers to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Flavor Aid laced with potassium cyanide. In what is now commonly called the "Jonestown Massacre", a large majority of the 913 people later found dead drank the brew. (The discrepancy between the idiom and the actual occurrence is likely due to Flavor Aid's relative obscurity, compared to the easily recognizable Kool-Aid.) The precise expression can be attested in usage at least as early as 1987.[4]

The saying "Do not drink the Kool-Aid" now commonly refers to the Jonestown tragedy, meaning "Do not trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side," or "Whatever they tell you, do not believe it too strongly."[5] Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly is famous for using the term in this manner.[6]

Having "drunk the Kool-Aid" also refers to being a strong or fervent believer in a particular philosophy or mission — wholeheartedly or blindly believing in its virtues.[7][8]

The Kool-Aid brand is an example of a genericized trademark — a brand name which has become the generic term for a type of product. Different brands of flavored drink powder, such as Flavor-Aid and store brand versions, are sometimes referred to as Kool-Aid, even if the consumer is aware that the product is not the actual Kool-Aid brand.

[mic2074]

Well, 2nd only to pr0n but that goes without saying.

I was reading a review on Amazon on The Killer's album and noticed a member hailed from Georgetown, Guyana. But wait, I only know of two Georgetowns and they're in North America. I then Google/Wiki it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Guyana

Amazing how the internet has the ability to bring all the information you want at arms length.

Again, simply amazing.

yes, this, and porn has never been more accessible :D HOOOORAY for the internet !!!

[joeym]

http://lipna.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/hurray.gif

[GoiNGPoSTaL]

It's amazing isn't it? More than one thing can have the same name and at the same time, who would have thunk it!!!!!!!!!! Crazzzzy!

Did you know there is a London and a Paris that are not in Ontario?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

Wonder if they are as cosmopolitan as the cities in Ontario? I bet they were named after the cities in Ontario, has anyone heard of these cities before?

[ricoboxing]

OMG... I just found out that there is another Kingston other than the one in ontario!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston

[Mr Nobody]

Amazing how the internet has the ability to bring all the information you want at arms length.

Better examples would be:

1. My friend loved a certain song in a specific episode of X-Files but for years had no way of figuring out what the song title was. He didn't even know the title of the specific episode. He's a dinosaur and didn't use computers/Internet (this was 2-3 years ago). With only a description of the episode and the word "song" as the search words I typed into Google. We found the song title he was looking for, for so many years. It took a whole 2 minutes. Needless to say, he now has a computer and internet.

2. My dad had been looking for music sheets to a certain classical guitar song for over a decade. He had been to music stores, Toronto reference library, etc with no luck. After he got internet I showed him Google and we found the music sheets in about 15 minutes. (This one took a little more wading through to find.)

For us who use the technology everyday, we forget how powerful it is. But to someone new, it can be amazing, and it reminds us techies again just what a great tool the internet can be.

[burnt_toast]

ontario is not just a province, it's also a City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_%28CA%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_%28OR%29

[Kommander_KornFlakes]

Dude, if you just found out that Guyana is an actual country that exists and it took you 20 years to find out it just shows the trash education that our children get at geography class in high school.

What's next? That you never knew there's a country called "Christmas Island"? :rolleyes:

[KorruptioN]

Dude, if you just found out that Guyana is an actual country that exists and it took you 20 years to find out it just shows the trash education that our children get at geography class in high school.

What's next? That you never knew there's a country called "Christmas Island"? :rolleyes:

Silly troll, we all thought you knew Mainland China wasn't a continent! :rolleyes:

[trini]

Georgetown Guyana ia more famous than the one in Canada and not only because of the Jim Jones Cult mass suicide in the 60's.
Gold, Diamonds Chutney Music, Hosay Celebrations, World Famous Cricket it's a good place to meet the Rolling Stones if England tours.

[shawn99]

Which The Killer's album? I like hot fuss

[UncleSteve]

What's next? That you never knew there's a country called "Christmas Island"?

OK, Smarty Pants, do tell us when Christmas Island gained its independence.

[goJays]

what next? a thread about 2 Ontarios? The world is only finite and furthermore, many names are used more than once. Did the OP expect some foreign sounding city name from Guyana or something?

[selpats]

Don't be a tool.

To the rest of you fools, it's nice to be humbled now and again. Don't ever take it for granted! I'm from a generation where we played handball and road hockey after school, not get home and play games and chat on IMs.

I am from that same generation but your original post still makes me laugh. No offense to you, but it is kind of surprising...Even my 76 year-old father knows to look up things like this on the internet on a daily basis...

Are you are really now just discovering what the internet can give you? It's cool if you are because you have a whole new world to learn about. I have buddies that barely know how to turn a computer on, let alone email me etc! (They have been working on the oil rigs too long...). :lol:

[Tijuana]

Dude, if you just found out that Guyana is an actual country that exists and it took you 20 years to find out it just shows the trash education that our children get at geography class in high school.

What's next? That you never knew there's a country called "Christmas Island"? :rolleyes:

Yes, because our maps at school are like this

http://frostbite.no/blog/wp-content/map_of_american_isolationist_thinking.gif

[Badman]

wow do you not know that Guyana existed? Anyone who lives in the GTA should know at least some Guyanese people.

[Emancipated]

wow do you not know that Guyana existed? Anyone who lives in the GTA should know at least some Guyanese people.

Did you read the original post by me or are you satisfied with running with the spins and distorted words of the latter postings for the sake of a laugh? I know, you're going to accuse me of not knowing what sarcasm is. Use a little imagination if you're going to berate someone.

Alas, the crux of my thread is that it's always good to be humbled by something old and familiar even if others find it so rudimentary by their standards.

[originalnutta]

Don't be a tool.

To the rest of you fools, it's nice to be humbled now and again. Don't ever take it for granted! I'm from a generation where we played handball and road hockey after school, not get home and play games and chat on IMs.

So am i.

But i know that the intrawebz has wikipedia.

Why is this even a thread?

[Menthol]

I say we ban the member from Georgetown, Guyana. He caused this. :D

[Error916]

I honestly lol'd at some of the replies here

[billdozer]

Why is this even a thread?

Better yet, why is this isn't this thread locked yet?

And even better than that, why are we posting on RFD on a Friday night of a long weekend?! :lol:



>:(

[Error916]

Better yet, why is this isn't this thread locked yet?

And even better than that, why are we posting on RFD on a Friday night of a long weekend?! :lol:



>:(

because we have no life?

[originalnutta]

Better yet, why is this isn't this thread locked yet?

And even better than that, why are we posting on RFD on a Friday night of a long weekend?! :lol:



>:(

because i work weekends, and i start at 7 a.m tomorrow. :(

I should be sleeping right now.

[Kommander_KornFlakes]

Did you read the original post by me or are you satisfied with running with the spins and distorted words of the latter postings for the sake of a laugh?

The thing is that if you were living in Honk Kong or Oklahoma nobody would be so harsh with you, but you live in Toronto with about 500,000 Guyanese and you still didn't know Guyana existed, that would be like living in Jane/Finch and not knowing what "Jamaica" is.

[Bree]

That's the internet for you. Welcome to 2008, caveman.

[xpoint9]

I found out there is a London in England and not just in Ontario!
thanks interaweb

[manixc]

How interesting, I am actually in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia at this very moment. :D

[gordholio]

It is amazing the information you can find and the things you can do.
Most people just take it for granted today, but only 15 years ago, you would have had a much harder time researching things. You would have had to go to the library and a lot of information now on the web probably wouldn't have been easily available.
Fifteen years ago, you could not do a price comparison across Canada for electronics or computer parts; today you can do this within seconds!

So it is pretty amazing, but people have gotten used to it - caveman. :)

[mrlooneytoon]

I actually found out that there is a city 'Ontario' in Cali by watching 24. So the Internet is not all that great! :cheesygri JK I love WWW.

[maidennomore]

I didn't even know there were two Georgetowns... was this thread really necessary? Not trying to be mean, but c'mon guys, get a blog.

+1

[Kommander_KornFlakes]

-
I just found out that there are Canadians called "Mike" and they sure are ignorant, thanks to the Internet :o

[Spray]

This is why the internet is great.
Guyanese 38,215 (Statistics Canada)

A little off there eh buddy?

The thing is that if you were living in Honk Kong or Oklahoma nobody would be so harsh with you, but you live in Toronto with about 500,000 Guyanese and you still didn't know Guyana existed, that would be like living in Jane/Finch and not knowing what "Jamaica" is.

[originalnutta]

This is why the internet is great.
Guyanese 38,215 (Statistics Canada)

A little off there eh buddy?

clearly he was exaggerating.

[KorruptioN]

clearly he was exaggerating.

He was not.

[crypto]

Well, 2nd only to pr0n but that goes without saying.

I was reading a review on Amazon on The Killer's album and noticed a member hailed from Georgetown, Guyana. But wait, I only know of two Georgetowns and they're in North America. I then Google/Wiki it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Guyana

Amazing how the internet has the ability to bring all the information you want at arms length.

Again, simply amazing.

MAAAAANNN, this Internet is something else!

[porphyra]

How do I get myself some of this Internet thingy? It sounds good.

[alexkidd]

Is this RFD or Emoblog.com?