The internet never ceases to amaze me...

The vast amounts of information floating around in the shape of ones and zeros, mountains upon mountains of virtual knowledge, just waiting for our fingertips to enter the correct combination of numbers and letters, for them to coalesce into the Grail we seek, be it a recipe for Brazilian-style Black beans and Rice, a picture of the Crab Nebula, or the previous days' Heng-Sing stock market numbers...

It's all there for the taking, virtually anything you ever wanted to know (and some things you wish you had never thought of or wish you could forget)...

Not just the information we crave more than the air we breathe, but the tools with which to find said information... Yes, my electronically-inclined brothers and sisters, the TOOLS!

How wondrous the Google, care to Ask Jeeves? Forget not the built-in Search function! Cross-reference, sort, and assimilate! Boolean Soup, anyone?

What stuns me almost as much as the amount of useful (and yes, the useless as well) information on the 'net is that despite the information being there, just waiting to be called forward, and the tools with which to find it, that most people who are reluctant to use those wondrous tools seem to be:

1) Ignorant that Google (or any other Search Engine-type page) can actually help you find what you're looking for, usually within the first two pages of results... I've been there, as have you, can I get a "Praise the 'Net!"?

2) Afraid that they will possibly cause their computer to melt down, straining mightily under the virtual weight of information called forth by their efforts... Oh, how little they truly know...

3) Terrified that they may actually end up doing something for themselves, without having someone else do it for them... Goodness gracious, sakes alive!

4) Nervous that the Search Function on any given webpage will actually search THEIR computer's hard drives for all the naughty pictures they have accumulated over the past however long...

5) All of the above...

6) None of the above (read: some bizarre and irrational fear that I can't bring myself to think of at the writing of this article)...

For those who have not yet found the courage to baptize themselves into the Fellowship of the Frequent Googler, or the Sublime Sect of the Search Engineer, FEAR NOT, I tell you, FEAR NOT...

You will find answers to virtually any question you may have, or are yet to have. EVER... And then some...

If you do not understand the answers, a simple search will bring you to another temple of knowledge, wherein the explanation will make itself known to you, in the shape of small, monosyllabic words and crayon-rendered drawings, by the hands of Elementary-Schoolers much more electronically enlightened than yourself... I guess this is what most people fear and loathe so much they refuse to take the first step (or keystroke) on the journey of enlightenment...

In parting, remember, o Children of Informational Darkness:

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND. Yesterday, today, and forever more...

AMEN!

Amen Hallelujah!

But I gotta be honest, what I want to know is what act of depraved stupidity and ignorance triggered this post, because I am sure it is a doozy of a story.

DN, the article wasn't triggered by the sin of one, rather by the compounded transgressions of MANY...

"I am LEGION" comes to mind, for some odd reason...

So many questions x so many threads x so many forums = a cataclysmic, geometric progression that threatens to overwhelm even the endless storage boundaries of all the internet servers galaxy-wide... SOMEBODY PLEASE STOP THE MADNESS BEFORE YOU CRASH THE INTERNET!!!!!

When the day comes that people realize that somewhere, sometime, someone before themselves came to ponder the very same question that is, at that very moment perplexing and vexing them, and actually SEARCHED for the answer, employing the (what's that word I'm looking for - Archimedean Lever - that's the one, wonder how I found it?) tools of Search Functions and Search Engines, then I will rejoice and sing the praises of Google and Jeeves loudly from the mountaintops...

Until that GLORIOUS day of www-wide awakening, my brethren, let us continue to preach the Gospel of Google, to sing the Psalms of the Search Engineers, and to root out ignorance of the Good Keyword Search wherever we may find it...

So let it be written, so let it be done...

Dude, the Internet would suck balls if there were no n00bs asking questions

Oh, Dex, you unrepentant HEATHEN AND BLASPHEMER of the Gospel of Google... No tracking cookie for you!

I've heard it said that there are no stupid questions, only ones you are afraid to ask, for fear of appearing stupid amidst your peers...

Whoever said that must have never had to wade through the endless litany of repetitive questions day after day after day...

"...what is this..." , "...where can I find that..." , or "...what does this other mean?"

Let's not even get started on the questions about the best hardware and software, shall we?

Questions about what is the best hardware can be answered very easily, provided the required input is given.

e.g. what is the best processor for $100, emphasis on getting the most performance for gaming

The answer would be easy, benchmarks don't lie

Prai' da net!

I have to agree... I did PC repair for years, and the sheer stupidity and laziness of some was staggering!

Still... as I spent most of my day in "compliance meetings" during our internal audit, my stress level spiked when my landlord told me today he is selling the house we're renting, and I had to do my algebra homework (and there is still a bunch more due)...

My thoughts at this point include "I like burritos!", "Green is kind of a neat color." and "Jigg-a-leee puff..."

Quote: Originally Posted by Dex Questions about what is the best hardware can be answered very easily, provided the required input is given.

No, they just get very very dull. Hence why I made my super PC build thread, so n00bz like you know what hardwarez are best