Please help with my project!
Sep 21st, 2000, 09:56 AM
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Please help with my project!
Hello
I'm a student based in the UK and need to find the following information - can you help?
What does DC stand for?
How many escalators (moving staircases)does the Washington Metro system have (apparently it has the most in any transit system in the world)?
How is the White House otherwise known?
Cheers! You are lifesavers.
I'm a student based in the UK and need to find the following information - can you help?
What does DC stand for?
How many escalators (moving staircases)does the Washington Metro system have (apparently it has the most in any transit system in the world)?
How is the White House otherwise known?
Cheers! You are lifesavers.
Sep 21st, 2000, 11:53 AM
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Hi I have a friend in Mentor, Ohio who wishes to come to Prince George, BC for a week or two.I was wondering if you can help me find the cheapest seat for him He is also a student so that may help.If you have any luck finding a flight for him that is cheap please e-mail me at above e-mail address. Thank-you. Maxine St.Pierre
Sep 21st, 2000, 12:35 PM
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Sep 21st, 2000, 12:46 PM
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Sep 21st, 2000, 01:20 PM
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Hey, Sloppy -- Were you given an assignment to get this information any way you can? If so, 5 pts. for ingenuity in finding this site. Were you told to use the web to get the most accurate information? If so, -5 pts. for laziness and choosing a website of no guaranteed accuracy (if any of them are). Best doublecheck the answers here.
Sep 22nd, 2000, 07:58 AM
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The White House was originally known as "The President's Mansion". It didn't pick up its more well-known nickname until it was painted white to cover the scorch marks that the British troops left on it after their attempt to burn Washington to the ground during the War of 1812. (Or, as the puzzled British tourist remarked -- "What do you mean we burned Washington? Joan of Arc, certainly, but never George Washington!")
Sep 22nd, 2000, 11:11 AM
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Message: Hello
Just want to say thank you to you all for your invaluable information. I really appreciate your help - it has only aided me to research further.
To all of you who think I am some sort of cheat, I think you are losing sight of the whole meaning and process of the internet. Would you consider me a cheat if I got the information out an encyclopedia? The internet is very similar to a book - you open it up and discover a wealth of information.
It is especially useful for people who are deaf and live in a silent world!!!!
Just want to say thank you to you all for your invaluable information. I really appreciate your help - it has only aided me to research further.
To all of you who think I am some sort of cheat, I think you are losing sight of the whole meaning and process of the internet. Would you consider me a cheat if I got the information out an encyclopedia? The internet is very similar to a book - you open it up and discover a wealth of information.
It is especially useful for people who are deaf and live in a silent world!!!!
Sep 22nd, 2000, 11:34 AM
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Sloppy-Yes, the Internet is a wonderful research tool! But, you have not done any of the research yourself, you have relied on others to do the work for you. If you use a good search engine, I like Google or Metacrawler, you can find the information yourself. What you did was take rely on the good will and the graciousness of those here to do your work for you and that is not right! You will learn more when you do the work yourself! It may take a little more time, but you will gain self-confidence and knowledge because you made the effort yourself!
Sep 23rd, 2000, 12:51 AM
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Hello All!
I cannot believe the debate that my question has stirred. I still stand by my logic that the internet is like a huge book,full of ideas and inspiration. I know this is a travel forum - it made sense to log on to this site as I knew I could contact 'real people' with answers.
I have now learnt alot about the White House, much more than by probably looking into an encyclopedia - anyway what is the difference. Also, I have checked every answer on different websites - I just used them as a guide and for your information one answer was wrong!
I have used the internet in a legal, logical and loyal way - what is wrong with that.
Thanks to those who helped and to those who understood. For those who could only criticize, think again - why are you on the internet? Is it not to find out information? Why are you on a travel forum? Why don't you go to a Travel Agency/shop - now do you get my point?
Also, 'Dad' - don't forget not all students have the support of parents, some parents don't give 2 hoots about what their kids are doing. OK I'm not in that situation, but don't criticize someone until you know their situation.
Chow for now!
I cannot believe the debate that my question has stirred. I still stand by my logic that the internet is like a huge book,full of ideas and inspiration. I know this is a travel forum - it made sense to log on to this site as I knew I could contact 'real people' with answers.
I have now learnt alot about the White House, much more than by probably looking into an encyclopedia - anyway what is the difference. Also, I have checked every answer on different websites - I just used them as a guide and for your information one answer was wrong!
I have used the internet in a legal, logical and loyal way - what is wrong with that.
Thanks to those who helped and to those who understood. For those who could only criticize, think again - why are you on the internet? Is it not to find out information? Why are you on a travel forum? Why don't you go to a Travel Agency/shop - now do you get my point?
Also, 'Dad' - don't forget not all students have the support of parents, some parents don't give 2 hoots about what their kids are doing. OK I'm not in that situation, but don't criticize someone until you know their situation.
Chow for now!
Sep 23rd, 2000, 07:06 AM
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First of all, British students are much more articulate than American students because their education system values teaching people how to express themselves properly. American students arrive in my college classroom almost inarticulate -- my class is devoted to teaching them fundamentals that were learned in 7th and 8th grades a few decades ago.
But Sloppy, you should never equate the 'net with first-level research materials like encyclopedias, etc. What is on-line may or may not be accurate, may or may not have been researched. And a forum like this is made up of a miscellaneous group of people with very different backgrounds and resources.
I applaud your interest in reaching out to the world through the 'net (although deaf people can read encyclopedias as well as the hearing can). It's one thing to be looking for various opinions and perspectives. It's another to be looking for reliable, accurate information. Note the difference between:
-- asking Fodorites what they think about the White House or to report what they may have learned in their travels;
-- going to the White House home page for the "official" information, which might be a glorification but will have factual information about things like dates and dimensions;
-- going to an encyclopedia-like on-line reference site for additional information that may or may not have been formally researched by the web editors;
-- going to a paper-and-ink encyclopedia, that has been edited and checked before going to press;
-- going to specific history books written by researchers specifically on the presidency or Washington, DC, or American architecture.
Good luck.
But Sloppy, you should never equate the 'net with first-level research materials like encyclopedias, etc. What is on-line may or may not be accurate, may or may not have been researched. And a forum like this is made up of a miscellaneous group of people with very different backgrounds and resources.
I applaud your interest in reaching out to the world through the 'net (although deaf people can read encyclopedias as well as the hearing can). It's one thing to be looking for various opinions and perspectives. It's another to be looking for reliable, accurate information. Note the difference between:
-- asking Fodorites what they think about the White House or to report what they may have learned in their travels;
-- going to the White House home page for the "official" information, which might be a glorification but will have factual information about things like dates and dimensions;
-- going to an encyclopedia-like on-line reference site for additional information that may or may not have been formally researched by the web editors;
-- going to a paper-and-ink encyclopedia, that has been edited and checked before going to press;
-- going to specific history books written by researchers specifically on the presidency or Washington, DC, or American architecture.
Good luck.
Sep 23rd, 2000, 09:49 AM
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This is my final posting on this subject.
Do you know what really concerns me? The fact that so many of you are so critical and visciously vindictive, you need to take a step back and cool off.
How can you get so aggressive over such a trivial matter. Some of your replies are frighteningly threatening. I thought Americans were laid back and eager to please,but I can see how you have become victims of your own violent society where every man is for himself!
I'm don't want to get too personal about this, but some of you are obviously genuinely kind warm-spirited people. However, I query what drives a person to victimise and persecute another over such a small thing.
Take a deep breath and count to ten - there are far more serious and worrying things to get stressy about than some 'dude' on the net asking interesting questions about the Chicago River and the White House. As a nation I thought you would be proud to assist in sharing part of your heritage, unfortunately I was wrong.
Don't worry I won't disturb you again. If you were genuinely browsing on the travel forum for travel information, I can only hope that I do not end up one day sitting next to you on a plane or in a restaurant, because obviously the slightest thing must unnerve you, or perhaps you're just bitter because you failed your own education.
Bye forever. Sloppy.
Do you know what really concerns me? The fact that so many of you are so critical and visciously vindictive, you need to take a step back and cool off.
How can you get so aggressive over such a trivial matter. Some of your replies are frighteningly threatening. I thought Americans were laid back and eager to please,but I can see how you have become victims of your own violent society where every man is for himself!
I'm don't want to get too personal about this, but some of you are obviously genuinely kind warm-spirited people. However, I query what drives a person to victimise and persecute another over such a small thing.
Take a deep breath and count to ten - there are far more serious and worrying things to get stressy about than some 'dude' on the net asking interesting questions about the Chicago River and the White House. As a nation I thought you would be proud to assist in sharing part of your heritage, unfortunately I was wrong.
Don't worry I won't disturb you again. If you were genuinely browsing on the travel forum for travel information, I can only hope that I do not end up one day sitting next to you on a plane or in a restaurant, because obviously the slightest thing must unnerve you, or perhaps you're just bitter because you failed your own education.
Bye forever. Sloppy.
