Relying on the Internet

...is not always a really good thing to do.

For instance, if you wish to know the absolute, up-to-the-second, very latest news concerning the battle between the Wii and the PS3, then the Internet is good. If you with to have the precise details of the precise amount of corruption found within the Bush or Blair administrations at any given date, the Internet is useful. If you need obscure sports scores from the Italian Serie C2, the Internet is for you.

But if you want to know who happens to be the premier of the Canadian province that you happen to live in...well then, the Internet might NOT be for you.

I'm not saying it's not out there...cause it certainly is, and is probably easier to find than Serie C2 scores (Sorrento beat Val di Sangro 4-0, if you were interested). But the Internet tends to divide itself into two categories: information you're interested in (in my case, obscure sporting leagues), and information EVERYONE IN THE WORLD is interesed in (Bush's IQ). When you surf, these two categories are going to be what pops up most of the time. Things that might be important to you, but which you're not particularly interested in, aren't likely to force their way into your conciousness.

Sometimes though, it might be better if it did. This might be the area where newspapers will continue to hold their edge. No matter what your interest, when you pick up a physical piece of paper and turn it in your hands, you can't help but read all of the headlines, even if they don't interest you. And in the rare cases where the information isn't directly in the headline, you're still fairly likely to go, 'oh yeah, shit, maybe I should look up who the leader of my province is'. That's a strength. But I still probably won't ever be picking up one unless it happens to be on a MacDonald's table.

Giant Robots have nothing much to say, but say it anyways.