# In What Ways Has the Web Totally Failed You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983 "2008-07-18T19:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/21 "2008-07-19T18:46:50Z")
Unfortunately, the web hasn’t given me rock-hard abs. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/22 "2008-07-20T20:11:39Z")
I’ve been looking for a song called “Par Avion” by Mike & the Mechanics. I fell in love with it when it played on an episode of “Miami Vice” as background music. It’s not on iTunes, and I can only find it on YouTube as part of various slash videos. (Now don’t get me wrong, I love slash as much as the next girl, but I just want to listen to the damn song, not watch Starsky mooning over Hutch.) Currently I’m trying Limewire, but all I seem to find are corrupted files. (couple of minutes later) Never mind, I found it! Yay!) 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/23 "2008-07-20T21:50:05Z")
[QUOTE=fruitbat] There should be a single website that allows you to access all restaurants who will deliver food to your home. [/QUOTE] We have this in the UK. I love it. You just put in your post code, it tells you who will deliver and who is currently open. And then you can order online. The website is [www.justeat.co.uk](http://www.justeat.co.uk). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/24 "2008-07-20T22:10:09Z")
I can’t find a translation for the Voynich Manuscript anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/25 "2008-07-20T22:15:34Z")
Two words: online dating. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/26 "2008-07-20T22:55:37Z")
I don’t know quite how to put this, but the whole concept has sort of let me down. It’s the holistic relational structure I was disappointed in. I expected it to be much more organized-kind of like the map of the Tube in London. Want porn? Here’s the Blue Line. Domestic issues? (cleaning, shopping, mortgages etc) the Green Line. Romance/ dating services? --the Red Line. Kids/schools/parental issues the yellow line etc. Don’t ask me what the “lines” are-but that’s how I saw it in my head prior to being online. the .com [or.org](http://or.org) or .edu help some, but not much, really for the end user. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/27 "2008-07-20T23:48:01Z")
I want to find a site where you can enter a sentence and it will translate it for you into a lot of different languages at once. Every translation site I’ve seen only lets you do one pair at a time. Technically, it would be trivial to implement but I haven’t seen it done. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/28 "2008-07-21T01:34:28Z")
I have never found a concise listing of [Winterland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterland_Ballroom) concerts. Or, for that matter, _any_ kind of venue-centric database for rock concerts. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/29 "2008-07-21T02:15:54Z")
Historical election statistics as produced by the electoral authorities of a given state. Some states have data going back for decades, but the vast majority tend to end at around the time the state in question started keeping online statistics. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/30 "2008-07-21T05:54:00Z")
I can’t find Nielson TV ratings beyond the Top 20 shows. Contrary to earlier promises, information does not want to be free. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/31 "2008-07-21T05:55:11Z")
Oh, and I always wanted to see the “Q” ratings of celebrity popularity, but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![JustThinkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/32 "2008-07-21T12:27:44Z")
I want to be able to click on a map at various points (intersections and junctions) and then get a chart that shows mileage, speed limits, and estimated travel time for each part of the route I chose. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/33 "2008-07-21T13:28:33Z")
I can’t find the Sanskrit script for ‘‘egolessness’’ (_anatman_) anywhere on the internet. That might seem like a trivial complaint, but egolessness is one of Three Marks of Existence in Buddhist philosophy. This is roughly akin to not being able to find the Hebrew word for ‘‘sacrifice.’’ I have been searching for 2 years now. Wikipedia finally got around to posting ‘‘suffering’’ (_dukkha_) so I am 2/3 of the way to finishing my kick-ass tattoo. This isn’t some trivial bullshit, I don’t know why the internet is failing me. I’d almost be better off teaching myself Sanskrit. But the internet unsurprisingly has a paucity of resources there too. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/34 "2008-07-21T14:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I can’t find the Sanskrit script for ‘‘egolessness’’ (_anatman_) anywhere on the internet. That might seem like a trivial complaint, but egolessness is one of Three Marks of Existence in Buddhist philosophy. This is roughly akin to not being able to find the Hebrew word for ‘‘sacrifice.’’ I have been searching for 2 years now. Wikipedia finally got around to posting ‘‘suffering’’ (_dukkha_) so I am 2/3 of the way to finishing my kick-ass tattoo. This isn’t some trivial bullshit, I don’t know why the internet is failing me. I’d almost be better off teaching myself Sanskrit. But the internet unsurprisingly has a paucity of resources there too. [/QUOTE] Have you tried a library? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/35 "2008-07-21T14:58:19Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Have you tried a library? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yeah really. Even better, you can find the script in the library, draw it and post it on Wikipedia for everyone to have. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/36 "2008-07-21T15:06:46Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] Has there been anything that you have been absolutely, positively unable to find on the web? I don’t mean things like _exremely_ esotreric porn (“I can’t get off unless I see a picture of a nun shitting on a Smurf!”) or something that is not even likely to exist. I mean: information, photos, music, or [/QUOTE] [Rule 34](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rule+34&r=f) kicking in in 3…2…1… Joe ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/37 "2008-07-21T15:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I can’t find the Sanskrit script for ‘‘egolessness’’ (_anatman_) anywhere on the internet. That might seem like a trivial complaint, but egolessness is one of Three Marks of Existence in Buddhist philosophy. This is roughly akin to not being able to find the Hebrew word for ‘‘sacrifice.’’ I have been searching for 2 years now. Wikipedia finally got around to posting ‘‘suffering’’ (_dukkha_) so I am 2/3 of the way to finishing my kick-ass tattoo. This isn’t some trivial bullshit, I don’t know why the internet is failing me. I’d almost be better off teaching myself Sanskrit. But the internet unsurprisingly has a paucity of resources there too. [/QUOTE] This may be worth a shot : [http://freetranslationblog.blogspot.com/](http://freetranslationblog.blogspot.com/) “Free Online Translations to Sanskrit, Hindi & Marathi for Tattoos, Names & Sentences” I’m not willing to plug my email in, but if it is worth the risking a lil spam to you… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/38 "2008-07-21T15:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. A FREE archive of the Top 40 songs on the US music charts each week, going back to, say, 1960. Do you want the actual songs, or a list? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/39 "2008-07-21T16:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Do you want the actual songs, or a list? [/QUOTE] Just a list. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983/40 "2008-07-21T17:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] Just a list. [/QUOTE] [http://www.gramble.com/music/top40.html](http://www.gramble.com/music/top40.html) some other sources here: [http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Charts/Regional/North\_America/United\_States/](http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Charts/Regional/North_America/United_States/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983.md?page=3)