Some of these forums have got a little cluttered, (such is thier nature)

anychance of a DL archive of older posts, or have I missed a function in the guestbook features (G), anychance of setting up a lurker, Troll and flamebait forum to move some posts to, I wish if only people where as stupid as thier posts... hmmm Dumb as a post maybe just maybe.. nahh wishful thinking

The Trolls and other maniacs can go here:

http://www.bearshare.net/forum/forum...?s=&forumid=31

I don´t think it is a good idea to add such a forum on this site here... I don´t want to see the Trolls here...

but this is not my decesion!

Morgwen

I know, it was just wishful thinking, if only flame wars wouldn't start, if only trolls would turn back to stone at sunrise, if only people who could share would share,

hmmm I feel kinda seussesque

if sir, you sir, choose to share sir
please sir, do share your fair share too sir.

ARRRRGH (must sleep)

Hey didn't Douglas Adams (Heavenly muzak) say the Sirius Cybernetics Co slogan was "share and enjoy"

ok time for puddy to get to sleep,

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Don't forget the complaints division song also went on to say that we should

end ended up to say that we should all

No wonder the chief executives of the Sirius Cybernetics corp. were the first against the wall when the revolution came...

Joking aside however, I went into the Rants forum after I saw the link. It's one heck of a scary place! Although it is nice to have a location where the flamers can lurk and not pollute the main forums here and elsewhere. I'd have to agree with Morgwen, they've already one hole to post in, methinx they need no more!

Rachel

Sirius Cybernetics? Am I missing something?

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, written by the late Adams Douglas Adams (sic)

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The Hitch-Hikers guide (first electronic edition) details the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as a company that built everything up to and including Nutrimat (vending) machines (some of which, when asked to serve a nice steaming cup of tea, produced instead something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea). These machines which would then say in hushed soothing tones 'Share and Enjoy' as you either drank your beverage, argued with the machine, kicked the machine to a state of non-functionality or committed suicide (whichever was easier and more satisfying at the time).

The guide goes on to further say that the Complaints Division (an extraordinary large part of the corporation) had a song called 'Share and enjoy':

In it's final remarks about the company, the guide concluded that there are those who feel that the Chief Executives should be the first against the wall when the revolution eventually comes.

Curiously, a later edition of the Hitch-Hikers guide that fell through a temporal hole in the space-time continuum had an addendum that stated that 'The Chief Executives were the first against the wall when the revolution came'.

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To those who know of (and love) it, H2G2 is a sort of a mantra for life

Rachel

Never heard about it... When was it first published?

If memory serves it first appeared as a radio series on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. At the time it was shunted to the dark corners of a 10:30pm nightly slot.

However, word soon got around and very quickly the BBC rebroadcast it at 11:00am on a Sunday morning. It was at this time, as a wee lass, I started to listen to it and got completely hooked.

Soon after that it got turned into a book, then a second radio series, a second book (which differed somewhat from the radio series), a computer game (maddeningly difficult and bore only a small resemblance to either the book or the radio series), a TV series, and a third book.

Some time later, the H2G2 trilogy expanded to 4 then 5 books and is now known as a 'trilogy in 5 parts'. In addition a book of the radio scripts was also published. Also, a web site dedicated to replicating the Guide (albeit with mostly earthbound data only) started up and is now run by the BBC at The Hitch Hikers Guide Web Site

Tragically, Douglas Adams passed away earlier this year whilst in the process of writing the 6th book of the trilogy. Apparently this book will be published (incomplete) on the anniversary of his death next year.

Books:

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy,
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,
Life, the Universe and Everything,
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish and
Mostly Harmless.

Amazon have excerpts of the first book available to read at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...32#reader-link


Rachel