A Conversation for A Welcome and Thank You Message from Douglas Adams

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"This message was written by Douglas when h2g2 was launched, and it's just as valid now as it was then. As he says at the end, 'help us build it'... it's your Guide, after all. - Ed

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everybody will be learning as we go: you, the contributors of the information, and we, the architects of the system into which it all fits.

You can create your own Guide Entries containing anything you want, from your opinions of world events to a description of your home town, and it all goes to make up the h2g2 Guide, the sort of guide which was not possible before we had the means of live, shared information resources.

Help us build it.

Douglas Adams"


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