h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This is a great entry, just what I expected to find here!

Also, like the BBC links........

This sounds like a uni that I used to work in: Griffith Uni in Brisbane, Australia. All the building levels were numbered off the level of a path that ran the spine of the uni - hence called the "Spine Path". But the site of the uni was a bit hilly. So, if your building was in one part of the campus, the top level could be "0", as that was the same level as the Spine Path. But, if you were at another part of the campus, "0" could actually be the bottom level of the building.

In the first building I worked in, I was on level "-3", i.e. that number of levels below the top floor of "0", which was level with the Spine Path (my room number was "-3.12"). The next building I was in, I was at level "1", which was actually the fourth level of the building: the bottom was "-2", the top was "2". The Spine Path was thus level about half-way up the building.

Sounds a little odd. But, once you got the hang of it, it sort of made sense. And at least our buildings were named, rather than numbered. And the room numbering was vaguely logical.

It would have to be the Humanities complex in Copenhagen. Is Psychology in the complex somewhere?

Cheers
Bran the Explorer

At the Technicum, a building of the Faculty of Engineering (Applied Sciences) at Ghent University, floors at one side of the building are not as high as floors at the other side. Therefor at one side of the building you have -2 (ground floor at back entrance), -1, 0 (ground floor at main entrance), 1, 2, ... and at the other side floor -1 1/2, -1/2, 1/2, 3/2. There's some logic, but the "minus-one-and-a-halfth floor" still sounds strange.

I live here in Denmark, and I must admit I´ve never heard of this before. But I suppose that´s because those that have heard of it, doesn´t see it as something that special cos they´re used to it. So there´s no reason to tell it on.

But it was cruel to put that Rembrandt link onto the guide. That was so embarrasing. And also rceently there were someone who stole some antique jewelry, in much the same way. It had been touring Europe without problems, but when it came to Denmark was nicked after three days. I think there should be a law against having valuables on display in Denmark.