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H2G2 is free!
Ed Started conversation Jul 23, 2001
H2G2 is free because everyone is really nice and Douglas Adams invented it.
Also many people are a bit more clever than that.
Perhaps, when it gets big enough, there will be advertising on H2G2.
Maybe all this stuff's true.
H2G2 is free!
Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Sep 13, 2001
It's free *to us* because "Auntie Beeb" pays for it 
H2G2 is free!
Bald Bloke Posted Sep 13, 2001
And those of us in the UK pay for Auntie Beeb.
I tend to view it as the best bit of my licence fee
H2G2 is free!
Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Sep 18, 2001
A bit harsh. They Thik It's All Over is pretty good, and I like Radio 3...
H2G2 is free!
Tonto BA (Hons) Posted Sep 19, 2001
Ok, i do like They think its all over, and I love Mark and Lard of Radio1. But other than that .........
H2G2 is free!
furtim - Zaphodista Sympathiser Posted Feb 15, 2002
The real reason H2G2 is free is that it's not lunch.
H2G2 is free!
xyroth Posted Feb 16, 2002
and it isn't free either.
it takes expensive servers (ask jim), large hard drisk drives, lots of bandwidth, and the editors salaries.
so if it isn't free, what do you pay for it.
you pay with the sweat of your brow, and the non-exclusive donation of your copyright, so that if the edited guide gets big enough to be worth publishing some other way (cd, book, etc) the section of the bbc which runs h2g2 gets to pay you nothing, and keep (hopefully) all of the profits from it.
so, tanstaffl still applies here!
H2G2 is free!
furtim - Zaphodista Sympathiser Posted Feb 22, 2002
I still stand by my assertion that H2G2 is not lunch.
H2G2 is free!
Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Feb 24, 2002
Especially since the servers are currently chewing up all the bytes on a regular basis
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- 1: Ed (Jul 23, 2001)
- 2: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Sep 13, 2001)
- 3: Bald Bloke (Sep 13, 2001)
- 4: Tonto BA (Hons) (Sep 14, 2001)
- 5: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Sep 18, 2001)
- 6: Tonto BA (Hons) (Sep 19, 2001)
- 7: furtim - Zaphodista Sympathiser (Feb 15, 2002)
- 8: xyroth (Feb 16, 2002)
- 9: furtim - Zaphodista Sympathiser (Feb 22, 2002)
- 10: xyroth (Feb 24, 2002)
- 11: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Feb 24, 2002)
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