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

The window of the shop faces East so it gets the morning sun. The shop is very handy for the Forum and Firkin too.

Sounds good to me. Is the shop going to pop up somewhere on the town map, then?

Just a reminder to everyone ... create a guide entry from your own home page describing your property in the village, then leave the address at the Building and Construction posting. I'll then put them into the Village homepage. Thanks! And Welcome!!

Just checked the map. It looks like Abi, Peregrin, Barney Bucksaw, and Purple need to do this yet. Anyone else?

::Ahem:: I'd like to pick up an application for plot number three if it is available. It would be wonderful to have a Musehome Embassy within this fine village... wouldn't it!??

Sorry, plot 3 went some time ago to Titania. Nos 26 and 7 are still available.

OOO!!!! Seven would be a great plot!!!

I'm also wanting to start up a Hermes Messanger Service in a bit, so that plot would make a sweet little Musehome Embassy/HMS Center... YAY!!!

Instruct me, and I will follow...

Amy, Pandora's cottage is called 'Pandora's Box', not the Box. Thanks!

mine was "the Shack" but I like "Bears Den" better.

I'll try to update the table later on today.

Amy, you are HUGE!! You RULE!! Go girlfriend!!

...And you have a dreadfully CUTE signature, I have noticed!!!

Aye, quality, though I'm guessing you don't sign documents with it in RL.

Did you know you do not have exclusivity to your username ?

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Someone else can effectively set themselves up as you and go around besmirching your good name if they so desire under the current site policy, and because the site holds copyright over EVERYTHING you have ever posted from approved guide entries, user guide entries, journals, forums, your username to your homepage. You have no substantive grounds to complain…

Did you know if you use some of your ideas developed here off-site you run the risk of being sued for breach of copyright ?

Did you know that the 'non-exclusive' copyright they you may have thought protected your copyright rights, in fact means that no other potential publisher is likely to accept your work because most only accept material which they can have 'exclusive' copyright over ?

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The simple fact is that H2G2 operates on the goodwill the works of Douglas Adam's creates. There are many other communities on the web that don't place such all pervasive restrictions upon your work.

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Pretend that last post isn't there.

Maybe unsubscribe wasn't such a good idea. I doubt he would have spammed everyone if we didn't have that feature now.

I suspect he would still have spammed everyone. Still, back to business...

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Hello...Excuse me? Anyone there?

Hmm....

I don't know whether I am in right place or not. We, the BOFs of the Guide, well a few of them, one or two actually, looking for more as it happens... have taken it upon ourselves to create a Quiet Place at http://www.h2g2.com/A464140. Stumbling, well shuffling, into your village we wondered if you might have space for us. We are not lively people, not loud, happy to be unnoticed, just need a small, old, and rather seedy place to call our own, 'The BOF Inn' its called.

Ahhh! **rings bell**

**Waits**

**Politely leaves**

I'm here, but Amy isn't atm. She is in charge of the real estate. I'm off to look at your site...