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

Entry: H2G2 History - Popcorn as Punctuation - A661547
Author: GTBacchus - U166086

a little bit of h2g2 history - and I'm not just submitting this because I star...

Why are we putting this in the AWW - change it to a third person narrative, and slap it into Peer Review!

a TiT called Ben

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...

It probably needs some work. I haven't looked at this in a long time, though I did mention it in LS last night, in my madness.



I guess I should re-read it now...

You reckon Ben? I wasn't sure what the situation was on self-referential entries - I know my 'meanings of usernames' failed for being too much about h2g2...

I like it, anyway - it'd be nice to have a proper sense of the history of h2g2 - those who forget the past...

Well, there could be a whole Uni project on H2G2 History... The Beginnings of H2G2, Rupert, The BBC Takeover, Moderation and Zaphodistas, H2G2 Lingo - Development and Usage, Mark Moxon's Beard - Yesterday and Today, . . .

Other ideas?

ooh, ooh, can we have 'the fall of the guardian angels'? I know they're still around, but they're much less noticeable now than they used to be...

Or maybe that's just me...

Only if it is dictated in iambic pentabmeters by a blind man to his daughter, and revistited in a trilogy for children...

I think a Uni project on the history of hootoo would be a great idea, there was a very good thread on Rupert in Ask h2g2.

And there needs to be something about the phases of the moon...



Ben

for a perfect example of popcorn usage, check out Peta's F647?thread=163849

, thanks! I'll edit that in right away.

(as signature)

Ok, I added that. I still need an example from Mark, but I'll stumble across one soon enough, or if one of you do, maybe you could let me know.

I also reread the Entry. Huh... The ending is not really, standard. Any ideas? I've never been in AWW before, and I have no idea what's expected here. Or what.

No expectations. It is just stuff that probably won't get in the Guide for whatever house-rule reason.

Ben

Hi all,

I read this with interest and I like the idea of using Popcorn as Punctuation.



There was no real need to divide this para off from the previous line, of course, but what the hell! Everyone knows that the first thing you want to do with a new toy is play with it straight away!

Personally, I don't see why you couldn't have a perfectly valid Uni Project on the subject "h2g2: a unique website" or something like that. I don't know much about On-line communities (could that be the project - "On-line communities", that way you could also compare and contrast h2g2 with others, as well as 'off-line communities'), but it seems to me that there is plenty to describe that is not immediately obvious. Surely that's what the guide is all about.

Never been to AWW?! Don't know how it works? Fear not, I've poked around in here quite a bit (since I arrived on h2g2, anyway) and I *still* don't know how it works!

One thing I *do* know is that the A666623 team hang out here quite a bit and will consider any contributions to AWW for the AGG column. If you have some Wit and Wisdom, or just a piece that doesn't fit the guidelines but you think readers might like, whack it into the AWW and leave AGG/AGG a message with a link. It might just end up in The Post!

Fame, fortune... Your name in LIGHTS!!!!!

Seeya
Spiff

La Bamba by Los Lobos?! Do they use different lyrics than Richie Valens did?



Darn, I just fell into the same trap. I assumed Richie Valens wrote it, but he only popularized it to rock audiences. Looks like it's a lot older according to http://www.musicalspanish.com/bambasample.htm