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

Thanx!

no worries

You an Ozzie?

No, but i spent some time there

What's it like?

Very nice place. Very cheap. But too Americanised. No offence to Americans or anything, but I could've gone to New York instead if i'd known! I was in Melbourne, beautiful city.

I don't like being in America too long. It'd be great if there were less insects, and the TV had less commercials, and it was less humid, and the rain wasn't as heavy, and it wasn't so hot... In fact, the country's fine, it's just everything in it that I don't like! I prefer England, were it's cold and wet and we don't have mosquitos or tornados.

I guess they feel the same way about England or wherever.

Same here, but I'll substitute that for Scotland

Nice place. You all wear kilts or is that just the big hard guys?

Possible topics for the lists:

OS
Printer
User
Dial-up connection
Kilts

Some of the commandments could detail real issues or rules; others could be facetious variations on the original commandments for a mixture of information and light humour.

Sounds good!

Okay... here's some for the Internet...
I: Honour thy modem.
II: Thou shalt not interrupt the Dial Tone.
III: Thou shalt not over burden the phone line.
IV: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ISDN Line. (is that right?)
V: Thou shalt not use thy modem for illegal or immorral acts.
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That's all I can think of for Modems, I'll try to think for more later...

I've updated stuff here and there. I think I've missed a few, though.

Well, it's still a work in progress, ain't it?

Here's one you've gotta' include for computers, or possibly OS:
Thou shalt not give me any of that 'Illegal Operation' crap!

Ping!

Perfect!
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How about 'Thou shalt not get jealous when I buy the latest version of Windows', or something along those lines?

'Thou shalt not insist on fatuous upgrades?'

The OS said to the Troll: "You want my brother, he's much bigger and fatter than I am."

Whatever's good for you.