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

I always thought ESP was a function found on personal CD players to stop you jumping when they go jogging? Or something like that.

Personal CD-players don't jog, or that's what they want us to think. ESP actually is Internet-terminology, and stands for Extremely Slim Propability. This is rather frequent phenomenon, most of the time directly related to the never-seen-before-message 'WFP' (Windows Functioning Properly)

But even more rare is the U.W.A.C. msg. I have not had the pleasant good fortune to actualy see this message. It means
User With A Clue. There are no documented cases of this. I can only hope that one day through great research and good luck we will find one.

Peregrin, my friend, I am afraid you are wrong. ESP is not a personal CD option, and nor is it related to the internet. It is also not the name of the Millenium Virus.
It is, in fact, a failed attempt to cross the video machine with a record player before DVD came along. You remember on old record players (things with big black plate things) you had
LPs and EPs, and on all modern video machines you have Standard Play and Long Play (LP and SP), well, obviously ESP is an attempt to combine the two for a superior viewing experience,
provided there's no scratches.

you can check with peta on this one, if you like, but esp is real and is facilitated with choccy es. here, try one and see if you can read my mind...@

FOOD

(This was about the third conversation I ever entered)

yes! i was thinking about food! you'll find that the more time you spend here, the more you want to spend. i have to log in several times a day. my guy was home all weekend, and i couldn't log in for two whole days. i didn't think i would make it...@

I've been here a lot - I just meant that 32 weeks ago, this was the 3rd conversation I entered, and it moer or less died on me. Except, alas, I've been away a month. Still, I'm back now!

oops. sorry about the misunderstanding. i'm fairly new here. anyway, i'm glad you're back. would you like a choccy ? i think there should be more oak trees everywhere. we have some beautiful, old oaks in the woods behind our house. they support lots of wildlife.@

This was my first ever conversation. I never thought I would be on this long tho.

why not? i love it here. it' like heaven, full of friends and loved ones.@

Don't get me wrong I do love this place, I just thought I would get very bored with it. I have never been happier to be wrong about my first feelings.

has anyone gotten a phone call yet, for volunteering to be anh2g2 guinea pig?@

I have not but I did not expect one as I live in the States.

I'm not sure if it'll work here as everyone spends far too much time online for any phonecalls to get through...

i think i need a cup of coffee. it's 7:07 am here.(est) anyone else want one? i made a fresh pot, and i've got some nice irish cream...@

Boy I could use some but as this is 8 hours later it might be cold.

no problem. there's a new, fresh pot brewing right now, and it's now 17 hours later. would you like a muffin, too? my mom made some heavenly grape jelly.@

Alicat, you are a savior.

yes, Marv, i believe i am. bless you and yours.@