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

Yeah - I haven't been given any details about what happened on Wednesday, but Tech have managed to fix whatever it was so we're back to the state that we had on Monday/Tuesday

I'm fearful, too, but cautiously optimistic at the same time - Researcher5 hasn't forgotten we exist. Sadly tech troubles are tricky

I've been in Hootoo since 2008
I ain't a tech by a million miles
But! It's my "home" sod t'other media sites

The foundations might grumble etc, but a bit of superglue etc and "we'll" still be around
I'm NOT getting evicted yet!

Always good to see you at home - we missed you when your computer wasn't well - glad you're back online, too

I usually fix things with either WD-40, gaffa tape or

but I'm afraid that's not enough here

You could try switching it off and on again. (Don't we have a light bulb? Are we still using candles? )

Ah! I remember now

As long as we're not all replaced by AI. Do chatbots chat to each other?

They did here: A87887740

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SashaThank you for that post.
It was much appreciated
Over "the years" I've been granted email contact with certain Hootoo friends

If you wish ? I will let Dmitri (Post Editor) pass my email address to you.

Friends are! No matter where in the world they are

Another glitch earlier today. All I got was "Don't panic" in the top left hand corner. In Times New Roman (really!?!?) Otherwise a white screen.


I consoled myself with the thought that this might mean that work is in progress. At least it wasn't a 504 error message (Well, not every time)

Same here

Were you like me? When you saw "Don't Panic" on a field of white, did it calm you, or did it fill you with dread? I mean, I'm already full of a lot of dread, so it just topped me off really, but still. My first thought was, "Oh, no. Not again."

Mixed feelings here. Dread and a glimpse of hope

I try not to panic unless I'm in the panic room

I've been in Hootoo since Oct 2008

I've "seen" many hiccups of sorts in that time.
BUT! "We're" still here!

We may be able to recover lost Edited Entries from the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org. It takes a copy of the h2g2 front page about every week and some of the pages linked from it.

If you know when the entry was published it should be possible to get a version of it back.

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I've once or twice got Chat-GPT chatting to Google Bard, but they tend to just end up agreeing with each other. It wouldn't surprise me if this was a scenario that Open AI have considered in the design.

<> They do if the Guide Editors have anything to say about it.

Bluebottle and SashaQ are way ahead of the curve when it comes to chatbotting. They got ELIZA and Cleverbot together in 2017. A87887740

What if a chatbot catches a virus?

I envision paulh writing a story based on that

Go ahed, paulh, November is just around the corner

ELIZA and Cleverbot could talk all four legs off an Arcturan megadonkey...