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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Jun 21, 2001
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Davius the Mostly Competent Posted Jun 26, 2001
Odd, the link works for me...
I'm planning on treating Zaphodista membership more like signing a petition than membership in a revolutionary faction, by the way. Anyway, glad to be part of the next big anti-lawyer thing.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 26, 2001
Have you signed the *actual* petition?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A544943
You can sign it online, but if you feel strongly enough to spend a stamp it's preferred if you print it, sign it and send it in...
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Davius the Mostly Competent Posted Jul 5, 2001
Hm. How about if I scan my sig and put the file somewhere on the web? Is that somewhere about average?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 5, 2001
That might work, but you'd have to create a link from the petition thread to a guide entry which in turn had an external link to your signature... Which is the sort of palaver we're petitioning about in the first place!
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Davius the Mostly Competent Posted Jul 7, 2001
Ah, the catch-22 type of thing. (Is there an eye-rolling smiley somewhere around?) Actually, synchronicitously enough, in less than a week I'll actually be visiting England (primarily Cambridge and London), so theoretically I could do it with actual paper and not pay international postage rates.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 7, 2001
Cool.
Your home page doesn't say where you're from, but you might want to get a few other local Guide researchers to sign it at the same time, if that's feasable...?
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Davius the Mostly Competent Posted Jul 7, 2001
I'd rather not tell people my street address, which would be required for said endeavour. Anyway, I'm in California (plenty general), so I don't get out to the other side of the pond much. Nice opportunity, this. (Unfortunately, I rather doubt that the BBC would let me transfer my images to the server via floppy.) Is the mailing address for the petition collectors somewhere around here?
Sorry if that was a bit incoherent, it's 4:38 am. Time for bed, methinks.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 7, 2001
The mailing address is at the bottom of the petition page, Davius.
I wasn't suggesting you publicise your address - I just thought some of your friends might also be on the Guide...
Sleep well!
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Davius the Mostly Competent Posted Jul 8, 2001
Okay, thanks. I hadn't remembered seeing it there.
Ah. You were a little unclear on that last time, but okay now. I don't think any of my friends are researchers.
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 21, 2001)
- 2: Davius the Mostly Competent (Jun 26, 2001)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 26, 2001)
- 4: Davius the Mostly Competent (Jul 5, 2001)
- 5: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 5, 2001)
- 6: Davius the Mostly Competent (Jul 7, 2001)
- 7: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 7, 2001)
- 8: Davius the Mostly Competent (Jul 7, 2001)
- 9: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 7, 2001)
- 10: Davius the Mostly Competent (Jul 8, 2001)
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