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

Just restoring the subject line, so people catching up the on the backlog know this is an Announcement thread

We should probably make a note for once we get past the hand-off and get down to implementing our own changes that when a post is moderated the subject line shouldn't be changed beyond that particular post.

It might be an idea to put in safeguards to stop someone posting threads without a title too. can be very confusing especially if the thread becomes popular.

Good idea. Do me a quick favor, Radox. Put 'Can we fix the software so a researcher can't start a thread with no subject? in the FAQs thread, wherever that pesky thing is?

Thank you.

I just did

mini

Thanks, Mini

Did Taff do his thread before that then?

I've also added that thread subject not being empty thing to the tech wishlist thread.

Yeah, but we can still say "no subject" (with, or without, the inverted commas) for the heading.
It just means only the more intelligent researchers and posters and make irritating comments

The other slightly irritating subject-related thing is where the first post is removed by the moderators, and we lose the subject in the conversation list, even though the thread's still active.

(People anticipating problems circumvent this by posting a subject line on a blank message for post 1, then all the bile in post 2)

Always good to anticipate starting a flame war...

I suppose that might be a good idea if starting a controversial thread where multiple posts might get blocked, despite a legitimate conversation.

morning all let the flaming beginning

(I still think it looks like the drank too much .)

Excellent news.

wibble

I cannot believe the luck. Congratulations. I did give up... many months ago.

My recently revised 4 pages of websites and passwords accumulated over 16 years was culled just over 2 weeks ago to less than 1 1/2 pages and I ditched h2g2.

But tonight, the 4th of July, "vibes" in the air, and Steve Reich's Six Maribas "vibing" in my ears, I caught that I had not yet removed h2g2 from my "list_o_links.html". I wondered what sort of 404 I would get...

Fate! I ran to our paper recycling pile and dredged out the web/password work sheets. There is was! My info.

Such a good present on the 4th. I feel a sense of liberation; really, I do.

Thanks so much. So much when I sign off I'll go look at my book with Mr. Adams signature that I collected lo' these many years ago when he came to Austin TX for a reading at the LBJ Auditorium.

Yours,
George Wyche

Brilliant!