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

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Alaska, eh? Tell me, how many hours of daylight do you have during the darkest time of the year?

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For now, I find it novel being given a researcher number-
Thanks for your suggestions.. I haven't had the time to give this whole thing the real going over that it needs...
And now it's time for beddy-bye. However, I will answer your question re daylight.. at present, here in Anchorage we have about seven hours of daylight- which sounds better than it is.. as a great deal of that seems to be devoted towards the goal of BEING light or dark... I have been told that we will have about four hours of daylight in about a month and a half. Much furthur up north, of course, it is drastic- MONTHS without daylight.. but I hear that it is rather like a perpetual dawn (minus the pretty pink clouds) I'm not sure what people would like to hear really- my "areas" include Anthropology, mostly focused on native cultures.. Geography.. art history- etc - when the holidays come I will have more time to figure things out.. ANY way.. thanks again.. looking foreward to it all! Tonight I'll be dreaming about kinship patterns... Finals are coming soon!

I live in Sweden, and on the shortest day of winter we have around 6 hours of daylight - but the amount of light does of course depend on whether it's cloudy or not, and whether we have snow or not..

..last couple of winters have been depressingly snow-less, making a cloudy winter day look pretty gloomy..

Anyway, this might be a good place to start exploring the guide:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/DontPanic-tour

Have fun!

Lets see here.. the faces..
Thanks! Briefly took the tour earlier today- as I said... I'll have more time to get involved after the holidays. I have ACTUALLY been playing grownup this year.. getting ready for the thanksgiving holiday.. and this is the first time I will take a boyfriend to my parents house.. actually- the first holiday with them in six and a half years!
SO.. what have you written? How do you go about finding what particular members have contributed to? Unless someone sees you and decides it's their mission to pull you out of your little corner.. the only way to get involved is to post, right? Are there rules about posting or can you just run around commenting willy-nilly? Ok.. enough questions.. Take care!

Hi again!:) Glad to see you found the smilies, they are soooo ... Rules about posting? Hmmm.. let me think.. - Never post with CAPITAL LETTERS! It's considered as shouting and a bit impolite:-( - Be careful with the continuity when you post in a conversation - some conversations have an ongoing story, and you might cause quite some damage if you post something that's completely out of line - Best way to make sure is: read the very first postings of the conversation, that is where you usually get an idea what it's all about, and then read some of the latest postings to find something to talk about:) - Start with introducing yourself, and do not hesitate to mention that you're new around here, that will only make people even friendlier and more helpful (if possible, they seem to be that anyway)8-) Two of my favourite places, where I don't usually post but lurk (lurking is when you read the postings but do not post yourself): http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F38024?thread=150942&latest=1 Lil's Atelier - Lil is a bona fide artist in RL (Real Life) and her atelier is open to any one visiting - if you want something to eat or drink, ask Matina (she's a 'bot' or robot) http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F26140?thread=140977&latest=1 The Caf� (we're trying to decide on a name, since the old one seems to exist in RL, thus breaking copyright) If you want something to drink, ask IIEM (Infinite Improbability Espresso Machine) and it'll serve you anything as long as it's non-alcoholic Then you can also check the hg2 front page, where you'll find the 5 busiest conversations Oh, and check the entries belonging to conversations - like here, if you look at the top, you'll see it says 'This is the message centre for...' - click on the top link to see the entry (in this case, yours!:-)) If you feel like writing something, you can to that either by writing something in your journal or by creating an entry I have heaps of more information, but I'll just wait until you get settled - and maybe you'll find out yourself! See you around!