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

I`m doing spanish and we are learning the 30

How do you make the computer do the "n+~" letter?

Ctrl + ~ + N

Or find your Character Map. Mine (in windoze XP) is in the start menu under all programs/accessories/system tools. Click on the character you want, click again and drag it to paste it where you want it.

Things I commonly grab from the character map include: ° ¿ ™ ñ € and £(I'm in the U.S.).

The $ and £ sign are both on my keyboard and im in England.

Possibly useful ones to remember here

Alt + 0153 = ™
Alt + 0169 = ©
Alt + 0176 = °
Alt + 0178 = ²
Alt + 0179 = ³
Alt + 0188 = ¼
Alt + 0189 = ½
Alt + 0190 = ¾

I'm a fan of Character Map as well...use it a lot.

But for €, I use 4. Don't know if that works in the US...?

RF

Guess not.

Who needs $ or € when we've got the loveable old £

I need € because I do work in Ireland.

RF

The Cambrian, Silurian and Ordovician geological eras are all named after Welsh tribes.

Did they have character maps, too?

No, I think you'll find that the Silurian era was named after the reptilian race of the same name that ruled the Earth before mammals came along.

They tried to tap into a power station a while back but were defeated by some bloke in a frilly shirt and some army chaps.

I saw it on TV so it must be true.

Oh, and Siluruans cannot vomit underwater.

Oh, so Silurians were Welsh? No wonder they were annoyed, waking up in Derbyshire...

And then having a Pigbin Josh complaining that "there's somethin' in moi baaaarrrn!"

Hey, careful, you'll be yikesed for being accent-ist!!

The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book that doesn't mention the name of God

A man named John Bellavia has entered over 5,000 contests, and has never won anything

It is estimated that there are 4.2 million porn sites on the Internet. About 200 new sites go live each day

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