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

>>Literally, "deja vu" means "already seen"
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You know, I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before.

*whistful sigh*

**wanders into the thread**

**throws a few flans at anyone mentioning deja vu**

**wanders out again**


(Well, you didn't actually believe I wasn't lurking did you?)

StrontiumDog - that's true but he had a design for a proper (mechanical) computer which would have even run software (in a certain sense), only he couldn't build it because the engineering techniques of the day weren't up to it. Or so I've been told, I'm no expert.

**sucessfully ducks first **

**whips out supercharged and deflects remaining **


We thought it only a matter of time Whisky.

Who mentioned deja vu again?

There's nothing preventing digiboxers from accessing h2g2 - AS LONG AS THEY DO IT THROUGH INTERNET ACCESS THAT LETS THEM. Just because you pay your license doesn't mean you should get free internet. Thus you choose what internet service you use, and the one you chose doesn't give you h2g2. That's YOUR choice, and YOUR problem.

sorry sea but thats total crap..........aka designed the loophole/magic email in the first place 2years ago, so he accessed h2g2 via a digibox himself then & after,so obviously that link has got around abit in 2years,but because he has problems with a certain few digibox users he wants to get rid of them completely,which isnt fair........he never asked rthe h2g2 community,because most of them are against it from wot ive seen...

In defense of Sat and aka they did warn the Community what they were up to

I know I was one of the most voiciferous opponents to what aka and Sat did but I really think it's time to let the trouble die down

too true, things have passed and digi box is back

but please don't be disillusioned into thinking 'they' let the community know what 'they' were going to do. they didn't, they confined any discussions they could to their personal spaces and carried out their action even when it was apparent the majority of h2g2 opposed it. hence this thread.


*joins in flan throwing fight*

The "All digibox users are dregs" thread, would be a big clue.

i have not seen that one sounds...interesting.

ooops

hi creachy,

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Absolutely. I only heard about this issue *after* the dastardly deed had been done. And I'm sure this is the case with most of the h2g2 community.

az

And it was certainly not apparent that the majority of h2g2 opposed it. I would say only a vocal minority in fact, when you consider the total number of researchers, even allowing for the inactive ones.

i think majority or minotity is irrelevent the fact is it was an act of cowardice and hypochrisy but who really cares at tat the end of the day

Let's not go muckraking all over again. Time to move on & let this thread fade away.

[ltp]

>And it was certainly not apparent that the majority of h2g2 opposed it.<

Yes, perhaps that should have been "the majority of those who heard about it opposed it"...

Also, the access has been closed for the DNA sites, _not_ just h2g2...

Which brings us back to the point made previously [not that many postings ago I believe] regarding a decision made "in the name" of the whole DNA community but without many of its members even knowing about it...

Please, please, please can we just end this? It's all been said, that's why this conversation is nearly 700 posts long. It really isn't helpful having this argument regardless of who you think is right/wrong. I've never done this is the past but...