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Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 21

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I was 50 when Hootoo was born. I'm a little older now, and I don't know if I'm any wiser, but it's been entertaining and edifying.


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 22

Bluebottle

Today's my 25th anniversary of joining h2g2 - Peregrin made me do it.

<BB<


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 23

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - smileyI ain't bothered about "Hootoo" as such, or any other "social media" sites..

BUT! I've made many friends HERE! smiley - magic Some met, unfortunately smiley - sadfacemany not.. Due to world distance and "smiley - winkeyelack of cash"



Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 24

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - tongueoutActually! I am bothered about Hootoo!
I want it to be able to return to it's "past" "100% running" smiley - smiley

"It's home" smiley - smileysmiley - smiley


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 25

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I second that


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 26

coelacanth

Arriving fashionably late to the thread, congratulations h2g2! I've been here since October 1999, lurking for a few weeks before actually signing up in December, and then not activating my page until January 2000.

I wrote a little piece about launch day in The Post in 2001, with some links to the launch photo taken at the old Covent Garden office, also Jim Lynn's personal memories of the Tomorrow's World broadcast. A587892
smiley - bluefish


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 27

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

Thanks for that smiley - bluefishsmiley - ok


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 28

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - winkeye"I've been here since October 1999"

I'm only a "young'on" thensmiley - biggrinI popped in Oct 2008smiley - laugh


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 29

coelacanth

The whole TW episode from 28th April 1999 is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_bdtc5vPj8

Douglas launches h2g2 at around the 7:30 mark, the men in white lab coats are behind him. They return to DNA at 25:55, by which time the server has crashed, as Jim Lynn explained, but Peta's pre-loaded comment about med students is there.
smiley - bluefish


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 30

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

Thanks again smiley - bluefishsmiley - smiley


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 31

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

smiley - whistle I'll "pop on" any passing spacecraftsmiley - biggrinto GET OFF this planetsmiley - laughat this time of happening world events smiley - sadfacesmiley - sadfacesmiley - sadface


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 32

Baron Grim

Today is my 25th anniversary here. I was awaiting the release of Starship Titanic and signed up for updates regarding the game and I received a strange email from The Digital Village folks inviting me here. I'm not quite sure if I created my account that day, or a few days later when I posted a comment on the entry on Traffic Jams.
Anyways, according to my user number, I officially joined on 9.9.1999 so that works for me.
smiley - cakesmiley - bubblysmiley - cakesmiley - magic


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 33

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

Baron! Many happy returnssmiley - smiley

You don't look any older than 22yrssmiley - smiley


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 34

Bald Bloke

Well done,
I joined on 1999/09/05 so I'm 5 days late posting this.


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 35

Baron Grim

smiley - cakesmiley - bubblysmiley - magicsmiley - bubblysmiley - cake To you as well, Bald Bloke.


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 36

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

Throughout all it's hiccups etc over the years "ie: bbc cutting "us " off to present day "hacks and stuff" again smiley - grr

Hootoo is STILL here and so are many "researchers"

Stuff THAT in yer pipe and smoke it! Other "social media sites"


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 37

winnoch2 - Impostair Syndromair Extraordinaire

And all the users have remained intelligent, funny and devoid of hate or pride in their ignorance. I'd call that pretty much unique in soshal meeja land.


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 38

Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

"all the users have remained intelligent, funny and devoid of hate"

smiley - winkeyesmiley - biggrinI'm sticking with "funny and devoid of hate"

ME! Being serious ?? No Chance!!!smiley - smiley


Announcement 2024-04-28: h2g2 is 25 Today!

Post 39

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

Yep, we are good girls as 2legs puts it smiley - biggrin


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