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

Well, once again, the mighty "Whose Online" thing has led me to the personal space of another newcomer...MOMENTS AHEAD OF ANY MEDDLING ACES! MUHWAHAHAHA! Ahhhh...anyway, as much as I'd like to revel in my moment of personal triumph, I suppose it's only polite to address you, the person who created this page. And so I will:



Hi.




Oh, and by the way, where DOES the name Cenchrea come from, anyway? If it's literary or mythological...I'm usually pretty good at those, but I can't place yours. And I'm to lazy to look it up.

Congradulations, Emar.

The name Cenchrea is neither. It's actually biblical/geographic. Cenchrea is (was? I don't know if it is still extant) a small fishing town outside Corinth, and if you don't know where that is, think about halfway between Sparta and Athens. The biblical bit is that that's where the apostle Paul started his ministry. I found most of this out only after I took on the psudonym. This is what happens when people get fed up with overused handles and have a bible dictionary within easy reach.

And what about Emar? Is it a play on your real name (Omar, maybe?) or literary, or what?

Closest to the play on my real name. It's not Omar, though. It's basically a warping of the "word" you get when you merge my first initial (E) with my last name (which is not "Mar", but includes the same consonant sounds). I came up with "Emar" some years back, when I had to give myself some kind of pseudonymn on a different site. I'd already entered my e-mail address,and that was basically just my FirstInitial-LastName. So I just altered it and tacked on a title (although the title was originally "the Socially Maladjusted." And still is, on the aforementioned site).

*stumbles in and falls to the floor, heaving for breath*

Argh, once again the official team has been beaten by a pesky amateur!
Alright, since Emar got here first, I'll have to take revenge on him by posting a longer greeting than his:

Welcome to H2G2

My name's Bistroist and I'm one of the Guide's Assistant Community Editors (ACE's). We're a bunch of volunteers who roam this place trying to be as nice and helpful as possible, and meet and greet as many newcomers as we can.
If there's something you need help with, or just want a few links to some of the cool places in here, I suggest you visit our common homepage.
http://www.h2g2.com/A214796

I'm not sure if you know this already, but there's a welcoming message to all newcomers over here
http://www.h2g2.com/A5752

Other questions you'd might like to ask? Try the "ask H2G2" and "How do I..."-forums
http://www.h2g2.com/A148907 and http://www.h2g2.com/A242470

btw. In case you haven't noticed, the "Don't Panic" button in the top menu bar links to an occasionally useful help section.

Don't worry if you don't understand any of this, just stick this in your ear


~Bistro

Bistroist, I really don't think you want to play "One-Upmanship" on the message length with me. I got enough coffee to type all night.

"What now?"

*smirk*

"Hmmmm...."

*Big smirk*
*chuckle*

You don't have to fight over me... but if you must, wait a second, so I can pop some popcorn and get a comfy seat... Okay, go for it.

Seeing how I've been beanen to the punch by an ACE AND a guide-guy, I thought I'd stroll past and say hello in a much more, well, ethereal, manner.

My name's Triv, and I'm a guardian angel here at h2g2. We, along with the Assistant Community Editors, take it upon ourselves to make the new researchers comfortable and to let them know that someone's looking out for them. If you need anything reply to this message or start a new conversation over at my homepage.

http://www.h2g2.com/U145245

while you're at it, check ot the guardian angel's homepage. It's got a ton of links to other resources you might find useful.

http://www.h2g2.com/A300943

good to meet you.

Triv (Patron Saint of Merry-Go-Rounds)

I'm merely defending one of my few remaining Points of Honor(tm): My ability to leave long, rambling messages that don't make any sense. It is a gift of mine, but I rarely use it, as my power is far too radical. But I warn all of you: Do not tempt me! Even a big bowl of popcorn will not alleviate the boredom that can be inflicted by my alterior personality...Ramblorrr!! (*BUM!*Bum!*BUM!*Bum!*)

I have pointy ears.








(see? It doesn't have to be long and rambling to make no sense...)

But that DID make sense, as pointed ears would indicate that you are one of the following:

A) A vulcan
B) An elf
C) A fennec fox
D) Batman

If you haven't seen my homepage (click on my name at the top of this message), then you haven't seen complete babble. Yes, it could be longer and more rambling. But the main key to writing nonsense is to interject irrelavent thoughts (Boy, there sure are is a lot of crap on the web. Sheesh. I can punch in any noun I feel like into AltaVista and come up with about 500,000 sites, and the typical search engine only knows about 20% of all the sites on the web. It's ludacrist, I tells ya. I ain't interested in half that crap, either. Like just today. I see this article on The Onion, a new medical study revealing that babies are stupid. Well DUH! Waste of my time, readin' that article, and then I here about The Onion being completely fake. GEEZ!) so lon that the reader forgets what your sentence was originally about. THAT'S how you make your messages incomprehensible.

Oh, and that mispelled "long" at the end probably added to your confusion.

Whoa, just wait a minute! It just didn't have to make any sense! I heard nothing about incomprehensibility!

Hmmmm... interesting list you compiled, though. Let's see: my ears aren't near vulcan capacity, and my eye brows are fairly normal, so I'm not vulcan. And elf? Don't they fancy pointy shoes and gossamery gowns, and be immortal? Though that would be cool, I'm more of a boot and blue jean girl myself, so that counts that out. I don't even know what a fennec fox is. The closest thing we have here is mongooses. I'm not Batman. Why would Batman call himself Catwoman for the first three years of his online life? (Another good point: HE.)

(I agree with your veiwpoint on Alta Vista, though. 500,000 sites, and nothing having to do with what I intended and, yes, I've already read you homepage-- very clear and consise, I thought.)

Ooh. Forgot about catwoman. Her costume has the pointed ears too, doesn't it?

But anyway, the difference between nonsense and incomprehensibility is purely academic in my case. And as for the my whole tirade on the web, the only reason I even put that in was so you'd lose your train of thought, same as the "Canadia" thing. I didn't mean to make a point! NO! I might have actually written something valuable()!

No, I'm not catwoman... I don't think.

And,by the way, if I was having a decent train of thought why would I go on the Guide, where I was sure to loose it? (Links are just the most wonderful vehicles for the demolishing of purpose, don't you think?)

you want REAL randomness?

http://www.beltsander-races.com


Just a little dose of heavenly agnosticism.



Triv

*Whistling sound*
Y'know, ever since I had to take mandatory woodshop in 8th grade, and my sander got away from me, I always wondered if that would have been cooler if a second sander and perhaps a checkerd flag had been involved... but I think my stupid piece of wood still would have gotten that gouge in it that almost made me fail the class. (With or against the grain? Dammit!)

Meanwhile, in real life...

Well, school's just started back, here. This will unfortunately (or fortunately, for you people) mean that the number of inane messages I'm able to post now will be cut back. Ah, well.

Oh yeah, and that sander-race-thingy was cool.

Wow. I've finally found a place where all the random crap I find on the net is appreciated. That's awsome.

We should set up a forum somewhere to discuss truely bizarre websites. I'll try to get around to putting a guide entry/discussion group up on the subject.

If you're interested, lemme know.



Triv

Random crap? Count me in! I don't know how to set up a forum that's not attached to an entry, though... I suspect you do?