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

You are not alone. Unfortunately many people were unaware of this place, but many have flocked here obver the last few days to add their messages. However, you have found us and we hope you explore and like what you see and stay, anway, Welcome to h2g2
Just thought I'd drop by and make you welcome to the site.
I am an ACE and it is part of our voluntary job to make new members welcome and provide any help if you so require it.

Should you wish to leave a messsage of condolences to Mr. Adam's family and friends at this sad time, could I point you to the relevant area of the Guide: (just click on this link below and it will transport you there directly)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A5932

If i can help in any way, don't hesitate to reply to me here or by clicking on my name and leaving a message on my space. Places to start may include the Welcome page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome

My advise to you would be to dive in and browse around, and naturally feel free to post to any conversations you like, we are a friendly bunch after all

Oh and should you write an article, why not let me know and I'll read it and help you to get it noticed by the relevant people.

Nice meeting you and hope to see you around,
B-17

Hi, Babel 17.

About logging in and out: if I stay logged in even when I am
not using my computer, will that cause any problems? If this
was covered in the fine print (actually, to me almost all print
is fine print...), I must have missed it. There is so much to
take in here.

Thanks. Paul H

Paul, if you mean by staying 'logged' in that, when you log in initially, and provide your login name, and password, then click thee box that says 'remember me on this PC', so that after having been on, and you close down your browser, ending your session, the next time you log in, it recognises you? then the answer would be No, that does not affect anything. Also perhaps you mean that you leave yourself logged into h2g2 and do not close down your browser and leave your internet connection on permenantly, thus effectivly being on to h2g2 constantly, then the answer is still No.
I log in from work, and leave myself logged on to h2g2 all the time I am there, for quick easy access. If you are inactive for a period of more than 15 minutes, then all that happens is that the 'Who's Online' window doesn't show you as being on. As soon as you refresh your page, or post a message, you reappear in the window.

Hope this has helped a little. Anything else I can help with?
Just holler
B-17

Hi, Babel-17:

As I rack my brain, searching for a topic on which I
have enough expertise to write an article for H2G2,
it occurs to me that I could write about the golden age
of comedy, which in my opinion occurred during the 1960's.

The trick is, such a topic would be vast, encompassing
film ("It's a mad mad mad mad world," "Where's Poppa,"
any films by Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks,
Monty Python, or The Beatles), humorous song
(Allen Sherman, Tom Lehrer, Michael Flanders & Donald
Swann), musical theater (too many to mention here),
Vietnam-related (from Bob Hope on one side, to Country
Joe & the Fish on the other), folk music spoofs (Smothers
Brothers, Chad Mitchell Trio, Kingston Trio, even Peter
Paul & Mary occasionally), television ("That was the
week that was,""Hogan's heroes," Monty Python's Flying
Circus," "Laugh-in," "Beverly Hillbillies" and its spin-offs,
any shows starring Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, etc.),
humor albums (Vaughn Meader's political albums, Stan Freeberg's
albums, "When you're in love, the whole world's Jewish"
Firesign Theater's albums), musical humorists (Peter Schickele's
"P.D.Q. Bach" concerts, Anna Russell, Victor Borge, Tiny Tim,
Mrs. Miller, Spike Jones, etc.), children's programming
("The Bullwinkle show," "Fractured flickers," "Kukla Fran
and Ollie," guest appearances of Jim Henson's Muppets on
various shows), standup comedy (Mike Nichols & Elaine
May, Ben Stiller & Ann Meara, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart,
etc.), and printed humor ("Mad magazine," etc.).

I can think of no other postwar decade that comes close to the
60s in terms of humor. I will undoubtedly think of more after
I send this to you. That's the trouble. This email is just an
outlie, but it's as long as some people's articles.

Should I be looking for each of the above in the BBC's
search engine, to see where links would work better than
full descriptions?

Paul H

Paul, Hello again.
My suggestion to you would be to search h2g2 first for anything relating to the subject, just in case somebody has already entered articles on any of the subjects you have described.
2 ways forward would be to write individual articles on each subject, or go to the University and ask to set it up as a research project. That way, you can get people to contribute to it and it has an overall section, with all the related articles underneath it.
For more info on the University of Life here at h2g2, try this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/C573

Again, glad to be of help

B-17