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How did you find H2G2?
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 7, 2004
I didn't decide to join untill I read the Thingite Manifesto.
How did you find H2G2?
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 7, 2004
The search engine Altavista has a translation service which used to be called BabelFish. There was a link at the bottom of that page "Find out the history of the term BabelFish". I followed it and ended up here.
That was three and a half years ago and I still haven't find the way out.
How did you find H2G2?
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 7, 2004
Thats because we took down all the sign's
How did you find H2G2?
Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) Posted Jan 8, 2004
I did a google search on the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and stumbled across this. isn't it funny how so many of the universes greatest discoveries were found by accident?
How did you find H2G2?
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 8, 2004
Yep. Dynamite, penicilin, America.
How did you find H2G2?
Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) Posted Jan 8, 2004
isn't Velcro on this list too?
How did you find H2G2?
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 8, 2004
You mentioned America and Dynamite in the same sentance. WOW! YIKES! and then linked them to great discoverys.
How did you find H2G2?
creachy Posted Jan 8, 2004
and also all sorts of shady american organisations will be scouring this site now
the CIA, the FBI and more than likely the IRS
How did you find H2G2?
Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) Posted Jan 8, 2004
well, if thawere true they would've detained me by now. wait you can't come in here! NOOOOOO!!!!!
How did you find H2G2?
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 8, 2004
Well, let's face it, a lot of cool stuff was designed by the yanks. Macdonalds, computers and sh*t like that.
How did you find H2G2?
Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Jan 8, 2004
And the nuclear bomb, Napalm, Agent Orange,
How did you find H2G2?
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 8, 2004
Yes, those too, but is that great stuff?
Well, Napalm is, yes.
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 8, 2004
As for computers try a English gentleman Inventer by the name of Babbage, also for future referance reading try to look up WW2, Station X, and the activies of one Allan Turin, just might be worth a look!
And also IMHO that the Atomic age was brought about by the fact the atom was split by the British Olympic Atom Splitting Team, in a Oxford Lab in the 1930's, buy a very scared Lab assistant in a brown coat with a very sharp axe, can't you just hear it..... Ok Jenkins, get on with it! Just one good tap and that should do it....
American's allways make me smile, allways!
B.O.A.S.T.
How did you find H2G2?
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 9, 2004
Yeah, like legalising guns actually makes the place safe. Has anyone seen Bowling for Columbine? I haven't, but I've seen the little cartoon about gun-laws.
How did you find H2G2?
Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) Posted Jan 9, 2004
If you're going to bring Alan Turin into it and split hairs, the Enigma machine could be an early computer, the Germans invented it, the Pole's copied it and if you believe Hollywood the Yanks captured the code book, which, BTW was captured by HMS Bulldog 9 months before America joined the war 
How did you find H2G2?
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 9, 2004
Agreed, you could argue that the engmia machine is a type of computer, but it does not store data, or is able to retrive data, but the stuff that A. Turin was thinking about in the thirties is very silmier to the stuff we have to day and i'm using to write/read this, also Charles Babbage (1791-1871) who's Difference Engine No1 might be one of the first purpose bulit calculaters but, ideas may be considered by some to have layed the foundation of to days computers!
pheww! thats some responce and i'm sure someone outthere will have a few ideas on it! TEA'n'TOAST anyone?
Also IMOH I like to think that this type of thread, shows the best of h2 and thats why I remain, and why not join B.O.A.S.T.
How did you find H2G2?
AK - fancy that! Posted Jan 9, 2004
British
Olympic
Atom
Splitting
Team
(see the thread on his space)
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- 21: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Jan 7, 2004)
- 22: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 7, 2004)
- 23: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 7, 2004)
- 24: pdante' (Jan 7, 2004)
- 25: Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) (Jan 8, 2004)
- 26: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Jan 8, 2004)
- 27: Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) (Jan 8, 2004)
- 28: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 8, 2004)
- 29: creachy (Jan 8, 2004)
- 30: Damien Yukai (On a Date With Destiny) (Jan 8, 2004)
- 31: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Jan 8, 2004)
- 32: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Jan 8, 2004)
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- 34: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 8, 2004)
- 35: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Jan 9, 2004)
- 36: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Jan 9, 2004)
- 37: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 9, 2004)
- 38: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Jan 9, 2004)
- 39: AK - fancy that! (Jan 9, 2004)
- 40: Reefgirl (Brunel Baby) (Jan 9, 2004)
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