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

I guess we survived that. < of relief>

what if we get real close to a "black hole" and find out it's colouredthat'll bugger 'em up

Once you get close enough to a black hole to see what it's like, you're already past the Event Horizon. You will never escape its gravitational field, and not even your radio emissions will be able to get out tell the outside about your discoveries.

not even a black hole would want me for eternity

In that case, we delegate you to go on the mission. :-0

I'll take a torch just in caseand a sat navplus a long piece of string

Perfect! A bright idiot is just what we need for the job

Jabs

Make the string strong in case we have to yank you back from the black hole's gravitational field.

the string will be tagged with signs = this way out

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221901449

a record set

post 341 ?? seems the mods have missed sorting it out and putting it back

Was it essential for the development of this thread? We've proceded 50 posts past it by now, so its disappearance hasn't exactly doomed the hread.

it's just that "hidden" doesn't sound good

Prof, post 389's a bit of real, of true genius....worthy of The Goon Show of the 50's. Is your real name Higgs?

Jabs

I second that. Come to think of it, I third it. No, make it fourth. (No one ever expects the you-know-what)

and without the aid of blue peter plastic bottles and straws

Speaking of straws, I had been having a bad day, and when I got to the restaurant, the straw dispenser was empty. "That's the last straw!" I exclaimed as I stormed out.

I hope more agreed with you, you could have had a straw poll then

I was certainly dis-sip-pointed.

for Britlandonly I'm afraid

read 1st
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8398451.stm

err 2nd
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/OpenGeoscience/?src=sfb