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Posted Mar 4, 2004
**I didn't write this one, but I think it's worth putting down.**
> ... I am a member of the inhouse Editorial Team.
...who should hang his/her head (heads?) in shame!
> When Douglas...
How dare you presume to be so familiar with a person
who:
a) Will be famous long after your have collected
your last paycheck for leeching off his talent.
b) Is more than slightly dead at the moment
(sadly not just for tax purposes), and
therefore unable to correct your impudence
in person.
>... he wanted people to make a real Guide to Earth
Well, nice idea, but its being done much more completely
and professionally than the BBC can ever hope to equal at
http://www.everything2.com. Check it out. Surrender.
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
> ...Incidentally, you should not quote wholesale from
> Douglas's books or any other published works as this
> is technically a breach of copyright,
No it certainly is not. It is one of the most basic
and simple forms of "fair use", as such quotes are a
"review" or a "critique" of the author's work, made
with full attribution. More to the point, they are
made in a forum clearly created to PROMTE THE WORK
and generate ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY.
>...which is against the House Rules.
Wow, you have RULES???? Did Mr. Adams know that you
were going to go Vogon so quickly after he was no
longer able to hunt you down and pelt you with stale
jelly doughnuts to keep you in line?
> You can find out more about copyright on h2g2 and
> other BBC communities at http://www.bbc.co.uk/copyright
...where BBC, right off the bat in "Rule 2", reserves the
right to CHANGE THE RULES AT WHIM AND WITHOUT NOTICE!!!
Please be advised that the BBC's "Rule 2" is an clear and
compelling infringement of copyrights held by the Monty
Python ensemble. Only Monty Python could frame such
gibberish as a "policy" or rule. As such, you have written
in the unique style of Monty Python, and owe each of the
surviving cast members at least 200 Euros a week for life
(or, 185.27 in real money.)
You do have one possible defense - Monty Python were trying
to be funny, and the BBC is not even aware of how laughable
they are.
jfischer
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Necessary Actions...
Posted Feb 19, 2004
In truth they did get power-hungry, but if it hadn't been for Hitler and his Storm Troopers Germany would probably be a Third World country today if it even still existed. Why you ask? Well it's like this...
After World War One, Germany was in debt big time, Her economy was utterly wrecked, Her military was gone, Her weapons were depleted, Her population was dead, Her new government didn't work worth beans, and Her land was practically a lunar landscape.
Hitler and his policies saved the economy, rebuilt the military, restarted weapons production, restored the population, and (in a questionable manner) instituted a working government. He then (and you can't really blame him for this) took back the parts of Germany that the League of Nations divided in to other countries after WWI.
Granted Germany got wrecked again in WWII; the difference is that this time the Allies had learned their collective lesson and decided to NOT make Germany an enemy again. They also aided Germany in recovering, which they hadn't-and wouldn't have-done before.
There's a reason why some people even today have great respect for Hitler (and I'm one of them). Germans at the time compared him to Jesus Christ and then only because Jesus was the only other person who could come close to his greatness.
While Hitlers actions may have been ruthless, they were absolutely necessary to save Germany and restore Her to power. Nothing else would have worked.
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New Site
Posted Oct 26, 2003
Everybody please ignore the new site entry, I've changed my mind, thank you.
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New Site
Posted Oct 14, 2003
Okay. I have returned. Granted the pages seem to be loading and refreshing faster; that said I still have complaints, and I'm not the only one either.
-It's hideous! (Looked muched better before.) 
-The thing at the top that says: Hello Tobias999 is far more annoying then seems possible. (Didn't exist before.)
-The conversation links on My Space have irritating things with non-essential and trivial information. (Better before.)
-The new color scheme (granted only with the new stuff) is terrible.
-I cannot discern any logical reason why they would torture us like this except for their own sadistic amusement.
-I'm running out of complaints faster than I thought I would, and I need to get up early so "I'll be back."
-The stupid 
ing thing doesn't think I'm registered even though I couldn't possibly be writing this if I weren't. (Probably a bug that will get worked out later.)
-It's trying to rearrange my comments when I click "Preview Journal" for no apparant reason. (Probably a bug that will get worked out later.)
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Latest reply: Oct 14, 2003
Uses of this thing:
Posted Oct 4, 2003
All right, I don't have much use for journals so from now on this is going to be my venting place! Those of you who do not want to read long paragraphs full of frustration and self-pity that are only there so I won't resort to physical violence and attack someone STOP NOW! As for the rest...
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