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

Today I had the privilege of being present at the birth of a new religion. This is the gospel according to Fizzy.

I went to work today and it was a good day. When I went to address the Computer Monitor it was without life. It was dead, dead as any parrot. No amount of pressing buttons and checking cables could bring that baby to life. Verily I cried out to the inscrutable, unflappable, rock that is Dr Dickens and that other gatekeeper of all that is technology, Master of the Time Machine.

The great and mighty tried and tried to resuscitate the one called Visdis but neither could restore the life-giving power to my only communication vehicle in work, the reason for my very being there. Visdis was indeed dead.

The Lord of the office was called and she spake. “The Visdis is dead, I shall take it at once from this place and return with a working model”. That she did. The Visdis was lifted from it’s place on the podium called hard-drive and lifted skywards while all earthly links were disconnected. It was taken and placed on the vacant podium also called hard-drive but no mouse, keypad or phone was there at that place, it was without life, very quiet and generally vacant-looking.

The replacement Computer Monitor was plugged in and from it’s brightly lit visual display I retrieved the number for the Moss Brigade, prophets for all that is IT.

I rang them for the Lord had said “Speak ye to IT and tell them of this disaster that has befallen our place of work”.

I told Moss that Visdis was dead but Moss spake “Nay, Visdis is not dead but only sleeping, for it is written”.

The Lord whispered “It is dead, that is not a sleep, no Visdis did ever sleep like a coma, it is dead”

I sayeth “cancel the last rites, Visdis lives”.

Lo and behold, when Visdis was re-attached to the life-giving cables at the dark unworkable work station an amber glow appeared. I touched the amber light and felt power as it turned swiftly to green and Visdis became animated and filled with life again.

Resurrection, the basis of this religion, beat the previous record by some considerable time, only 18 hours between death and resurrection, we say meh to 3 days.

Visdis lives, praise be!

Hello...congrats on making the move..

Hey MS

You're welcome to join. We're hoping that in a couple of thousand years we can have some sort of rapture event where the people are matrixed.

Might not be such a bad thing...

You seem happy...

I feel enlightened and all this on Towel Day, you couldn't have dreamt of a better sign.


Spread the word MS, if there's one thing this world needs - it's more religion.

Verily and praise be indeedeth. This bodeth well.

I hopeth muchly that the great prophet that is Mr TW can resurrect my hard drive too. (It's the one that contains most of my music)

Farewell for now...

Always good to see you.

Ahhh Mags,

We'll all praise Visdis and your prayers will be answered - the hard drive will recover. Visdis is the way and his many followers are with you in thought as you await news from the prophet

ye gods! just smite it with the heavenly sledgehammerkill or cure every time

Visdis lives, Prof and probably doing the resurrection shuffle as we speak.

sod PC'sI'm glad your ok lovenot having seen you for yonks here (or emailwise)

You must have missed me the other day when I posted on your thread about your son. How is he by the way?

I'd seen it loveand thank you


nothing sparkling at the moment,some signs/movements are getting better each day by small amounts, which as long as in the right directiontime doesn't mean anything

That's good, Prof. Injuries like that can take a long time to heal so as long as things are moving in the right direction it's all good. Give him my regards anyhow and take care yourself not to overdo the worrying.

it shall be done