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

I just had a really scary thought. I was thinking about h2g2 addiction, and i found myself thinking this way: I've been on h2g2 for 4 years, i'm 16 years old. That means i have been on h2g2 for A QUARTER of my life. That is really scary!!!

Tango

You're beating me - but then you always will. I've been on less than 1/8 of my life. Still a bit scary, tho'.

Whoami?

Do you do much programming? If so, what in?

Whoami?

I know he's currently learning/using XSLT (nice language, just needs some time to develop, although being turing-complete nothing is currently impossible...).

I must have also been on h2g2 for just less than 1/8 of my life (moving towards 2/17s swiftly; interestingly both Whoami and myself signed up between 10:15 and 10:30, but Whoami did it on a Monday, not a Saturday). It really is quite scary considering how little I've done.

spelugx

I seem to learn a lot of languages, but never do anything in them...

Tango

That's right, I signed up in a DT lesson.

Would you like to do something with all that XSLT and stuff? If so, there's a short (30-post odd) backlog to read at <./>F75855?thread=267590</.> that might just interest you.

Go on, click it! I'm not going to tell you what it is!

Whoami?

Yes, OpenDNA looks _very_ interesting, especially since I did make a start on a DNA-like CMS for my own site (very modular [advantage of HTML::Mason], with XSLT for only small bits of the layout though), and I have done some other XSLT formatting things.

So you also browsed h2g2 in DT lessons. Used to be the only place with computers (it still has really good, overspec'ed ones) that I could use, before I got free periods.

spelugx

That's right. I was supposed to be working on my DT project at the time. On the computers. Unsupervised.

Still, it did not hurt my eventual grade. h2g2 hasn't ruined my life... ...yet!

Why not sign up to the Yahoo! Group? I'm a moderator so you'll be approved promptly. We're a small group at the moment, and the group is specifically for those developing - but that doesn't mean you have to commit loads of time straight away; just watch and suggest and help solve problems.

Myself, I don't program. I'm administrating, documentin, and being generally verbose. Besides that, I just make unhelpful comments and moderate the group...

Whoami?

Tango
I should point out that the 4 year period of your life you are talking about are part of what is known as your informative years. I should also point out that there are people registered with h2g2 who's same period in life was spent with the country deeply involved in WW2. Now that was crap despite anything said to the contrary on http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/

12 minutes between F94020?thread=284509&skip=120&show=#p3665509 and F94020?thread=284509&skip=120&show=#p3665558
I suppose that is some progress.
In real life my boy you wouldn't walk away you'd be carried.
'Holy Crap' Having spent 1/4 of your life on h2g2 haven't you learned anything.
I didn't say I would ignore you I said that I would ignore any help or advice you offer and that I was unsubscribing from the thread, just as I am from this one.
How can I ignore you, you stupid boy, when you stalk me all over DNA Feedback ?

Have you thought that Peta's posting that came before yours could have been aimed at you ?

It's obvious who Peta's posting was aimed at (silly non-different English plurals).

Stalk? If you want to make accusations, the staff can be contacted by email, casual jokes can be made on site Tango's subscriptions are left over from when he was a 'real' guru, and amazingly his conversations lists is virtually identical to mine

spelugx

They aren't technically subscribtions. I'm not subscribed to much. I'm just so addicted i read most of the threads on feedback pages.

Tango

PS I have yikesed AB's post calling me a "stupid boy", because i find that offensive.

Good, good. It's gone.

Tango

But you ruined its gone-ness by repeating it yourself, you [self-moderated repetition].

This is rapidly turning into an episode of Dad's Army. We're all doomed, dooOOoomed...

I don't really care about if i can see it, i've read it once, it's not going to hurt any more if i read it again. It's a matter of principle.

Tango

PS You know, HHGG and Dad's Army both have the same quote: "DON'T PANIC"

I guess that will be the same with me next year when I turn 16

You signed up at the end of 2000, so yes, by the end of next yeah you will have been here for 4 years. When is you birthday?

Tango

In May, so I just turned 15. So I was 12 and a half when I came here in November 2000.