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  H2G2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
h2g2 was founded in April 1999 as the Earth edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the author of the series, Douglas Adams, and his friends and colleagues at The Digital Village.
On 17 March 2003, h2g2 issued guidelines for discussions during the 2003 Iraq war, including saying that "Postings and Entries on the subject of the conflict posted to h2g2 will be removed".
h2g2 is large enough to have many unofficial clubs and societies, set up and maintained by researchers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H2G2   (3343 words)

  
 H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is one difference between h2g2 and, say, Nupedia, on which only articles which have been approved by expert peer review can appear.
In September 2003, h2g2 announced plans to reduce the number of BBC staff supporting h2g2 from six to two, a process lasting until the end of the year.
The engine for h2g2 - and all of its related 'sister' communities in the BBC, such as "360" - is affectionately known as DNA, after the initials of Douglas (Noel) Adams.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/h2/h2g2.html   (2698 words)

  
 H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Terms and Conditions are more legalistic, and prohibit material that is not the submitter's own and original work, defamatory material, etc. When the site became part of BBCi, the BBC insisted on moderating all contributions to the site soon after they were made.
H2G2: Conkers What conkers are, how to play the game, and how to win.
BBC h2g2: Straight Edge Philosophy An article on the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy explaining what the straight edge lifestyle is and how it came about.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-H2G2.html   (3042 words)

  
 H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
h2g2 serves as ahandy abbreviation for that rather lengthy title, with the advantage that most people are able to spell it.
On 17 March 2003, h2g2 issued guidelinesfor discussions during the 2003 Iraq war, including saying that "Postingsand Entries on the subject of the conflict posted to h2g2 will be removed".
h2g2 is large enough to have many unofficial clubs and societies, set up and maintainedby researchers.
www.therfcc.org /h2g2-153738.html   (2544 words)

  
 H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On 17 March 2003 h2g2 issued guidelines for discussions during 2003 Iraq war including saying that "Postings and Entries the subject of the conflict posted to will be removed".
h2g2 is large enough to have many clubs and societies set up and maintained researchers.
The engine for h2g2 - and all its related 'sister' communities in the BBC as "360" - is affectionately known as after the initials of Douglas (Noel) Adams.
www.freeglossary.com /H2g2   (2649 words)

  
 h2g2 launches: 3,000 registrations within 24 hours
h2g2, the latest project to come from the London studios of The Digital Village achieved overnight success when it was officially launched by Company founder, Douglas Adams, live on BBC1's Tomorrow's World on April 28, 1999.
There are further exciting plans for the integration of h2g2 with handheld devices, as used by Ford Prefect 21 years ago, taking fiction into fact one step further.
The h2g2 production team comprises a number of experienced artists and programmers, most of whom worked on The Digital Village's last project, Starship Titanic, a CD-ROM adventure game, conceived by Douglas Adams.
www.tdv.com /html/news/19990430-0-n.html   (298 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: H2G2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa or simply La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or bell tower, of the Italian city of Pisas cathedral.
The idea to build a free encyclopedia using the Internet can be traced at least to the 1993 Interpedia proposal; it was planned as an encyclopedia on the Internet to which everyone could contribute materials.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/H2G2   (5040 words)

  
 CNN.com - Technology - The next generation of online encyclopedias - November 21, 2000
H2g2 is part of a new breed of Internet encyclopedias that are trying to amass a repository of all-encompassing knowledge by using volunteers.
Adams says he hopes that H2g2 (a U.K.-based company with around $3 million in backing from Arts Alliance, Durlacher and Intel) will become a kind of "information map of the world." An example: You're in Hong Kong and you're hungry.
As "head fantasist" of H2g2, Adams has used his celebrity status to rope in nearly 60,000 contributors from 90 countries to write these tourist tips (called "smarticles").
archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/11/21/net.gen.encyclopedias.idg   (1654 words)

  
 Advertising and h2g2
h2g2 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) is the Internet-based real-world version of Douglas' vision, and can be visited now at www.h2g2.com.
With entries on everything from South America to scrambled eggs, h2g2 is a living guide to the planet Earth, updated 24 hours a day by its growing numbers of members.
Community is paramount on h2g2, and researchers enjoy forum areas, personal journals and home pages, as well as being able to contribute to this repository of world knowledge.
www.tdv.com /html/RateCard.html   (493 words)

  
 H2G2
h2g2 doesn't have a formal update process as yet, though discussion about creating one has been going on for over a year now.
Sub-editing is mainly limited to ensuring readability and conformance to the h2g2 house style, though the amount of changes made varies from Entry to Entry.
The h2g2 community also investigates itself, for example in the h2g2 Reports, written by a large group of Researchers.
www.fastload.org /h2/H2G2.html   (1683 words)

  
 Wikipedia:Guide for h2g2 Researchers - InformationBlast
The Guide Entry A Dominatrix and Her 'Dog' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A545159), for instance, is great h2g2 content but would be out of place here.
When you contributed to h2g2, you retained the copyright to those contributions—the BBC is simply granted non-exclusive license to use them as they see fit.
This is because every Edited Entry on h2g2 has been checked (and possibly altered) both by a volunteer Sub-editor, and by an in-house Editor working for the BBC.
www.informationblast.com /Wikipedia:Guide_for_h2g2_Researchers.html   (886 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The h2g2 Tour - An Introduction to h2g2
h2g2 is an unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything, an encyclopaedic project where entries are written by people from all over the world.
h2g2 was launched in April 1999, and the BBC took over the running of the site in February 2001 as part of our drive to develop new and innovative online services.
Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/DontPanic-Tour   (477 words)

  
 Guide for h2g2 Researchers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Start the Guide for h2g2 Researchers article or add a request for it.
Look for Guide for h2g2 Researchers in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for Guide for h2g2 Researchers in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guide_for_h2g2_Researchers   (161 words)

  
 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Last but not least, h2g2, launched as the "Earth Edition" of The Guide, is a website now hosted by the BBC featuring a range of user-submitted articles.
It was there that the radio series was nominated for a Hugo Award (the first radio series to receive a nomination) but lost to Superman: The Movie.
A convention exclusively for H2G2, Hitchercon I, was held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, in September 1980, the year that the official fan club, ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, was organised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy   (6793 words)

  
 H2G2 aka The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy Movie. - Page 5 - Gaters.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Anyway, i'm whimpering on about how cool the H2G2 poster is on the wall and coveting it immensly, when the chickie with the coffee comes out wearing a promo shirt.
Its not fully explored in the film (at least, this one) which is a shame, because it has become iconic when referencing either HHGTTG or Addams himself.
Ahh, yea I figured it was one of those things that only a reader of the book understood because of the way it was talked about and also because of the laughs of the person behind me who brought a towel.
www.gaters.net /showthread.php?p=297204   (1028 words)

  
 h2g2 goes mobile!
It's only an initial demonstration of content and posting right now, and certainly not an indication of the future of wireless h2g2, but it's a start.
It means that if you have a WAP-enabled device (like a WAP phone or a WAP browser on your laptop) you can access h2g2 from anywhere, whether you're waiting for a train, sitting in a restaurant or strutting your funky stuff at a trendy nightspot.
h2g2 on the move: one more excellent reason to get a WAP device.
www.tdv.com /html/news/20000107-0-n.html   (278 words)

  
 Hotlist Panels for Opera 6
h2g2 Opera User´s Group" that have been optimised to make good panels.
The following are pages that members of "h2g2 Opera User´s Group" have suggested.
If you have any suggestions please visit the "h2g2 Opera User´s Group" and let us know.
happy.freeshell.org /panels   (259 words)

  
 Salon.com tech | A hitchhiker in the new economy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, (which, of course, was the name of Adams' bestselling book about the adventures of the space travelers), would tell you exactly why you should avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, shun the poetry of the violent Vogons and always travel with a spare towel.
But the Web is a limiting medium if you're trying to be a portable guide to "everything." So last month, in a case of life imitating art, Adams and his compatriots launched a wireless version of the guide in conjunction with Phone.com.
With h2g2, you can look up where you are at that moment to see what it says, and if the information you need is not there you add it in yourself.
archive.salon.com /tech/view/2000/06/12/adams   (660 words)

  
 Utskrift fra ITavisen.no   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Adams’ internettselskap Digital Village Ltd lanserte guiden på wap i desember, og H2G2 står i dag blant det mest særpregete og morsomme som mobilt internett har å tilby.
Foreløpig har du bare tilgang til den autoriserte delen av H2G2wap, i tillegg til at du kan bidra med journalinnlegg i databasen når du er ute og reiser.
H2G2 er full av svar – det gjelder bare å finne ut hva som er det riktige spørsmålet.
www.itavisen.no /services/print.php?articleId=1294400   (426 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
h2g2 is a place where you can write entries for the unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and, well, Everything.
We want you to tell us all about where you spent your student years for a new project, the h2g2 Alternative Prospectus.
The h2g2 Edited Guide is also available on mobiles and PDAs.
www.digihitch.com /viewlink-492.html   (442 words)

  
 TIME Europe | Business: A Hitch in Time | 8/07/2000
While the idea is to save lives, mobile operators around the world are now looking at using the same technology to guide their customers to tourist sites, restaurants and shows.
From that list you choose an art gallery and ask h2g2 how to get there; h2g2 guides you to the gallery and when asked informs you about the paintings as you view them.
Soon h2g2 plans to introduce a premium service allowing users to pay a fixed price to receive a "smarticle," a text-based phone message summarizing sightseeing tips for a particular area, saving mobile users search time and reducing phone charges.
www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0807/hitchhikers.html   (1145 words)

  
 H2G2 aka The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy Movie. - Gaters.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A woman is homozygous for the sickle cell allele, and her partner is heterozygous.
Saw the 'teaser' trailer of just the logo bit at the movies the other night and went 'oooh' and my friend said 'what the **** is that?' heh heh.
H2G2 is the established shortning of the title, and also the name of the official website
www.gaters.net /showthread.php?t=8593   (646 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - A Welcome and Thank-you Message from Douglas Adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This message was written by Douglas when h2g2 was launched, and it's just as valid now as it was then.
Thanks to everybody who has joined the h2g2 community and helped us to create the Guide so far, and a warm welcome to anyone visiting us for the first time.
Some of that will take a little time, of course, because everybody will be learning as we go: you, the contributors of the information, and we, the architects of the system into which it all fits.
www.bbc.tv /dna/h2g2/A157349   (385 words)

  
 Words of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Harmless (h2g2:62) : the whole description in the h2g2 about a small planet called Earth by native people.
Next version of h2g2, this part will be revised to ``Mostly Harmless''.
Quoting from the h2g2 : ``a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
www.mpi-sb.mpg.de /~hitoshi/hobby/h2g2/dictH2G2.shtml   (1343 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Adams hitches a new ride
"Any information you want to put in to h2g2 goes in with the context of where you are," he says.
But with Austin Powers director Jay Roach at the helm, the movie, when it is finally completed, is set to be every bit as zany as you would expect.
In the meantime, fans will have to be content with creating their own Guide, via Adams' h2g2 site - but will it come to the same conclusion as its author, that the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything is...42?
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/773299.stm   (669 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - h2g2 Storytime
This is a traditional opening in all really good stories: Once upon a time the researchers of H2G2 sat behind flickering monitors all across the Globe and began telling a story.
It was called H2G2 Storytime Some called us fools and mad.
When he came to a few moments later Hugh was still hoping about and for the first time Bob noticed that he was now waving a small, blue fish at Jill.
www.bbc.net.uk /dna/hub/A648650   (2707 words)

  
 The H2G2 movie
As we all know Douglas was always ready to reinvent H2G2 through its various incarnations, and although everybody loved the new elements, some of the structural challenges remained to be solved.
After Douglas passing the script was handed to Karey Kirkpatrick, a screen writer whose claim to fame involves James and the Giant Peach as well as Chicken Run.
However, feeling that he could no longer promise himself to the project, Jay Roach had got up out of the directors chair and decided to try out a producer one instead.
www.douglasadams.se /movie   (596 words)

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