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Created: 24th May 1999

Brand new day

Something has happened.

Against all the laws of nature...

...this particular bee...

...seems to have metamorphosed into...

...

Oh.

It's just Chris.

Ah well.

*cough*

Nothing to see here folks. Move along please. Public Library, Madam? First building on your left. You're welcome.

*cough*

Ooh, I could murder a doughnut...

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beeline
Last posted: Sep 24, 2001

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39466

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CONVERSATION	COMMUNITY	LATEST POST	LATEST REPLY

Super string theory	h2g2	Jul 30, 1999	Feb 12, 2009
In memory of Douglas	h2g2	May 18, 2001	May 20, 2008
Only ONE dissapointment....	h2g2	Jun 7, 1999	Nov 22, 2007
Cocney Rhyming Slang	h2g2	Jul 29, 1999	Oct 2, 2007
Why Astronomy?	h2g2	Dec 22, 2000	Nov 20, 2006
The best invention	h2g2	Nov 2, 1999	Aug 7, 2006
If anyone wants to help...	h2g2	Mar 6, 2001	Jan 30, 2006
Escape Velocity	h2g2	Jul 26, 1999	Nov 23, 2004
Spelling	h2g2	Jul 21, 1999	Nov 5, 2004
Aha! Found them.	h2g2	Jul 21, 1999	Jul 10, 2003



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Leave a Message		LATEST POST

** FRONT PAGE LINK TODAY* 21.02.2007 **		Feb 21, 2007
Beeline		Oct 23, 2001
Uh, hi Beeline...		Sep 23, 2001
So...		Aug 2, 2001
39466		Jul 4, 2001
Belated thankyou...		Jun 20, 2001
Cheesecake Ice Cream		Jun 20, 2001
How dare you!		Jun 15, 2001
What the Hell!!!!		Jun 11, 2001
eyes the surroundings suspiciously		Jun 10, 2001


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It would appear...
Jun 15, 2001

...that I have a new job.

*leaps about like an idiot*

Discuss this entry - 18 replies - Latest reply: Jun 20, 2001

Mac OS-X geek-out
Apr 2, 2001

This new UNIX-based operating system for the Mac is incredibly nice. I mean, really, really powerful and very attractive. We're talking Conan The Barbarian in a Chanel dress here...

I also persuaded Karen to let us swap laptops as hers was much more powerful than mine, and she really didn't need the speed (or the FireWire, DVD...) What a sweetie. I now have 384M of RAM on a 400MHz PowerBook. It's pretty sweet. *Thinks* How long will I have to wait until I can afford me one of those nice titanium G4 PowerBooks...?

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It's hard to believe...
Mar 14, 2001

...just how stupid some people are, even on this site. I mean don't get me wrong - most people here are simply excellent human beings, but some of them have truly lost - if they ever had it - the ability to form a rational argument. I've met several chickens that could out-manoeuvre some of these hysterical 'Big Brother censorship' comments...

This whole thing is an EXPERIMENT by the BBC to see how a community this size behaves, and how well it can police itself. They can't be seen to lead children to pornography or bad language in the same way that no-one can be seen to do that in a public forum. Sure, they'd love to let everyone have freedom to do and say what they want, but until the rest of the world is prepared to absolve itself of responsibility and accountability for what everyone else finds offensive, the BBC is not going to stick its head above the parapet to be shot off by the lawyers. I thought that was pretty obvious.

The upshot is that moderation only makes a difference to you if you're the kind of person that *needs* to swear or be otherwise unsociable to get the attention, respect or security you crave. It's sad, but some people can't work out how to *earn* respect, which is the only way it's ever delivered. If you have to be seen to ask for it, you've probably already forfeited it.

</rant>

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The Big Day
Mar 13, 2001

Well, today's the day the new h2g2 site goes live.

Good luck everyone - it's going to be an interesting ride!

*takes some

to cushion the impact*

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BBC site testing...
Feb 22, 2001

Just doing a spot of testing for the new BBC h2g2, which is pretty exciting.

Just testing to see if my journal works correctly...

Testing HTML (shouldn't work):
Here is some <b color="red">bold</b> text.
Here is [URL Removed by moderator - hey Beeline today your moderator is Peta, not sure I should be adding chatty comments but hey, I can, so I will!] to Google.com

Discuss this entry - 6 replies - Latest reply: Mar 7, 2001

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ID	TITLE	COMMUNITY	STATUS	CREATED

A3086101	Comets as Harbingers of Momentous Events	h2g2	-	Oct 21, 2004
A2784873	Comets as Harbingers of Momentous Events	h2g2	-	Jun 26, 2004
A940952	Update: Digital Radio -> DAB Digital Radio	h2g2	-	Jan 22, 2003
A587649	Captain Future - Comic Strip Hero	h2g2	Edited	Jul 16, 2001
A587658	Haskell - a Functional Programming Language	h2g2	Edited	Jul 11, 2001
A575633	How to Make Cheesecake Ice Cream	h2g2	Edited	Jun 19, 2001
A575624	'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' - Children's Television Programme	h2g2	Edited	Jun 19, 2001
A575750	How to Separate Eggs	h2g2	Edited	Jun 18, 2001
A571727	Smarties	h2g2	Edited	Jun 15, 2001
A571718	American Crows	h2g2	Edited	Jun 14, 2001
A563807	Program Correctness	h2g2	Edited	Jun 6, 2001
A563799	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland	h2g2	Edited	Jun 6, 2001
A346844	What's the Point of Astronomy?	h2g2	Edited	Dec 20, 2000
A354421	Asteroids - what are they?	h2g2	-	Jun 6, 2000
A354403	Project: Why Astronomy?	h2g2	-	Jun 6, 2000
A354395	Project: Telescopes	h2g2	-	Jun 6, 2000
A354368	Project: Near Earth Objects (NEOs)	h2g2	-	Jun 6, 2000
A347852	Ideas for the Astronomy Department	h2g2	-	Jun 1, 2000
A347843	Suggested Astronomy core topics	h2g2	-	Jun 1, 2000



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