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Created: 2nd September 1999

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Researcher number 55234 first differentiated in the United Kingdom, and entered post-partum mode some nine months later. His favorite wavelength is 650 nanometers, and his favorite transition metal is palladium. He has one axis of approximate reflective symmetry when viewed externally, due to his full complement of ocular organs and motile effectors.

His hobbies are proprioception, peristalsis and breakdown of polyunsaturated and saturated lipids delivered via comestibles, and absorption of electromagnetic radiation. His favorite film is Kodak Royal Gold ISO 400/24.

For convenience, researcher 55234 may also be referenced using the label 'mathew'.

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Last posted: Aug 27, 2001

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CONVERSATIONS

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CONVERSATION	COMMUNITY	LATEST POST	LATEST REPLY

Ade's name	h2g2	Jun 14, 2000	Jan 13, 2009
You're missing descriptors for bisexuals	h2g2	Aug 27, 2001	Aug 20, 2004
A wonderful article	h2g2	Aug 27, 2001	Aug 30, 2001
Capitalizing "web"	h2g2	Aug 3, 2000	Dec 21, 2000
BBC America	h2g2	Jun 15, 2000	Nov 7, 2000
Oh, the pain.	h2g2	Sep 14, 2000	Sep 14, 2000
ASP	h2g2	Sep 14, 2000	No replies
Bottom's name	h2g2	Jun 14, 2000	Aug 8, 2000
How does that work then?	h2g2	Jul 4, 2000	No replies
Spelling fix request	h2g2	Jun 13, 2000	No replies



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TELEX		Aug 30, 2000

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BBC America
Jun 13, 2000

My sanity is saved! I upgraded to digital cable, and now I can get BBC America.

The single worst thing about moving to the USA was having to make do with US TV. In the UK, I could watch two channels and get a good selection of quality TV shows, including comedy that's actually funny. In the USA there are about the same number of good shows, but they're spread over fifty channels and the TV companies keep changing the schedules.

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The ISP situation was fixed, at least
Apr 21, 2000

I switched to The World, the world's first ISP. It gives me warm fuzzies to have an account on a system with such historical significance.

I've now had two out of two submitted guide entries approved! I hope I can keep up that standard in future...

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I need a new ISP
Oct 5, 1999

Ever since UltraNet were taken over by RCN, their service has been going gradually downhill.

It started off with problems connecting. With the old, independent UltraNet, I'd never had problems connecting; but now suddenly I'd get hangups, screwy modem squawks, failure for PPP to come up, and so on.

Then a week or two ago, they switched to RCN's networking. Soon all their DNS servers were dead; and they stayed dead for over 24 hours.

I understand that when RCN took over, they started mandatory drug tests for all employees. The highly skilled and intelligent ones, of course, immediately found jobs elsewhere...

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Can this possibly work?
Sep 2, 1999

Having found H2G2, I can't help wondering: Can this possibly work?

Have they planned ahead for the huge quantities of unmitigated crap that they're surely going to find people submitting? Will their database hold up under the strain? Can you really write an interesting encyclopedia just by getting a hundred thousand unpaid volunteers to try and be cool and interesting?

I don't know, but I feel rather lucky to be alive right now, and to be able to watch as everyone finds out.

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GUIDE ENTRIES

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ID	TITLE	COMMUNITY	STATUS	CREATED

A464104	TELEX - the Band	h2g2	Edited	Nov 14, 2000
A388262	DVD-RAM	h2g2	-	Jul 7, 2000
A331129	New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA	h2g2	Edited	Jul 4, 2000
A306091	Cystoscopy	h2g2	Edited	Jun 9, 2000
A287291	Diskless Workstations, Network Computers and ASPs	h2g2	Edited	Apr 20, 2000
A240661	Pareto Optimisation, Pareto Optimality and The Pareto Conjecture	h2g2	Edited	Jan 6, 2000

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