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Speaking of hadrosaurs...

I took a fish head out to see a movie,
Didn't have to pay to get it in.

Fish Heads

When just a sprout, I had a copy of Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy. The wierd part is that I distinctly remember my copy containing the track Twinkle, twinkle little Earth, and also remember noticing that after 'Bilbo Baggins' got to be something of a hit, later pressings of 'Two Sides' no longer had that track.

Didn't a failed experiment like this happen in the U.S. already? This reminds me of all the free ISPs that used to exist for a brief time that are now all defunct or for pay.

What, like ConnectFree and UK2? Maybe all the free ISPs in the USA died or started charging, I have no idea, but here in the UK they're alive and well.

In other words, what happened in America is no guide to what will happen here.

If you're after info on Samba then perhaps my instructions on configuring Samba as a primary domain controller for a Windows 2000 roaming user environment will be of use to you: http://www.thegoldenear.connectfree.co.uk/gg/toolb ox/gnu-linux/samba/samba-setup.html

this is my list of most everything I'd carry: http://www.thegoldenear.connectfree.co.uk/gg/toolb ox/win32/the-software.htm

my pragmatic collection of free (and non-free, but getting away from it as much as possible) software for Windows: http://www.thegoldenear.connectfree.co.uk/gg/toolb ox/win32/the-software.htm

The Windows Toolbox:
www.thegoldenear.connectfree.co.uk/gg/toolbox/win3 2/the-software.htm

"...a compilation of fundamental software and information for Windows (95,98,Me,NT4,2K,XP):

a comprehensive tool set to enable you to work with the diverse and popular media of a modern personal computer system; patch holes in such systems to enhance stability and security; & diagnose software & hardware environments so as to help in their repair. using as few resources as possible

The tools, organised by subject area, include software & documentation; chosen both for their superior functionality & by a moral bias toward the fairer means of production, distribution & use, namely Free Software, Open Source, Freeware, Shareware, etcetera. For example, in a food context this might roughly translate to one or more of the following: locally produced, seasonal, organic, free from animal cruelty and fairly traded, by people working co-operatively"

Allegedly though, they are not very fire resistant.

Picture of a flask train for the curious (uk).

another such Windows 98 setup list: http://www.thegoldenear.connectfree.co.uk/gg/toolb ox/win32/docs/windows/win-98/win-98-setup.htm

it's fantastic for the people working at H2G2 that they have financial stability, and now can actually be paid etc. I'm happy for them :)

but... and I'm probably being needlesly cynical, doesn't this remind anyone of AOL-Time-Warner?

at least this time it's the Old Media company acquiring the New Media one. I wouldn't be surprised to find the BBC trying to "integrate" other communities to try and build up a strong user base. I wonder if one reason a huge content/media company like the BBC (which resembles Time-Warner more than CNN) is interested in "online communities" is to create "captive audiences" for its content produced in-house.

The BBC may not be a traditional profit-oriented corp but it has had problems with censorship. For example, will they allow any articles on "BBC Sucks!" on H2G2 ? Will they demand that user comments be edited?

I'm just expressing the hope that the BBC will give H2G2 the creative, artistic, and administrative freedoms that they promised. A public pledge/statement by BBC Online reps would be more binding than a press release.

For the BBC, acquiring H2G2 is quite a coup. I hope they have the wisdom to see that it's value stems directly from its independence. I think there are reasons to be critical of the BBC (for example, 1, 2, 3)

The first song I'd play on one of these would have to be Kraftwerk's Pocket Calculator.