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> BBC h2g2. 16/Sept/1999
>
> The BBC's h2g2 website is billed as "Earth Edition. of The Hitchhiker's
> Guide to the Galaxy!". Naturally, one of its pages
> is about me, me, me. It starts off with. the lines;
>
> Every now and then something comes along which. makes you
> think "Ah! That's what the Internet is. for!" Mike Corley
> is one such. case.
>
> The page itself can be found. at
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A164404
>
> The user comments linked from h2g2 are less than respectful, but. given
> the point of view my website promulgates that is
> understandable. It's true that without the communications ability
afforded
> by the internet, which came. along at just the
> right time, my complaints would be getting nowhere. But that's a two
> edged. sword also; miniature cameras only appeared
> around. 1990, so the advantage of technology is up to the adopter.
Secret
> service intrigues, and on the other side of the
> coin human paranoia, have both been going on for centuries; what changes
> now is an. increased technologisation of both sides.
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