I don't know whether your user number belies a rich knowledge of B3ta
but for McBadger's benefit -
Yes Emap had a hand (or some drunken fumbling behind the photocopier) in the creation of B3ta and there was a ginger pimp involved.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Mon 21 Jan 2008, 23:37,
archived)
arf!
I KNEW IT!
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McBadger COW,
Mon 21 Jan 2008, 23:38,
archived)