Sample: in this, the Vogon captain isn't reading his own poetry, but Paula etc Jennings'. Why? What does that bring to it? You'd save a couple of seconds by not mentioning it and wouldn't need to change his 'So I write poetry..' to 'So I read poetry..'.
Sample loss: the reply to "I'd notice the difference (to having my brain removed and replaced with a simple computer)!", "No you wouldn't, you'd be programmed not to."
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The edits you note do sound a bit odd, I'd agree - still, every version of the Guide's always been different, so I'm pretty cool with it either way, even if some lines have rather become ingrained in the popular psyche, like the whole Arthur Dent exchange with Mr Prosser. ^_^
Did you see the live tour a year or so back? Superb. Again, another retelling - but damn, how cool does it get? Almost all the original cast, up there on stage, performing live just feet away.