| [b] One step closer to the guide [message #78779] |
Fr, 15 Juli 2005 03:42 |
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Back, many years ago, I wondered how the guide looked. The descriptions
in the books is vague, and in places, seems self-contradictory.
But then I saw a Palm Pilot, and I was hooked. That was pretty close,
thought I. (maybe need a slide tray for the 100 or so buttons?)
Whatever the case, it wasn't perfect.
---
Ford flipped the switch which he saw was now marked "Mode Execute
Ready" instead of the now old-fashioned "Access Standby" which
had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-aged "Off".
---
Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
Colour me impressed. I want one.
..../Nemo
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #78782 ] |
Fr, 15 Juli 2005 06:49 |
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<earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121391767.108394.52300 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Back, many years ago, I wondered how the guide looked. The descriptions
> in the books is vague, and in places, seems self-contradictory.
>
> But then I saw a Palm Pilot, and I was hooked. That was pretty close,
> thought I. (maybe need a slide tray for the 100 or so buttons?)
>
> Whatever the case, it wasn't perfect.
>
The packaging for the Infocom game had a picture of the guide on it. It was
just how I had visualized it when I read the books. If you download the
'manual' on this page, you'll see it on page 13 of the PDF file.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3486
ss.
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #80690 ] |
Fr, 15 Juli 2005 22:41 |
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On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
<earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>
>Colour me impressed. I want one.
There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #80691 ] |
Fr, 15 Juli 2005 22:55 |
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"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
> On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
> <earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>>
>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
>
> There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
>
The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
for *any* of their software?
ss.
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #80694 ] |
Sa, 16 Juli 2005 11:40 |
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:55:44 +0000 (UTC), "Synapse Syndrome"
<synapse [at] NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:
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>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
>> On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
>> <earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>>>
>>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
>>
>> There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
>
>The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
>for *any* of their software?
Erm... what?
Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: One step closer to the guide [message #80698 ] |
So, 17 Juli 2005 04:15 |
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I've got two copies of the game (one for DOS, one for AppleII), and
never thought that visualisation of it was even close to right. (basic
problem: too much space devoted to keys, and not enough space devoted
to the display)
The guide has been also visualised in the Illustrated HHG - where it's
awfull (being poorly designed to be ergonomic to the human hand.
Right-hand even. gah!), in the comic books (no lasting impression that
I can recall), the TV series (so bulky!), and now the movie (which
follows a form not dissimilar to my own crude sketches made many years
ago, except I had it open clamshell, not book-like, and be two screens,
not one.
Anyways, I didn't post to discuss former visualisations of the Guide,
but to discuss technology which reminds me of descriptions from the
books :)
..../Nemo
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #80701 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 06:23 |
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Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
>
>>On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
>><earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>>>
>>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
>>
>>There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
>>
>
>
>
> The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
> for *any* of their software?
>
I've heard of Israel refered to as a "one disck country."
Can't believe the Russians are any worse than that.
--
Tian
7/14: I saw John Hyatt and the North Mississippi All Stars
do a free show in San Jose this evening. My favorite songs
of his are "Buffalo River Home" and "Through Your Hands."
He didn't play either one, but it was a good show anyhow.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: One step closer to the guide [message #80702 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 06:32 |
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earthnative [at] gmail.com wrote:
> I've got two copies of the game (one for DOS, one for AppleII), and
> never thought that visualisation of it was even close to right. (basic
> problem: too much space devoted to keys, and not enough space devoted
> to the display)
I have politics on the brain. I saw it as a donkey and wondered
why they didn't have an elephant to.
>
(snip)
>
> Anyways, I didn't post to discuss former visualisations of the Guide,
> but to discuss technology which reminds me of descriptions from the
> books :)
>
>:Ford flipped the switch which he saw was now marked "Mode Execute
>:Ready" instead of the now old-fashioned "Access Standby" which
>:had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-aged "Off".
>:---
>:
>:Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>:http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>
Good catch! Also, a fun product, and worth looking at just
because it's an interesting way to stretch the state of the
art. I'm hoping those keys have good wear characteristics.
Making contacts that can bounce up and down many thousands
of times and still transmit the information to draw buttons
seems to me like a huge engineering challenge. If they pull
it off, I have a lot of respect for their skills.
--
Tian
7/14: I saw John Hyatt and the North Mississippi All Stars
do a free show in San Jose this evening. My favorite songs
of his are "Buffalo River Home" and "Through Your Hands."
He didn't play either one, but it was a good show anyhow.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #83310 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 19:45 |
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On 15/07/2005 21:55, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Synapse Syndrome spewed up:
> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
>
>>On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
>><earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>>>
>>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
>>
>>There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
>
> The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
> for *any* of their software?
Downloading's legal in Russia. Does that answer your question? :-)
--
John Coxon
"IRTA Penguins are cute and wonderful criminals" - Amro (afdaniain)
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #83311 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 19:46 |
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On 15/07/2005 02:42, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and earthnative [at] gmail.com spewed up:
> Back, many years ago, I wondered how the guide looked. The descriptions
> in the books is vague, and in places, seems self-contradictory.
>
> But then I saw a Palm Pilot, and I was hooked. That was pretty close,
> thought I. (maybe need a slide tray for the 100 or so buttons?)
>
> Whatever the case, it wasn't perfect.
>
> ---
> Ford flipped the switch which he saw was now marked "Mode Execute
> Ready" instead of the now old-fashioned "Access Standby" which
> had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-aged "Off".
> ---
>
> Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
> http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>
> Colour me impressed. I want one.
Mmm, lovely jubbly! I wish I had the funds to get one.
--
John Coxon
"IRTA Penguins are cute and wonderful criminals" - Amro (afdaniain)
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: One step closer to the guide [message #83326 ] |
Di, 19 Juli 2005 09:16 |
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Wouldn't be much of a fun internet if downloading was illegal though.
I can't wait for some 'downloading is illegal' stupid law to arrive on
the books somewhere.
..../Nemo
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #88436 ] |
Fr, 22 Juli 2005 19:06 |
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Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com65371759> wrote:
> Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> > "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
> >
> >>On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
> >><earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
> >>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
> >>>
> >>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
> >>
> >>There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
> > for *any* of their software?
> >
> I've heard of Israel refered to as a "one disck country."
> Can't believe the Russians are any worse than that.
a what?!
seeing as I am at the moment in Israel, I can't help wondering, what
that might mean... I guess the connectivity and availablility might be
slightly less than what one would expect in a modern industrial nation
(especially the fewness of internet cafes is maddening), but "one disc
country"?
Haven't been to russia. can't tell anything about that...
so long, Malte
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #88439 ] |
Sa, 23 Juli 2005 01:56 |
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Malte wrote:
> Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com65371759> wrote:
>
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>>Synapse Syndrome wrote:
>>
>>>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:sa3gd1h484s7fk3gdvmh4rkb4g3ahk5e4f [at] 4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 14 Jul 2005 18:42:47 -0700, "earthnative [at] gmail.com"
>>>><earthnative [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Switches that can relabel themselves? Check it out:
>>>>>http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
>>>>>
>>>>>Colour me impressed. I want one.
>>>>
>>>>There's something exceptionally desirous about it, isn't there.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The eMule brings it straight back down to earth. DOn't those russians pay
>>>for *any* of their software?
>>>
>>
>>I've heard of Israel refered to as a "one disck country."
>>Can't believe the Russians are any worse than that.
>
>
> a what?!
>
> seeing as I am at the moment in Israel, I can't help wondering, what
> that might mean... I guess the connectivity and availablility might be
> slightly less than what one would expect in a modern industrial nation
> (especially the fewness of internet cafes is maddening), but "one disc
> country"?
>
>
I think the idea is that somebody buys one copy of the program, and
then they share it with all their friends. Those people share it
with their friends, and by the time the infection has run its course
everybody in IL has a copy of their own... And the starving artists
that wrote the program get the royalties from one sale.
--
Tian
7/21: I finished changing the battery in my car today.
It had been dead for weeks. For the first week or so
I enjoyed telling people "my car has a dead battery."
After that I started wanting to fix it. Glad it's done.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: [b] One step closer to the guide [message #91492 ] |
Di, 26 Juli 2005 19:43 |
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Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> I think the idea is that somebody buys one copy of the program, and
> then they share it with all their friends. Those people share it
> with their friends, and by the time the infection has run its course
> everybody in IL has a copy of their own... And the starving artists
> that wrote the program get the royalties from one sale.
Then they just have to set the price to cover for all those illegal
copies!
Oh wait, something's wrong here...
/Rasmus
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He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
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