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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Second Life
Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
09-30-2003 22:24
Alright, there has to be SOME Douglas Adams fans around here.

*fishes them out*

good! now, wouldn't it be great if we made our own little Hitchihiker's Guide?

In case you didn't know, the HHGTTG is the little device that the people in the book "the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy" refer to from time to time whenever they find some random exotic new locale.

Of course, it's hilarious. So is the book.

Now, we could make our own tongue-in-cheek version if it!

It would work like (sorry if it dcoesn't make much sense, i'm typing fast):

1) A small scripted PDA-like device you would attach to your body.

2) A search script (is that even possible) with entries for things written on notecards within the object/script.

3) To get updates you'd need to go to some building and download new updates (maybe a search-and-replace script to update the guide?)

4) Lots of humor about sites, people, etc. within SL. Very self-referencing.

Any other ideas? :D

Lordfly
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Brad Lupis
Lupine Man
Join date: 23 Jun 2003
Posts: 280
10-01-2003 04:30
i'd be up for it. I loved hitchikers guide. Not to sure about the scripting thing, but, i'd love to help with the gathering of research.
Oracle Omega
MMORPG Pioneer
Join date: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 61
H2G2 entry for Second Life
10-01-2003 10:12
"Second Life: Mostly harmless, with the unusual property of having chunks of the main continent vanish for about an hour anytime a rollercoaster explodes."

Original Entry by: Ford Prefect
Updated by: Oracle Omega
Cubey Terra
Aircraft Builder
Join date: 6 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,725
10-01-2003 10:57
That's a great idea.

In the spirit of the radio show, it would be great if it spoke! Entries could be recorded WAVs.

Of course, we'd need a voice actor/volunteer.
Lola Bombay
Secular Humanist
Join date: 6 Sep 2003
Posts: 116
10-01-2003 11:02
Not to mention sound bites can only be 9 seconds long.. could always split em up though.
Zenimus Digeridoo
International Super-Ninja
Join date: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 40
10-01-2003 12:50
I love the idea! But... audio makes for a clunky interface, bigger downloads, more trouble, less updatablity and just sucks in genral.
Zygo Slate
The voices in your head..
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 47
THHTTGG
10-02-2003 10:47
Please include a little Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintainance. Adams would havr approved.

From: someone
"The exploration for the origins of man inevitably begins with a woman"[/QUOTE
Jay Powers
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 8 May 2003
Posts: 31
10-02-2003 13:45
Shameless (but relevant) plug...Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trivia (the original four books) Sunday at 7:30, details here.

I too think this would be a cool idea. Could easily start out as a Web-based knowledge compendium, to separate the content production from the device design and scripting.

The original guide was a thin client, and for updating purposes it would be neat if we could transition an SL Guide in that direction over time. Just need to make sure that whoever successfully scripts a remote data communications network calls it "Sub-Etha."

-Jay