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    Ted Ferenc
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    The 'final' series is on Radio 4 starting Tuesday 3rd May, available on line as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/


    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France

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      The 'final' series is on Radio 4 starting Tuesday 3rd May, available on line as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/


      "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France

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      many in our office are going to take Friday afternoon on the 29th off to go see the movie premiere for this. Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. :)

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        many in our office are going to take Friday afternoon on the 29th off to go see the movie premiere for this. Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. :)

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        Allen Anderson wrote: infocom Man, there is a name from the past....


        George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
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          many in our office are going to take Friday afternoon on the 29th off to go see the movie premiere for this. Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. :)

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          Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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          Allen Anderson wrote: ...Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. I've still got an original copy around somewhere. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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            Allen Anderson wrote: ...Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. I've still got an original copy around somewhere. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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            Now you just have to install DOS 3.3 for the full retro gaming experience...

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              The 'final' series is on Radio 4 starting Tuesday 3rd May, available on line as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/


              "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France

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              I can't wait to see this movie. Not only do I have two copies of the game (one for the commadore 128 and one for the IBM) but I have the original move made from the tv series (3 HRs long). :omg:

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                Now you just have to install DOS 3.3 for the full retro gaming experience...

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                If all else fails, there's Virtual PC. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                  many in our office are going to take Friday afternoon on the 29th off to go see the movie premiere for this. Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. :)

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                  Allen Anderson wrote: Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. Unfortunately I'm old enought to remember the first radio broadcast and the book hitting the bookstands. ;) Intersting take on the game from the douglasadams[^] website: So it proved - the Hitchhiker's Guide adventure game was one of the best-selling games of its era, selling some 350,000 copies. In 1984. Then graphics games came along and the computer using portion of the human race forgot all about 500,000 years of language evolution and went straight back to the electronic equivalent of banging rocks together - the point'n'click game. Infocom and most of its competitors went to the wall - signaling the arrival of the post-literate society. That's the way it's been for most of the last dozen years. Want to relive some old memories? (in a slightly updated format) ... Play here[^] Steve T

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                    Allen Anderson wrote: Especially those of us old enough to have played the infocom text based adventure of this book. Unfortunately I'm old enought to remember the first radio broadcast and the book hitting the bookstands. ;) Intersting take on the game from the douglasadams[^] website: So it proved - the Hitchhiker's Guide adventure game was one of the best-selling games of its era, selling some 350,000 copies. In 1984. Then graphics games came along and the computer using portion of the human race forgot all about 500,000 years of language evolution and went straight back to the electronic equivalent of banging rocks together - the point'n'click game. Infocom and most of its competitors went to the wall - signaling the arrival of the post-literate society. That's the way it's been for most of the last dozen years. Want to relive some old memories? (in a slightly updated format) ... Play here[^] Steve T

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                    Allen Anderson
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                    gamers these day's will never get to experience the sheer joy of a fully text based adventure. Hitchhikers guide was one of my favorites along with Zork 1 (ii and iii just weren't the same), and Enchanter. The fact that douglas adams has the game on his website is beyond cool. :-D

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                      I can't wait to see this movie. Not only do I have two copies of the game (one for the commadore 128 and one for the IBM) but I have the original move made from the tv series (3 HRs long). :omg:

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                      madox99a wrote: I have the original move made from the tv series (3 HRs long). I had that on VHS (it was actually just all six episodes from TV on one tape) but I lost it somewhere on my travels. It was pretty much worn out by the time I lost it though. Steve T

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