David. Do you want a separate conversation off the use-list? Why not leave it here, or much better, post the project to the forum which is a better platform for an ongoing multi-user project.
Craig > On Jul 14, 2026, at 5:44 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even the Mice never knew the answer to that question. > > I spent a lovely week at his place in the South of France - in return for > some small contribution to Starship Titanic. Got given a fun mission. Still > if anyone is interested - get in touch. It’s an open invite - here first. > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 19:31, Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I've always wondered why he didn't pick the prime 43 instead. >> Doug >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: use-livecode <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Colin Holgate via use-livecode >> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 11:15 AM >> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> >> Cc: Colin Holgate <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy >> >> I had worked with Douglas in the launch event for the Macintosh Portable >> in the UK. It was a Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy themed event. Then >> during 1991 I was programming the Expanded Books, and go together with >> Douglas to show him how that was going. I did also get to spend some time >> with him at book shows that Voyager had a booth at. One time I was stood >> there, with just me and him, and so I dared to ask him ‘why 42?’ He told me >> how that came to be the answer that he used. >> >> >>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 12:07 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I was at Voyager when Adams visited the company about 1991 which led to >> Voyager Co in Santa Monica publishing the Expanded Book of The Complete >> Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the CD-ROM Last Chance to See—both >> in HyperCard. >>> >>> He sat down with everybody and just talked. >>> >>> I don’t know that I have enough time or energy for such a project, but I >> do work in audio editing and know others that do. >>> >>> HyperTalk (not LiveTalk) was the beloved language of that golden age. >>> >>> Peter Bogdanoff >>> >>>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 8:47 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 42 is most definitely a sacred number - as is 0207 222 7701 - which I >>>> just learned was frighteningly close to my first girlfriend's >>>> telephone number - and a major reason for many nuisance calls. >>>> >>>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 16:40, Craig Newman via use-livecode < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is 42 an even number???? >>>>> >>>>> Will this be a LC stack that looks like the Guide? I think I can >>>>> suggest a couple of words to put on the cover. >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 14, 2026, at 11:15 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been quietly working away on a new project for the last couple >>>>>> of years - that I'd like to share here on my favourite list first - >>>>>> to sense the temperature, and guage if there is a will and interest >>>>>> to >>>>> participate. >>>>>> >>>>>> Long story short, through a set of improbable historical >>>>>> coincidences, we have inherited the rights to use the characters >>>>>> and story lines for Hitchhikers Guide - to build a real world >>>>>> working copy of the Guide >>>>> itself. >>>>>> Our aim is to re-imagine what such a guide would look like given >>>>>> all the amazing tech we have now to build it with, and for some >>>>>> completely irrational reasons hand over the rights to all of this >>>>>> to whoever shows >>>>> up >>>>>> and helps us build this thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is my first post on this, it's not marketing, or hype - just a >>>>>> shout-out - or as we call it a Request for Guidance - to see if >>>>>> there are any good people out there interested in helping to build >>>>>> the Guide in Livecode, and in so doing reach out to a new >>>>>> generation of coders. We are looking to interest a new generation >>>>>> of coders experimenting with AI - >>>>> but >>>>>> alos artists, and lovers of sci fi. We hope that this project could >>>>> bring a >>>>>> new eneration of creators to Livecode and the beautiful language >>>>>> that we share - and that Douglas Adam's was a big fan of - LiveTalk. >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you think? 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