Is Hypertext Literature Dead? 208
First time accepted submitter dylan_k writes "In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a lot of buzz about ideas like 'hypertext literature' and 'electronic literature.' Nowadays, it's easier to create those things than ever before, and there are plenty of digital texts but it just doesn't seem like authors are writing any new 'hypertext' literature these days. Why?"
Re:One man's Britannica is another man's Dickens (Score:2, Funny)
Considering how much fiction is on Wikipedia, I think the man's question is valid.
Re:crap idea (Score:4, Funny)
... and discover girls
This is /. - please explain. Are they some sort of attachment for your game controller?
Re:crap idea (Score:5, Funny)
To hit puberty and discover girls, go to page 23.
To become a eunuch go to page 82.
To hit puberty and discover unix, go to page 64.
yes, yes they are. (Score:4, Funny)
for certain meanings of 'game controller'
Re:Because it is difficult (Score:5, Funny)
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 + 512 + 1024 + 2048 + 4096 + 8192 + 16384 + 32768 + 65536 = 131071
FTFY
Come on, people! This is Slashdot! There is exactly one odd summand of the left-hand side, so the sum must be odd.