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Hola everyone. I've recently become enthralled by a computer "game". It is called Second Life and it is a massively multiplayer completely open ended virtual reality simulation. It has about 40K people on it from all over the world. Lest the language barrier be perpuated in the virtual world, I have an idea. Rather than retype it, here is the post that I put up on thinkblog.org/forums, the home of our discussion about Bliss. "Hey guys, I've recently become enthralled by a computer game, and I don't even like computer games. The "game" is called Second Life, and it is a massively multiplayer open ended virtual world. There are many visionaries who "play" and one of the themes that they often mention is that this virtual utopia might in some way have a positive effect on the real world. Indeed, some would argue that it already has. Due to it's open endedness and international audience, it might be just the spot to try Bliss as an auxlang (eg international auxilliary language). Of course, a major obstacle is how to input Bliss via a keyboard. The solution is that you don't. Instead you would use an in-world version of the ingenious mouse driven interface known as Dasher (http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/). I've been in touch with Dasher's creator, David MacKay, and he's already been thinking about a Bliss Dasher. He sent me this link: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki.pl/SymbolicDasher . I suspect that a mouse driven interface for inputting Bliss might be a great resource for the field of AAC (augmentative and assitive communication). And I also hope that a Bliss Dasher might find a potent home in Second Life. If you haven't yet seen Second Life, there's a ten dollar lifetime membership fee and a 7 day free trial. It's really quite an amazing place. Ask me, [log in to unmask], for a referal as I get free virtual money that would go to fund the production costs of my in world movie. So, that's the latest version of my vision. Let me know what you think. Cheers, Matt Landau" Anyhow, I've been a lurker on this list for some months, but I'd love to start a conversation on these possibilites. Regards, Matt Landau