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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION:  SCI.VIRTUAL-WORLDS
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Date: 19 Nov 89 16:31:17 GMT
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In article <1989Nov16.161429.12549@talos.uucp> kjones@talos.uu.net writes:
}
} >     Initial directions for this newsgroup have been suggested by
} > various participants in the alt.cyberpunk newsgroup and its
} > derivative newsgroups.  However, to ensure the highest level of
} > discussion regarding virtual worlds, we believe that this subject
} > should be elevated to the level of a sci. newsgroup, with the
} > formal endorsement of the Usenet community.
}
}Uh-oh...
}
}This may seem old-fashioned, but why not start a mailing-list and see if
}the interest is really there.
}
}If the mailing list becomes large and unwieldy, then it would be
}reasonable to talk about a newsgroup.

The alt.cyberpunk.* groups ALREADY have a fairly havey load that would
overwhelm most of the mailing lists I am aware of.

}The name sci.virtual-worlds is pretty gruesome.  comp.interfaces seems
}more accurate.  Discussion of virtual world interfaces could occur in a
}subgroup of comp.interfaces if traffic warranted a subgroup.  In the
}meantime, comp.interfaces could handle virtual worlds as well as the
}more prosaic discussions about mice, trak balls, joysticks,
}touch-screens, voice actuated systems, and other computer interfaces.

Is this a suggestion, or just some talk?  Remember to include much of
the material already in comp.graphics...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how
 hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."             - Calvin 
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