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From: ifab750@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Matthew S. Cohen)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION:  SCI.VIRTUAL-WORLDS
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Date: 19 Nov 89 19:53:13 GMT
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In their call for discussion, Rheingold and Jacobson seem to suggest
that the content of the group would be more than just that of a
comp.interfaces offshoot.  In fact, IMHO what they are suggesting 
transcends even the bounds of a sci newsgroup.  My opinion then
would be to model the group after the discussions which occur around 
philosophy and make the group talk.cyberspace.  This would
keep the group from becoming too specialized (ie turning into another
alt.cyberpunk.tech) and would also make it very accessible (ie almost all
sites recieve a talk group while some do not subscribe to comp, or sci, or 
alt)  By keeping the cyberspace moniker in the title, the group can
thus be saved from turning into s discussion of MFLOPS and MIPS and
can be allowed to focus on the what-if's rather than the when's.  This is
not to say that the group should focus on complete intanbgibles, but
simply that it should not be restricted to any technology - either comp
or sci.

=erik

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erik josowitz | University of Texas SOA | erik@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu.UUCP
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