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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:30:23 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
F. Randall Farmer wrote:
>
> They expose the underbelly of our industry. :-) They aren't AP newswire YET,
> but one or two more big virus stories might make editors think that exposing
> any "negative" net-related story will sell more papers. :-P
>
I expected something worse. Umm...nevermind.
> Perhaps we should open a new thread about RL social conciousness in
> multiuser system design:
> "Should our software periodically tell Timmy that he should go out and play
> for awhile?" :-)
>
'Timmy' in this case is 24 years old. Old enough to know better methinks.
If you design games for 12 year old Timmys and Janeys, I think you take
on much larger social responsibilities.
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