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17995: RE: [MUD-Dev] Where Does Fantasy End?

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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@verant.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:35:03 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ling Lo
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:02 AM
> To: Mud-dev
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Where Does Fantasy End?

> Just thought you guys might find this of note.
 
> <URL:http://www.time.com/time/interactive/entertainment/gangs_np.html>
 
> Somehow, I'm not surprised by the incident detailed in the
> introduction. On the other hand, the extent of the virtual world's
> invasion into the real world does.  I mean, fingerprint scanners to
> get into the server room?

UO had a retinal scanner for a while, and also of course combination
locks.  Why is this surprising? You can't even trust people in your
own company not to attempt to abuse the system, cf many
well-documented instances in both commercial and text mud
environments.

-Raph
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