"The most old-school folks around might when pressed remember Ultima Online, but The Realm? Meridian 59? Not so much, and certainly not the pre-graphics era."
Speak for yourself! I started text-based adventuring around 1980 on single-line BBS systems at 300 baud, and migrated to textbased MUDs (a la Gemstone, etc) as they became available.
Unlike today's kids, I prefer text-based adventuring to the silly, childish graphics of today's games.
> nanotech holds a lot of risks that aren't fully understood.
Someone, somewhere, was the first to eat a banana. At the time, eating bananas held a lot of risks that weren't fully understood. Therefore, eating bananas is morally wrong.
Here's a tip: If you want people to actually take a camera meta-review seriously, DON'T refer to Ken Rockwell's "review" in your writeup. He's univerasally regarded as a (bad) joke amongst Nkon folks who know anything.
> without even a hint of carbon dioxide being emitted.
Ummm....only if the electricity came from a solar panel, wind turbine, or nuke plant. And even THOSE technologies have Carbon footprintd, if indirect ones.
Today the MUD and the MMO turn 30
Oct 23rd 2008 5:28PM (Massively)Speak for yourself! I started text-based adventuring around 1980 on single-line BBS systems at 300 baud, and migrated to textbased MUDs (a la Gemstone, etc) as they became available.
Unlike today's kids, I prefer text-based adventuring to the silly, childish graphics of today's games.
Two-thirds of Americans think nanotechnology is morally unacceptable -- wait, what?
Feb 20th 2008 11:47AM (Engadget)Someone, somewhere, was the first to eat a banana. At the time, eating bananas held a lot of risks that weren't fully understood. Therefore, eating bananas is morally wrong.
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Jun 16th 2007 1:24PM (Engadget)Ummm....only if the electricity came from a solar panel, wind turbine, or nuke plant. And even THOSE technologies have Carbon footprintd, if indirect ones.