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MUDs (the name stands for Multi-User Dungeons) are the latest twist in the already somewhat twisted world of computer communications. A sort of poor man's virtual reality -- created by using words, not expensive head-mounted displays -- MUDs are a quantum leap over computer bulletin boards, where you not only meet and interact with other computer users from all over the world but build your own imaginary worlds as well. The first MUD was invented in 1979 as a way for British university students to play the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons by computer. But in the past few years...
Meet the new, cooperative, user-friendly David Letterman. At NBC, Letterman was a notorious malcontent, getting upset over real and perceived network slights, like a cost-saving proposal that he share studio space with The Maury Povich Show. At CBS he has schmoozed with affiliates, had nothing but kind words for network executives and recorded dozens of on-air promos, which have run ad infinitum since mid-July -- a campaign, says Letterman, that "is now officially embarrassing even me." Some of the spots, in their snide way, seem intended to reveal a softer side of the acerbic late-night host...
Once installed, GOPHER will allow user to do keyword searches of the course catalog much like the ones possible on HOLLIS...
This thin, user-friendly book has developed into an unwelcome monument to the summer of 1993. It sits at my endtable sometimes; most days, it's buried in the clothesheap on the floor. The bookmark is stuck in page 187, and it's been that way for months...
...cyberspace cannot exist in a vacuum. Now, many of its denizens are mourning a paradise lost. Says one user: "The bottom line is that we can't always trust each other and can't always know who is worthy of our trust." Why venture into an F2F when the party on the other side may think it's just a game or an experiment? "I feel like an absolute fool," says Lisa. "People look at a computer and fail to realize that behind those words is a real person with feelings." Welcome back to the real world...