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- Subject: Re: what to pack for cyber-travel
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- From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:20:20 EST
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- kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu writes:
- > If you were to travel into cyberspace (sorta like what was done in
- > TRON) what things would you bring? A laptop computer doesn't mean
- > squat since you are already inside the computer. I know we are all
- > in cyberspace already I'm doing a thesis on the idea of actually
- > TRAVELLING INSIDE the machines in cyberspace. Any info would be
- > appreciated.
-
- "travelling inside" the machines is just a point of view made possible
- by a certain type of interface (virtual reality). since everything you
- see is just the icon for a program or data, the real question is what
- software you'd need/want.
-
- my personal choices would be:
- - a set of 'transport' programs that follow standard protocols. (telnet,
- ftp, rlogin, etc.)
- - a set of information viewing utilities. (more, xview, play, or whatever
- programs will let me see the dominant media of the day.)
- - basic editing tools. (vi, a paint program, a 3D object editor. i'm
- assuming rendering tools will be built into the cyberspace interface.)
- - a high level programming language to construct quick data filters from.
- (perl, the "images" Daniel Keys Moran talks about in his books.)
- - a low level, general purpose programming language, to construct any
- other tools i might need. (C, whatever happens to be the standard
- in the future.)
-
- and lastly, a -lot- of disk storage to hold all the goodies i'll find
- on my travels.
-
- jason
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