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- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
- Message-ID: <EfLsdKe00WBN0_1IBq@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:47:02 -0500
- From: Scott Gregory <wg2b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Virtual meeting places
- In-Reply-To: <1993Jan20.150030.2426@ils.nwu.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.alt.cyberpunk: 20-Jan-93 Re: Virtual meeting
- places by Donald Bora@ils.nwu.edu
- > My only thought on this subject is this. I recently checked out a "chat"
- > session on an internet BBS. Everyone (save one woman from Australia) had
- > handles... could you imagine what a simulated chat would look like... if
- > people chose their own makeup (image to hide behine rather than a handle)...
- > This would be interesting indeed :-)
-
- Imagine the calamity that would ensue if two people ended up with
- the same pretentious guise! It would be like when two women wear the
- same dress to a high school prom....
-
- "No no no! I had the special reflective mirrorface first."
- "You bastard! It's mine and so is the prosthesis with the spinning blades!"
-
- -Scott
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