From scivw@u.washington.edu Wed Oct 6 16:51:32 1993 From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: DIGEST: Scivw Request [01.04] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: ############################################ ### Scivw Request ### ### volume 01, number 04 ### ############################################ Contents: COMMENT: "Scientific" aspects of VR SUGGESTION: sci.v-w.philosophy, sci.v-w.culture See the Sci.Virtual-Worlds Meta-FAQ, posted monthly and available by anonymous ftp (ftp.u.washington.edu:/public/virtual-worlds/Meta-FAQ), for more details on the organization of this newsgroup. __ ______________ __ _^_ Toni Emerson, / /_/ / _/_ __/ / ___ _/ / <(===)> Aaron Kaleva Pulkka, / __ // / / / / /__/ _ `/ _ \ \|/ Mike "Squish" Almquist, et al /_/ /_/___/ /_/ /____/\_,_/_.__/ H ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chris Hand Subject: COMMENT: "Scientific" aspects of VR Message-Id: <1994Mar19.191834.717@dmu.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 19:18:34 GMT scivw@hitl.washington.edu wrote: : In the last 2 weeks, I have had two submissions that I feel need to be : brought to your attention. They comment on an issue that I struggle : with as a moderator: to post or reject items that deal with : "cultural" issues not related to the scientific/technical discussion of : virtual interface technology. I think the focus of s.v-w should be kept on the "scientific" aspects of VR. Whether or not "cultural" aspects are part of the science is probably debatable... however, the post which sparked this off was just inappropriate. If someone wants to spout forth about [so-called] shamanism, mushrooms and the gospel according to Mackenna then they can do it somewhere else. There are thousands of other newsgroups more suitable than this one. Also of concern is the (seemingly increasing) number of irrelevant cross-posted announcements (just read something about a European software competition for example). I'd rather this stuff didn't appear too. If anyone doubts the necessity of keeping the noise down, try reading sci.electronics... there's some very good stuff in there, but it's a hell of a job spotting it. Chris Chris Hand, Lecturer | Dept of Computing Science, Internet e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk | De Montfort University, The Gateway "In Cyberspace nobody knows you're bald" | LEICESTER, UK LE1 9BH WWW: cph ------------------------------ From: John Hough Subject: SUGGESTION: sci.v-w.philosophy, sci.v-w.culture Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 20:35:30 GMT Organization: Virtual Presence IMHO this has nothing to do with the things we read sci-vw for; I don't mind getting it, but I can see that people who have to pay for bandwidth might get upset abt. paying to receive this. Perhaps its time that you started a sub-group for those who want to discuss philosophical and cultural questions - most people on sci-vw are "techies" or those involved in moving the technology out into the real world. I share your unease...... john John Hough Virtual Presence Ltd 25 Corsham Street London N1 6DR UK Tel: +44 (0)71-253-9699 Fax: +44 (0)71-490-8968 e-mail john@presence.demon.co.uk 'Virtually all ther...' ************************************************************ END of Scivw Request Digest