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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 22 Sep 97 15:05:36 -0700</LI>
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In <<A HREF="msg01312.html">199709200952.CAA12884#user2,inficad.com</A>>, on 09/20/97
at 03:11 AM, Adam Wiggins <nightfall#user2,inficad.com> said:
>> All of us are PROGRAMMERS.
>Most of the messages are written by programmers, but not all. In the
>lurking readership I believe there are quite a few non-programmer
>types.
Membership is well over 50 last I checked/recall. Active membership
(ie posting) is a lot lower. I'll let other comment on the
demographics, programmer status, and playing characteristics of the
non-posting membership.
>And that's fine, but I still find vague discussions pretty unhelpful
>as far as deciding how I want to actually implement things. It's
>perfectly possible to discuss abstract, high-level concepts through
>simple, concrete examples (Bubba and crew). This makes it both
>easier to understand and more fun to talk about, and you achieve the
>same result in the end. As long as you don't take the examples too
>literally but instead realize they are just expressions of larger
>concepts.
Precisely! Thus the use of scenarios as test cases and metaphores int
he design discussions here. They are perhaps the apocryphal case.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01400" HREF="msg01400.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 00:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01291" HREF="msg01291.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 19 Sep 1997, 23:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01296" HREF="msg01296.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 00:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01312" HREF="msg01312.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 10:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01367" HREF="msg01367.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 22 Sep 1997, 22:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01403" HREF="msg01403.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 00:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01278" HREF="msg01278.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 19 Sep 1997, 17:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01283" HREF="msg01283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#petra,zesoi.fer.hr">silovic#petra,zesoi.fer.hr</a>, Fri 19 Sep 1997, 19:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01350" HREF="msg01350.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 22 Sep 1997, 01:05 GMT
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