<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: OccyrBv[naNnby.pbz --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:02:47 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 220b70f8.36311631#aol,com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00433.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00435.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00449.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00438.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00434">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00434">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00434">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:50:09 EDT</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> At 10/22/98 9:38 PM Chris Gray (cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA) altered the fabric of reality by uttering: >[Joachim Pileborg (The Arrow):] > > >However, among all the buzz-words and efficiency talk, there is one word I > >miss: simplicity. Personally I think this project first of all should be > >simple, and efficiency and modularization should come after that. At leas > >it should be so if we want this, I don't know waht to call it, >"creation" ;) > >to spread outside the little circle this list really is. > >Wise words. A lot of the talk flying around certainly has the smell of >complexity attached to it. That is often an unfortunate consequence of >"design by comittee". I too would advise trying very hard to keep things >simple at the early stages - complexity will creep in all too quickly, >despite any attempts to stamp it out. Agreed. But I'm curious: where do you see unnecessary complexity in the system as we've discussed it to date? -Rick. --------------------------------------------------------- Rick Buck, President and CEO <<A HREF="mailto:rlb#big-i,com">mailto:rlb#big-i,com</A>> Beyond Infinity Games, Inc. See you in The Metaverse! <<A HREF="http://www.big-i.com">http://www.big-i.com</A>> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00435.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud (was Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00449.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00438.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00434"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00434"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00431" HREF="msg00431.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 23:21 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00398" HREF="msg00398.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 15:05 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 23:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00449" HREF="msg00449.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 04:10 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 00:02 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00438" HREF="msg00438.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 01:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 05:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 15:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00515" HREF="msg00515.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:08 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>