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Message no. 1
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: But Why?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 15:00:56 -0500
Mon Frere Carter, I came up with the same suppositions as you did when
deciding why IC can be seen. I still think that you can program Blaster
to look like a wall, and nail any decker who either doesn't check or
who fails to successfully analyze it.

As to distance: I know it's an illusion. Why put those select icons there
if I can't get to them? What good is a distorted perspective, especially if,
as other have argued, the VR is meant to allow for an intuituve manipulation
of information? I still do not see a valid reason to put corporate icons in
the field of a persona's vision, let alone give them perspective based on
the relationship of non-spatial points.


J Roberson
Message no. 2
From: Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: But Why?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 16:05:58 EDT
>>>>> "RJR" == RJR96326 <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU> writes:

RJR> Mon Frere Carter, I came up with the same suppositions as you did when
RJR> deciding why IC can be seen. I still think that you can program
RJR> Blaster to look like a wall, and nail any decker who either doesn't
RJR> check or who fails to successfully analyze it.

Technically, *any* IC needs to be analyzed before the decker knows what it
is. Sure, he knows what it *looks* like, and that might be what it is. But
looks can be decieving.

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