[MUD-Dev] Re: Alternate UOL's

Adam J. Thornton adam at phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Sat Sep 12 02:41:31 CEST 1998


On Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 06:43:56PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> Prior discussions on this list (I think between Dr Cat and I) have
> raised mentioned the spectre of flash crowds.  IIRC It was Arthur C
> Clarke who first coined (or at least brought it to popular
> conciousness) the term in one of his pieces dealing with the
> implications of readily available matter transmitters and high speed
> inter-personal communications.

Larry Niven.

Pedanticism at work.

Adam
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