reppert@stsci.EDU (Peter Reppert) (02/21/91)
A reading jag led me to pick up issue #3 of probably the most curious magazine I've ever seen, MONDO 2000. It deals with the future of computers (among other things) from a "Cyberpunk" perspective. It's published in Berkely, and was spawned from something called Reality Hackers. Not having logged in to the Net in ages, I'm probably the last one to have heard of MONDO 2000. But in case I'm not, I thought I'd mention it. How many magazines survey their readers on what technology they'd like to see become real and give out their email addresses? (Which poses the inverse MCI mail question - if you're on internet, can you send a message to someone on MCI mail? How?) If you have read MONDO 2000, what do you make of it? -Pete "I'm in astronomy because I took up space in school"
droms@SOL.BUCKNELL.EDU (Ralph E. Droms) (02/21/91)
(At least from here at Bucknell) You can use:
xxx-xxxx@mcimail.com
where xxx-xxxx is the MCImail uid or mailbox id (dunno the MCImail
nomenclature for such things). I've written a directory service tool
called "netaddress" that will search the MCImail user directory (among
others), if you need to look up the uid of an MCImail user. You can
contact netaddress via telnet to port 185 on either host
sol.bucknell.edu or nri.reston.va.us. From UNIX, use
telnet sol.bucknell.edu 185
? or help or man gives some on-line help. You can also send mail to
netaddress@sol.bucknell.edu or netaddress@nri.reston.va.us (same
command syntax) to receive replies by email.
- Ralph Droms Computer Science Department
droms@bucknell.edu 323 Dana Engineering
Bucknell University
(717) 524-1145 Lewisburg, PA 17837bzs@WORLD.STD.COM (Barry Shein) (02/22/91)
Spike (aka "The Real Spike (tm)") here seems to always have the latest Mondo 2000 and I often read it. I'm amused, but lately they seem to have become a parody of themselves, like I'm not sure the latest issue was put out by them or the Harvard Lampoon. For example, flip thru and see how many pictures you can find of people flying thru psychedelic collages. Sort of self-satirizing, don't you think? But it is fun to flip thru, and I will continue doing so. -b
jraymond@BBN.COM (Jayson Raymond) (02/23/91)
Well, I have read the first and second issues and was intrigued at first, then turned cold as I read the "hype" regarding virtual reality. I have done work in this area, and am familiar with it's key contributors. Of course I guess I should let you know I am a bit biased. You see, at one point I was interviewed by a Howard Rheingold regarding what I had done in VR for a book he was writing. As I read the article in issue #2 regarding "Teledildonics" (yes, really about virtual reality applied to sex), my ego was reduced to it's appropriate size as I realized it was written by the same Howard Rheingold. Me a prude? No. VR Sex, an interesting fleeting thought? Maybe. But come on, really, an entire article devoted to it? The magazine is an interesting blend of New Age/High Tech and is entertaining. Virtual reality is the future direction we will be heading, but from a technical perspective, there is an awful lot of hype. And hey, what do you think of the psychoactive soft drinks advertised therein? Well, I suppose if you drank enough of any sugarry liquid, it would have a psychological effect... including sugar and caffeine buzzes. But it is fun to read. --Jayson --------- jraymond@bbn.com