From lojban+bncCJTu7PfwloK5exDxyoXjBBoEufiW-w@googlegroups.com Tue Aug 10 07:43:19 2010 Received: from mail-gy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.160.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Oiq2p-00040e-So; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:43:19 -0700 Received: by gyb13 with SMTP id 13sf24437565gyb.16 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:43:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received:received-spf:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=uhBs6wKiT9ek8MKUHCrqGg4gntWZMjwYBm+NK7qcIBk=; b=g/MSBpX6zdBixYKuCbQ5kwUO+tnVlZVlWLMiKw6wr1ClBUfegyTA6v7U0PqO1H9QUm okM3k4Q/t1Z1Q6ZbWs/uCiJqYJnJCRKBE93yNtJdZpa8ocWeOE+1jOgBxG1HGhECEEA4 asEzTbFNt7SMkQ3GiQFYTmHX+OY1f//SEDiYM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to :message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=dQAd1+gbPnoDGKBDmKBDjwlSZ2mtkkvEUrYE4ohqCSOJIqrBOLH8/OTWFoSn2ng0MU JafxE3ctH8+EHOPAaljRt1JQSwcvp9jQorlS2cYtX2yn3Am8Vm7nXIIsH/Oskf5WnBPM eMKlsCH8X8iXpGMOxNH8JRTmsHa1nsEZsVrC4= Received: by 10.100.197.1 with SMTP id u1mr1827136anf.78.1281451377337; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:42:57 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.150.17.2 with SMTP id 2ls2957748ybq.0.p; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.42.18 with SMTP id u18mr10371755ybj.5.1281451376635; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.32.200 with SMTP id e8mr2493262ibd.1.1281450517591; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.32.200 with SMTP id e8mr2493261ibd.1.1281450517560; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cec.wustl.edu (express.cec.wustl.edu [128.252.21.16]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id db12si4004600ibb.1.2010.08.10.07.28.37; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of adam@cec.wustl.edu designates 128.252.21.16 as permitted sender) client-ip=128.252.21.16; Received: from grid.cec.wustl.edu (grid.cec.wustl.edu [128.252.20.97]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.cec.wustl.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C3031E8058; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:28:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:28:37 -0500 (CDT) From: adam@cec.wustl.edu To: lojban@googlegroups.com cc: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] Question to the community about the MOO/MUD/text-based multi-user game. In-Reply-To: <20100810072308.GA18463@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: References: <20100810072308.GA18463@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: adam@cec.wustl.edu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of adam@cec.wustl.edu designates 128.252.21.16 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=adam@cec.wustl.edu Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > So, we've had a moo for a long while; see > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The+Lojban+MOO > > It's never been all that popular. > > On the other hand, it's never been all that fast or stable. > > I'd like a show of hands of people who would spend a significant > amount of time in there (like, at least a few hours a week, ideally > paying some attention to times other people would be on there) > and/or would actually build stuff, if it was fast and stable. > > It would still work about the same way it does now, otherwies. For me, the issue is very much momentum, not speed or stability (not that those helped, of course). I would definitely spend time there if there were activity. Since this produces a chicken-and-egg problem, I'll just start spending time there again, and encourage others to do so. -- Adam Lopresto http://cec.wustl.edu/~adam/ Personifiers unite! All you have to loose is Mr. Dignity. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.