Yes it was possible and yes you just did so.
Great to have you (almost or in summer) back!! On Fri, 25 May 2018, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > Given my imminent return, if it is possible to do so, I flip my master > switch to myself. > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 19:29 Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just saw this thread and wanted to mention that as the summer rolls > > around, I may return. > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 19:08 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO > >> > >> though I think the software we're using was actually a MUD: > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD > >> > >> On Sat, 26 May 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > >> > >> > What's MOO? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 12:45 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > It wouldn't work over email, but this conversation also had me > >> wondering > >> > > whether the MOO and its final state lived on a disk anywhere! > >> > > > >> > > The rules and the MOO structure (rooms and programming) were very > >> > > intertwined, > >> > > e.g. the rules assume a MOO-programmed-solution for voting and all > >> other > >> > > interactions. IMO it wouldn't be worth the effort even as a gimmick > >> UNLESS > >> > > the MOO was actually brought online. It wouldn't be worth the effort > >> > > of porting to a mailing list because that's already been done - and > >> that's > >> > > Agora. In a way, moving to the mailing list freed Agorans from their > >> > > "physical restrictions" and allowed them to be platonic idealists they > >> > > wanted to be, so Agora is more an evolution of that spirit and the MOO > >> > > would be an archaic step backward (though as you say it would be fun > >> to > >> > > revisit as a novelty). > >> > > > >> > > We had a brief fling with a new MOO circa 2004-2005, and it was > >> abandoned > >> > > fairly quickly probably in part because it was restrictive like that. > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, 25 May 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > >> > > > It would definitely strip it of a lot of its former "spirit" > >> although > >> > > isn't > >> > > > nomic about change in the first place? > >> > > > > >> > > > But yeah, it more about the formal gimmick. Not "reviving" the > >> spirit of > >> > > > Nomic World itself. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Alex Smith < > >> ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk> > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 18:07 +0200, Cuddle Beam wrote: > >> > > > > > OH MAN. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > What if we managed to "hack" the defunct NW via FRC, to then > >> pull it > >> > > > > into a > >> > > > > > better place (like a mailing list or Discord server) so that it > >> can > >> > > be > >> > > > > > played again? > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Does anyone have FRC's old rules? How difficult could it be? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Nomic World on a mailing list would defeat the entire point of it > >> being > >> > > > > Nomic World. (You'd also quickly discover that most of the rules > >> > > > > wouldn't work in that context.) > >> > > > > > >> > > > > There's a reason that Agora started as its own nomic. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > -- > >> > > > > ais523 > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >
