True names by Vernor Vinge and the opening of the cyberspace frontier /
A collection of articles and essays about the new frontier of the Internet, especially a direct interface between brain and computer that enables game players of the future to actually experience the world of their fantasies.
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Published: |
Tor,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2001] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
A collection of articles and essays about the new frontier of the Internet, especially a direct interface between brain and computer that enables game players of the future to actually experience the world of their fantasies. |
Item Description: |
"A Tom Doherty Associates book." Includes the text of True names, originally published by Dell Books in Binary star 5 in 1981. |
Carrier Form: | 352 pages ; 21 cm |
ISBN: |
9780312862077 0312862075 |
Index Number: | PS3572 |
CLC: | I712.074 |
Call Number: | I712.074/T866 |
Contents: | A time of transition/the human connection / Danny Hillis -- True Nyms and Crypto anarchy / Timothy C. May -- Eventful history: version 1.x / John M. Ford -- How is the NII like a prison? / Alan Wexelblat -- Intelligent Software / Pattie Maes -- The right to read / Richard M. Stallman -- Cryptography and the politics of one's true name / Leonard N. Foner -- Habitat: Reports from an online community / Chip Morningstar and F. Randall Farmer -- True Magic / Mark Pesce -- True Names / Vernor Vinge -- Afterword / Marvin Minsky. |