From: jpc@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au (John Costella)
Subject: Re: TECH: Worlds, rooms & portals
Date: Thu, 6 May 93 2:58:18 EET


> >>You may also want to make portals operate only if certain conditions
> are met; I'm not familiar with multiverse so I'm not sure if that
> capability already exists or not.  (I'm thinking of things like doors
> having keys or combination locks or suchlike).<<
> 
> This is an interesting possibility - perhaps it will be a bit too
> complicated to implement within the current structure, but I do
> like the concept of going up to a virtual machine (like an ATM)
> and punching in the password to enter the room behind! :-)

Ah no this only works in the real world---the virtual world is far
too flexible for such lax security. A virtuhacker could easily 
shrink himself to the size of a mosquito and then hide in the corner
of the keypad and watch you entering your password.

:-)

John

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