TAPE-RECORDERS AND OTHER OBJECTS
The tape-recorders at the Joyce center are functioning MOO
objects which are able to record anything that transpires in a
room at the time they are turned on. They use reels of virtual
tape, the contents of which can easily be mailed to the email
address of any registered citizen at DU-MOO. The word Object in
the acronym Mud Object Oriented, is there to denote the fact that
a MOO is specifically designed to accommodate the building of
objects useful in the hyperspatial atmosphere of a MOO. The
tape-recorder at the Joyce center is just one of a number of
objects and rooms (another variety of object) on a MOO. The
objects you will find at a typical MOO vary from the frivolous to
the useful and mundane to the mysterious and even
frightening. At DU-MOO however
the powers that be are dedicated to maintaining an atmosphere
where the objects are useful rather than frivolous. Other
objects you will find at the Joyce center at DU-MOO include a
lap-top gopher server and a portable computer capable of
accessing WWW sites and tuned to the known Joyce sites on the
World Wide Web, a bulletin board that allows public postings of
notes, a blackboard on which the meeting schedule is posted as
well as other useful bits of information, and a variety of other
furniture.