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I think, X3D points the way. The master node is not called "world" any more, it is called "scene" (thinking about movies etc.).<br /><br />I'm with the author, when he tells, he doesn't like to "save" the world. There are many "realities" (strictly spoken, there are as many "realities" as people live on earth - and sometimes more), and they change with time. No "simple" world to be saved "once and forever".<br /><br />On the other hand, there are people who are interested in history. Some "parts" of the world and their "state" should be stored for those historians.<br /><br />All this just philosophy, of course.<br /><br />Kr<br />Christoph<br /><br />-------- Original-Nachricht --------<br /><blockquote type="cite">
<p>Datum: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:44:00 -0700<br />Von: Dave A <dave@realmofconcepts.com><br />An: Russ Kinter <pyth7@verizon.net><br />CC: x3d-public@web3d.org<br />Betreff: Re: [X3D-Public] Why use document technology for building a 3D world?<br /><br /></p>
If people don't see any reason to save worlds, then they don't have to. <br />I'm not gonna force them to.<br />On the other hand, I make a living doing just that for people who DO <br />need to save the world, so to speak. Very important to know and be able <br />to retrieve the state of a system. How you go about doing that is up to <br />you. If a document-type file suits your needs then fine. Many documents <br />allow saving of revision information. What's the diff? Who is this <br />person to judge?<br /><br />On 8/28/2011 8:54 PM, Russ Kinter wrote:<br />> The writer sounds like great new character for "The Guild"<br />><br />>> -----Original Message-----<br />>> From: x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org [mailto:x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org]<br />>> On Behalf Of John Carlson<br />>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:40 PM<br />>> To: x3d-public@web3d.org mailing list<br />>> Subject: [X3D-Public] Why use document technology for building a 3D world?<br />>><br />>> http://coderextreme.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-use-document-technology-<br />>> for.html<br />>><br />>> Devil's advocate for today, with a slight religious bent. Debate welcome.<br />>> Basic premise: worlds are not things to be saved, they're things to live<br />>> in.<br />>><br />>> John<br />>> _______________________________________________<br />>> X3D-Public mailing list<br />>> X3D-Public@web3d.org<br />>> http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org<br />><br />> _______________________________________________<br />> X3D-Public mailing list<br />> X3D-Public@web3d.org<br />> http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org<br />><br />><br />> -----<br />> No virus found in this message.<br />> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br />> Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3861 - Release Date: 08/27/11<br />><br />><br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />X3D-Public mailing list<br />X3D-Public@web3d.org<br />http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org<br /></blockquote>
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