� IN WILLIAM GIBSON'S VISIONARY NOVEL "NEUROMANCER", THE CYBERSPACE WEB WAS IN THE FORM OF A WORLD AND THE BUILDER STARTED WITH A ROAD SO INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS COULD BUY SOME "REAL ESTATE" AND INHABIT IT.� WHEN YOU WERE IN THIS CYBERSPACE YOU APPEARED AS AN "AVATAR" AND PEOPLE CREATED THEIR AVATARS IN THE IMAGE THEY WANTED TO APPEAR.�� IF PEOPLE WERE HEADED FOR WORK OR WANTED TO GO SHOPPING THEY COULD� WALK, HAIL A CAB, OR DRIVE ANY SORT OF VEHICLE THEY COULD BUY OR CREATE, IF THEY HAD THE KEYBOARD SKILLS TO DO IT.� THE CREATOR RESERVED ONE OLD BUILDING IN THE HEART OF A DOWNTOWN FULL OF CORPORATE GIANTS� AS A PLACE WHERE OLD FRIENDS COULD GET TOGETHER AND IT WAS A PRETTY UNIQUE PLACE!�� FOR A LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT MAY DEVELOP ALONG THOSE LINES, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SITES!

� THE FIRST IS "CHATPOP"...IT REQUIRES A DOWNLOAD TO USE AND ITS AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK OR FROM TUCOWS.COM ...IF YOU GET INTO IT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO WALK ALL OVER AGAIN!� YOU CAN CHOOSE AVATARS FROM AN ANIME/MANGA INFLUENCED SET, BUILD YOUR OWN ROOMS, AND MAKE A VARIETY OF WACKY GESTURES� THAT'LL HAVE YOU "ROFLMAO"!!!

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