From moberg@manta.nosc.mil Thu Feb 2 12:12:52 1995 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 09:12:13 PST To: john@december.com X-Personal_Name: Vic Moberg Subject: Gurak's Last Link One wonders if Gurak realizes that the agents mentioned are essentially reference librarians. That is a profession typically reserved (relegated?) to women in American society (at least the entire staff of my tech library are women, and similarly at every other library I've been to). Using male names for the agents is actually breaking down gender lines rather than building new barriers. Of course ideally one should be able to customize their interface as desired, much as some computer games now permit. These opinions are my own and do not reflect a position of my employer. Vic Moberg