"It's a tabula rasa when you start in countries that have not been capitalist, " says Cloherty.

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At the time of his space flight, Garriott worked at MMO publishing giant NCSoft on the science-fiction MMO Tabula Rasa.

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Most of the victims had lacerations in their head and neck areas, said Robert Rasa, a spokesman for the CyFair Volunteer Fire Department.

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The term Blank Slate comes from a translation of the medieval Latin tabula rasa, implying a smooth tablet or a mind unmarked by experience.

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Shroud of the Avatar is being created by a company called Portalarium that Mr Garriott set up after the failure of an online game called Tabula Rasa that he helped to develop.

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"Tabula rasa, " in the Latin expression: blank slate.

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It deserved to continue for years to come, and it deserved better than to be the 5th MMO that NCsoft killed, including their infamous forging a letter of resignation from Richard Garriot to end Tabula Rasa.

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Tabula rasa, all to the good.

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