[geeks] Really big bathtub toy

[Adam Breaux]

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From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of Nadine Miller
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [geeks] Really big bathtub toy

Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 12:06:45AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix
wrote:
>
>>In one of William Gibson's books, there was a floating nation
>>surrounding an old carrier I believe.
>
>
> Are you sure you don't mean Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash), or perhaps
> something from Bruce Sterling?

There is another interesting take on this in _Blind Waves_ by Steve
Gould.  It takes the floating nation concept a bit further--after the
polar caps melt and the coastline is dramatically encroached by the
oceans.

There was a group a few years back talking about building an off-shore
community/nation using oil platform tech <http://www.oceania.org/>.
They are using this sort of tech to expand sea-side airports.

See also: cruise ship "townhomes" <http://www.residensea.com>

=Nadine=