NODE 134d5664Ocean going cities
Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:11:36 +0800
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:32:41 -0500
From: <testarne@media.mit.edu>
To: technomads@UCSD.EDU
Subject: Ocean going cities
Just read in an architecture rag called "Metropolis" about floating
cities for the rich! I guess being a nomad is becoming chic.
Anyways, the two ships are
ResidenSea 958ft long with 250 1100-3200 sq ft homes ranging from
$1.2-$4.3 million each. driving range putting green 2 pools, helipad
gardens, retractable marina. According to the mag, this one looks like it
will get built with construction to start soon.
Freedom Ship 4320 ft 25 stories for 65,000 people starting at
$93,000 includes library school bank hotel hospital, light
manufacturing and 2 landing strips!!! How Stephensonesque.
I'll be very depressed if the commercial folks do this before the
hackers. Now, I wonder where I put that decommissioned aircraft
carrier? :-)
Thad Starner
MIT Media Laboratory
Wearable Computing Project
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Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox
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NODE 4c46bf2aRe: Ocean going cities
Christian Goetze <cg@miaow.com>Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:58:24 +0800
http://freedomshipcity/
Seems like a pipe dream - and wouldn't stand any serious test of war - how
are you going to feed 60.000 people without outside help? I'd still be
excited if they build it...
At 04:23 PM 1/19/98 -0500, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>Just read in an architecture rag called "Metropolis" about floating
>cities for the rich! I guess being a nomad is becoming chic.
>
>Anyways, the two ships are
>
>ResidenSea 958ft long with 250 1100-3200 sq ft homes ranging from
>$1.2-$4.3 million each. driving range putting green 2 pools, helipad
>gardens, retractable marina. According to the mag, this one looks like it
>will get built with construction to start soon.
>
>Freedom Ship 4320 ft 25 stories for 65,000 people starting at
>$93,000 includes library school bank hotel hospital, light
>manufacturing and 2 landing strips!!! How Stephensonesque.
>
>I'll be very depressed if the commercial folks do this before the
>hackers. Now, I wonder where I put that decommissioned aircraft
>carrier? :-)
>
> Thad Starner
> MIT Media Laboratory
> Wearable Computing Project
>
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>Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox
>e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
>"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
>[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
>experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
>The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/
>Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>
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cg