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- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -0/+19I just wonder how hurricanes would affect these structures?
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -5/+17So can anyone tell me why these things exist or are being planned?
I can think of a few reasons why they shouldn't:
1. Security (Crime, seemingly easy terrorism targets)
2. Weather systems such as hurricanes would eat this ***** for breakfast.
3. Disease control (stomach bugs travel like crazy on luxury cruises for example)
4. Cost.
5. Harder to guarantee services such as fresh water, electricity, garbage collection.
..and for what? so you can tell people you live on an island. pffft. good luck with that.
This is the monorail for the 21st century. The more you think about it the ***** the idea seems. - Tristeus, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10Utopia? Ocean?
Has someone told them about what happened to Rapture? - lacolonel, on 03/10/2008, -1/+7I wonder if Jeb has bought one... the company is Florida based.
- slvrbullet87, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6When are they moving Atlanta to the middle of the ocean?
- angusm, on 03/10/2008, -5/+9Huge-ass butt-ugly "Freedom ship" with apartments for billionaires: $7.5 million per condo
Oldish diesel-electric submarine with working torpedo tubes: $650,000
Drowning hundreds of super-rich parasites with a couple of well-placed torpedoes: priceless - malex, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4This post makes less sense than The Living Universe Foundation.
- psion01, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4Envy.
- peestandingup, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Hail, Atlantis! Er, Freedom Ship!!
- syroncoda, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2hmmmm i wonder if i can manage to stowaway on that there freedom ship thingy... that'd make a good book :D
- enigma2275, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3They left out Rapture.
- Zer01, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Maui-Covenant?
obscure? - JasonMath, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3Sorry, but Peter Rader and David Twohy already thought of that idea, and it was a horrible flop at the box office!
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114898/ - johnsmith3210, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?
- MattBD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Hyperion Cantos -cool series!
- vecera, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3How is it possible that they ignored Bluthton?
"God help her if she tries to rename Bluthton; I'll sink it, I will!" - MasterGrief, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1It seems likely that these people don't play video games. Or watch television. Or perhaps ever leave their homes.
- TheZorch, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2It doesn't float but I love the idea the Japanese have for Tokyo Harbor. Its basically a giant open pyramid city built using carbon nanotube materials to withstand an earthquake, tsunami and typhoon.
- liuite, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2I've always wondered if it was practical to live on a houseboat to evade property tax...until I learned how much it was to rent a slip and maintain a boat. A friend of mine has been sailing around the world, he said he's seen a family of four live aboard a 24' sailboat at very low budget...but that's not for me!
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1cool
- vecera, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1861/bluthton1e ...
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6461/bluthton2v ... - Ebeach, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Nah, no dolphin herds to pull it along =(
- Tippis, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Even though it failed over a decade ago, I've always had a soft spot for Oceania: http://oceania.org/
- funkytaco, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1They forgot this guy, who made his own island out of soda bottles!
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/tired_of_l ... - Pillage, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1as long as it isn't underwater....
- positron, on 03/10/2008, -2/+2Some of these could be a TITANIC success! ;)
- MattBD, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1I read the book that inspired the Living Universe Foundation - Marshall T Savage's The Millenial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps. It's a very interesting read, although wildly optimistic. And it did inspire Alastair Reynolds' awesome Revelation Space series.
- luisedisonrana, on 03/10/2009, -0/+0Interesting concepts. I’d like to know what kind of effect on the ecosystem any of these would have.
http://www.extendedstaymotel.info/ - mal1964, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1All that money for the Freedom Ship and it floats, So why do they have it docked right next to a Airport?
- blast_flame, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1The freedom ship: very nice!
- nomis425, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0i've only seen one of these massive ships built. is it really a reality?
- blast_flame, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3Watching you get terrorism charges: priceless.
- Ebeach, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1I'll say it.
I liked that movie. Kevin Costner not withstanding, Waterworld's got a lot more going on than most people are willing to give it credit for. - sandraprinsloo1, on 02/17/2009, -0/+0Why do people find it necessary to use profanity in their comments?
http://www.businessmanagement1.com/ - 22magnum, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1***** floating cities, we all know that in the future everyone will have a private zeppelin to live on.
- kh99, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Instead of making houses, maybe you should make land, on the ocean. There’s no land on the ocean.
- inactive, on 03/10/2008, -2/+1Escapist.
Let's start here on terra firma. - clafleche, on 03/10/2008, -2/+0is there some rule that says things in the future have to look totally silly?
- dgilm0re, on 03/10/2008, -4/+0GOT Wii?
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