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OCEANIA ORACLE - ISSUE #3 - 11/09/94
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BYE-BYE LIBERNET
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As this project begins to take off, we have begun to post way too
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often for the liking of some Libernet readers. Therefore we will end
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publication on Libernet within an issue or two. If you are a
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Libernet reader who has only been getting this publication through
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Libernet, now is the time for you to subscribe directly. Send the
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message subscribe oceania-l <your e-mail address> to
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NEW STILLS!
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Jim Albea worked through the weekend with two computers, a 60 Mhz
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Pentium and a dual 90 Mhz Pentium. Using NT to get symmetrical
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multiprocessing, he created the best still pictures of Oceania yet.
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The ten images online are 1024x768. If you would like to see
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1600x1200 images, please send e-mail to oceania@terminus.intermind.net.
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To get an image either use our ftp site at butler226a.dorm.tulane.edu
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/pub/oceania, the web site at http://butler226a.dorm.tulane.edu/oceania
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or use our listserver by sending the message GET OCEANIA-L OCE01.JPG to
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listproc@butler226a.dorm.tulane.edu to receive the first image. The
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names of the other images are OCE02.JPG, OCE03.JPG, OCE04.JPG, up to
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OCE10.JPG.
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To put it mildly, Jim's continuing work on stills and animations of
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Oceania is giving The Atlantis Project a big boost in its efforts to
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make Oceania real. This publication is coming to life because it has
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a seed to grow from, the seed being these stills and animations.
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And to think, Jim's only in contact experience with The Atlantis Project
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was to be held at our headquarters for half an hour because the police
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wouldn't let anyone leave until my former partner's battle with the fire
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department was settled. I'm sure he enjoyed being in a house surrounded
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by multiple police and fire department cars. (The battle involved
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the printing business my partner ran.)
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Thanks Jim for all your help!
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LUNAR POWER DEBATE
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Here are two responses to the LUNAR POWER article:
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From Andrew Tepper:
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> The value is roughly $63.05 per tidal cycle. At two tidal cycles per
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> day of 10 foot average in our square mile cylinder, we can generate
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> $1,261.30 per day or $460,375 per year.
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>
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Assuming no cost to maintain the device, perfect efficiency, and a bank
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willing to loan at 10% interest with no principal repayment, the thing
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would have to cost $4.6M to break even. I don't think you could build a
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1-mile cylinder for anything close to $4.6M. Neat idea, but unfeasable.
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Some people have suggested a sort of motor using Nitinol wire that would
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operate on the temperature differential between water on the surface and
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below. I don't have any details, but most uses of Nitinol wire never
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panned out.
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Andy
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From Bill Cox:
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There's a small physics problem with the proposal, unless I
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misunderstand something. It's not possible for a *floating* city to
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generate power this way, since it will rise and fall with the tidal
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changes.
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You could anchor the city to the bottom to prevent it from rising
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with the tide, but you'd need a rigid support structure to keep it
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from falling as the tide falls.
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THE MILLENNIAL PROJECT
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I received the following from Harold Shinsato:
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Eric,
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...
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Another book I highly recommend that you peruse is named The
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Millenial Project. It was first published in 1992, and I have a 1994
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printing. The author's name is Marshal T. Savage. This book is so
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connected to what you are doing, that I would not be surprised if you
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have already heard about it.
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Marshal Savage proposes that we colonize space, and he lists eight
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"easy" steps to colonizing the galaxy. The first step he calls
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Aquarius, which will be to establish floating sea cities. Here's a
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quote about why the hexagonal structure is the best:
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"The highest levels of order, like drops of water running to the sea,
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derive from apparently chaotic systems. Gaining access to the
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universe's chaotic bedrock requires clearing away the overburden of
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complexity. As Thoreau advises: 'Simplify, simplify.'
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"To approach an ideal engineering solution, cybergenic design looks
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to natural harmony. Accordingly, the design of Aquarius must
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harmonize with nature, minimizing material requirements, while
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maximizing volume, usable surface area, and dynamic stability.
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Looking to cybergenic design, we find an optimal solution in the
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simple bubble float.
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"Certain aquatic snails use this design to build boyant platforms
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from which they suspend themselves. The design is simple and
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efficient. When bubbles are packed together, they naturally form a
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hexagonal grid. This then is the inevitable template for a floating
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city like Aquarius."
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There are some beautiful pictures of Aquarius in the book. There are
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also detailed plans about energy sources and food sources.
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Regards,
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Harold
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This is a very good book with over 100 pages devoted to appendixes,
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notes, and other reference material plus nearly 400 pages devoted to
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the text on eight "easy" steps to colonize the galaxy. Many people
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besides Harold have recently pointed out this book to me and I was
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tempted to simply post a note here saying that I've owned two copies
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for a long time so there was no need to let me know about this
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fascinating book. (Actually these two books were gifts from Jim
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Davidson, principle author and publisher of The Atlantis Papers.)
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Then I had a better idea. Why not offer the book for sale? It is
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available from The Atlantis Project for $24.95 which includes shipping
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and handling. You can charge to your Mastercard or Visa by sending us
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your card number, expiration date, name as it appears on the card, and
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billing address or just send a check to Eric Klien, 2656 Van Patten St.
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#23, Las Vegas, NV 89109.
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GAME
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If you would be interested in doing the programming for a game
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involving subliminal messages and biofeedback, send e-mail to
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oceania@terminus.intermind.net. This is another opportunity to work
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with my venture capitalist.
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IQ
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If you have access to IQ tests along with explanations of their
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answers, send e-mail to oceania@terminus.intermind.net.
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