The good ship Extro 1

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sun Jun 01 2003 - 12:48:51 MDT

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    Pls note, for the small amount of $4.5M, we can purchase an Ex-aircraft
    carrier (not so sure why it is "ex") and have the "Extro 1", the first
    Extropian "enclave". [Since we would probably have to dig deep into our
    pockets to purchase something like even one F/A-18 Hornet maybe its good
    that its "ex"]. With interest rates so low we could probably pool our
    resources and get a loan to cover most of the cost.

    Imagine days of lying in the sun out on the deck, bungee jumping off of
    end of the deck, etc. Nights we could crank up our 30 inch telescopes
    (why have just one with so much deck space available?) and do survey
    searches for MBrains. Perhaps we could earn enough money to pay
    the mortgage on the ship by simply leasing telescope time to amateur
    astronomers who want to observe things but don't want the hassle
    of building & maintaining a telescope or who live in cities where it
    simply isn't practical. We could set up a complete molecular biology
    research laboratory (I've got the equipment) and thumb our collective
    noses at restrictive cloning regulations or proprietary patents.

    For further info see:
      http://www.frenchcreekboatsales.com/details.asp?File_Number=BOP12
    or
      http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/31/1740227&mode=thread&tid=159&tid=186

    If we pooled our collective talents we might even be able to convert
    the oil boilers to solar boilers and significantly lower the fuel
    costs of navigation (to avoid hurricanes, etc.).

    Most importantly we can reduce list traffic because we can all just
    lie around and talk to each other at a somewhat higher bandwidth.

    Robert



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