Sender: "David Heck" <David.Heck> I agree with your assesment....but after reading Vernor Vinge's _A Fire Upon The Deep_, establishing an orbital, independent colony with networking/satellite capabilities, that could function similarly to the scenario described in Vinge's fictoin has been a favorite reverie of late...escapist perhaps, but also passive-agressive. If a coalition of 'independent' individuals could contribute enough to design and launch such a facility (as on the order of Oceana), with the crew constantly expanding the facility....ahhh the fantasy of it all. Where shall we be moving on to? Alpha Centauri? (I'm speaking seriously now). It is disappointing to see the passing of the Internet as we know it....what could ever possibly take it's place? Mr. Moderator, please, this does sound fairly relevant...what SHALL we move on to? Listmembers, comments please, if not to the list then email me privately. David •••@••.••• ErieWeb, The Northcoast's Gateway to the World Wide Web! http://www.erieweb.com/ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
