[geeks] Really big bathtub toy

Sat Jan 31 23:06:45 CST 2004

Sat, 31 Jan 2004 @ 10:17 +0000, Mike Meredith said:

> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:45:11 -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > http://b54.net/@k3
> > 
> > Anyone else seen this?  Damn, think of the *possibilities*.  Sovereign
> > nation, mobile data haven, repository for international development
> > projects  ....
> 
> Geek retirement home.
> 
> I'm not sure the world's ready for a mobile nation, but it seems like it
> could be quite an exciting occupation :-

In one of William Gibson's books, there was a floating nation
surrounding an old carrier I believe.

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