From: John Grigg (starman2100@lycos.com)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 23:29:22 MST
Christopher Whipple wrote:
Not surprised, if it were truly new, it would've hit your radars far
before mine. :)
My roommate actually found it before I did and asked if I'd heard about "some extropian/transhumanist building for cryonics?" -- and I
immediately thought of John Grigg and the Creekside Preserve... so I
was surprised when it turned out to be something different.
(end)
Based on my sources I get the impression the Timeship project IS moving forward steadily due to the financial powerhouses Saul Kent and Bill Faloon. The key matter now to those behind it is where to put it and supposedly a location near Disneyworld is a very strong possibility.
I find it interesting that for a time the Timeship website was actually password protected, but now it appears fully open again to the general public.
There has been considerable debate on Cryonet as to the wisdom of building this modern-day "shrine" to cryonics. On the one hand it may provide much needed infrastructure and publicity, yet on the other it may be seen domestically and especially abroad by some as a symbol of American/cryonicist austantaciousness and wastefulness. It might even be targeted by terrorists for those very reasons which makes me very nervous despite claims by its designers that it will be well fortified against attack.
I admit although I have my reservations about the project, that the descriptions of the place as it may be built make my heart skip a beat with excitement. I just would not want to be stored there!
Whatever the case may be it appears by about 2007 the place will be up and running...
The Creekside Preserve/Ventureville community will not be as flashy, but will still be a great, low-key place to either visit or live. The "mundane" beauty and normality of what we are building will be one of our greatest strengths. I hope you can all eventually visit us to see firsthand what we have to offer.
best wishes for the future,
John
-- On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:17:30 Christopher Whipple wrote: > >Not surprised, if it were truly new, it would've hit your radars far >before mine. :) > >My roommate actually found it before I did and asked if I'd heard about >"some extropian/transhumanist building for cryonics?" -- and I >immediately thought of John Grigg and the Creekside Preserve... so I >was surprised when it turned out to be something different. > >-chris. >http://crw.lucifer.com > > >On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 08:18 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Christopher Whipple wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm about 10 days behind on this list, but my Mail.app search of the >>> emails doesn't show any mention of this. Upon inspection of the link, >>> I'd be very, very surprised if this slipped under your collective >>> radars. >> >> This site has been around at least a couple of years, I thought. >> > > _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jan 15 2003 - 17:58:44 MST