From: outlawpoet - (outlawpoet@stealth.hell.com)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 18:15:00 MDT
Hi there folks.
I have a budding website parked at GoDaddy, just waiting for a place to point.
I have some basic design, and nifty content so far.. But I'm in search of hosting. Eventually this is going to be a fairly big website, as I've got a lot of ideas to add to it, and a fair bit of people willing to contribute.
So if anyone has particularly good hosts for websites, please email me offlist with tips.
If anyone is interested in helping out, please do the same.
attached, short intro to website purpose.
Justin Corwin
outlawpoet(at)"bad place"(very small circle)com
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TheFabricator.org
Can you put a civilization in a box?
What would it take, if some humans were transported to some barren place, without the comforts of modern life, and had to rebuild everything? How long would it take to go from sticks to steam? Or from washed up on shore to rockets?
Depressingly long. In fact, most people in modern society have little idea about how ANY of our technology works, partly because we're encouraged not to care, and partly because it's far too expensive to build things nowadays.
Today is not a period of tinkerers, but one of consumers. In particular is the problem that much of our technology is simply too expensive and exclusive for most people to touch. And in some cases experimentation is illegal!
This site is dedicated to two things.
ONE: my project and initial inspiration for this website, discovering, collating, and publishing detailed instructions for a complete build up from nothing, to micron-scale engineering.
A breakdown of the steps required, the skills necessary, and the tech designs to do so. If such a project proves unfeasible, I'll settle for the worlds largest repository of practical engineering designs.
TWO: by collating practical step by step engineering knowledge. I hope to ensure that technology never becomes the sole province of the rich and influential, or possibly even worse, the sole province of government. I aim to make available to all people who wish to put in the time and effort, the ability to build, test and use, advanced technologies.
If theFabricator.org is successful in it's goals to collate such information. I may publish a book detailing the more pertinent information. Such a project would be a real accomplishment, and I consider it a wonderful and unique opportunity.
Please keep in mind that the project is in it's early stages, and the information on this pages is as current as I can discover and test it.
Please direct your comments, suggestions, and idea submissions to the webmaster.
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