Talk:Ocean colonization
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[edit] Definition
Re "is the theoretical practice": I think the definition is wrong or incomplete. Much of what is today the Netherlands, for example, was covered by ocean only a few centuries back. The Dutch have shown us how to do ocean colonization in shallow sea areas, so it is far from a "theoretical" practice. Perhaps the definition should be changed to say that offshore ocean colonization is meant in this article. --195.33.105.17 12:19, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
- Agree ... Changed theoretical to interdisciplinary to match oceanography definition.
[edit] History Channel
I commented out the following from the article:
For example a History Channel program, Modern Marvels: Commercial Fishing traces the evolution of commercial fishing in the United States from colonial times to the present.
- How do you design a fish cage that stands up to New England’s notorious Nor’easters?
- How do you feed fish swimming 80 feet below the surface without getting your feet wet?
- How do you insure the practice is environmentally friendly and economically viable?
This program explores the innovative technology developed by the interdisciplinary team of researchers to answer questions like these as they farm cod, haddock, halibut, and blue mussels off the New Hampshire coast to study Open Ocean Aquaculture. (OOA)
The reasons for removing it are that it has nothing to do with ocean colonization, and is essentially just a long blurb about one episode of Modern Marvels... essentially, an ad. siafu 05:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Arctic ice
What about building colonies on Arctic ice with special means to prevent ice migration?--Nixer 07:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merger with Seasteading
I disagree with the proposal to merge the two articles. I think there's sufficient information to keep the two articles. --Daniel11 02:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merger with Seasteading: Reply
Have you looked at the Seasteading Article? It's tiny, The two should be merged. There is no info and hardly any links on the Seasteading article.
IcarusReborn (talk) 17:39, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- No, the Seasteading article deserves more text. There's a whole book on line for inspiration. My English is too bad but the ne.wiki article is even bigger. If anyone is willing to correct my English i'll write more text for it. Joepnl (talk) 00:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I agree, sea-steading is a form of ocean colonization and the articles should be merged. The distinct purpose to which the definition makes reference i.e. tax haven- can be discussed in a separate articl e.
Msaletta (talk) 01:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merger with seasteading
Imho, seasteading is not tiny anymore because i just added some text (but it needs a lot more). (btw, please turn it into English as i'm not a native speaker). Besides that the Seasteading project is at this moment the only alive AND funded project. It deserves it's own article because it is invented by a notable person, funded by a notable person, and the very idea (competion in the public sector) is notable. The merge-request dates from september last year when the seasteading article was a stub. That has changed, and so has the viability of the project. Joepnl (talk) 00:21, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
