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Shadow Leader - ex-Student  |
how could a city that floats on the ocean be built? _______________ LJA |
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none - Student |
someone should get a picture _______________ none |
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Aidan® - Aidan 
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well, thats fiction, one guy actually made a floating island out of bottles, he had trees and a house on it, and he lives there. _______________ Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. |
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none - Student |
lol have none of you guys ever read the pendragon series? an entire civilization lives on city sized boat/islands.   _______________ none |
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Aidan® - Aidan
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Quote: lol
I'll wait you there  Yay Can't wait to get their _______________ Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. |
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Everon - Student - The winner!!! 
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Quote: You'd need planning permission and ALOT of money for that, but good luck.
- Zeke. |
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SaZ - Student 
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how could a city that floats on the ocean be built?
Very carefully. lmao _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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ShadowJedi - Student 
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lol
I'll wait you there _______________ ->SJ<- "Never fall to the Dark Side , They Do not have Cookies" |
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Aidan® - Aidan
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Quote: Well I saw a floating island ( a litlle one) It was made of empty plastic bottles as the base , on the bottles some sand and wow it was really floating , that guy made his own floating island containing a house and 1-3 trees . and he have a dog too .
 i saw that too it was pretty cool, i wish i had my own floating island, id float to europe and live their. _______________ Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. |
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Lian Del Rey - Student 
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Quote: how could a city that floats on the ocean be built?
Very carefully. _______________ slorp |
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ShadowJedi - Student 
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Well I saw a floating island ( a litlle one) It was made of empty plastic bottles as the base , on the bottles some sand and wow it was really floating , that guy made his own floating island containing a house and 1-3 trees . and he have a dog too . _______________ ->SJ<- "Never fall to the Dark Side , They Do not have Cookies" |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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No, I'm pretty sure I was talking about the fantasy approach. The Sci-Fi approach would be more technical than some city that defies physics through some mystical type of metal. Sci-Fi almost always connects to our modern day idea of practicality. A Sci-Fi approach would be a city that was supported through giant turbines or perhaps the gravity of the planet was low. Or, the ocean's density was greater than ours. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." This comment was edited by Augusta_Mintaka on Apr 26 2008 08:45pm. |
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Shadow Leader - Ex-Student 
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The fantasy approach uses magic. What your talking about is the sci-fi approach. that's what I'm going for. _______________ LJA This comment was edited by Shadow Leader on Apr 26 2008 07:25pm. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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How? Same property that makes ships stay afloat. A city would have to displace enough water by increasing area so that it would float. Building a large city has been possible for quite some time, but it's really not a good idea. If you want to take the fantasy approach, then a city could be made of some weightless metal and be domed by a shield or something. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." This comment was edited by Augusta_Mintaka on Apr 26 2008 05:46pm. |
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Shadow Leader - Ex-Student
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I meant something akin to Atho City in SW: KOTOR. _______________ LJA |
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SaZ - Student 
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there is a small city somewhere in the world (cant remember where exactly, since i saw it on tv ages ago) where everything is made from reed (or something like that). from houses to the 'land' itself.
so thats a city that floats on water for ya 
so anyway... i dont think its really difficult to build a city on a water, the main problem is the destructive force of water (if its on ocean or sea). however big lakes could used _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Apr 26 2008 04:38pm. |
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Jaiko D'Kana - Student 
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You may be shocked to hear this, but there are already artificially created islands in dubai, as far as i am aware there are three developments so far. 2xpalm islands and "The world" islands.
Have a look, i'm actually going here in summer to visit a friend of mine from university
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands _______________ The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James (1842 - 1910) |
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