30 years ago."A number of ['new country'] efforts have been initiated to establish communities, resorts, or freeports free of the restrictions imposed by traditional, established governments." --John L. Snare, "The National Builders' Struggle" "On 19 January January: see month. 1972, a claim was established on two small coral atolls in the South Pacific....Simple structures were erected, and the 'Republic of Minerva' was proclaimed pro·claim tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims 1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce. 2. ." --John L. Snare, "The National Builders' Struggle" "Several months after we claimed Minerva Minerva (mĭnûr`və), in Roman religion, goddess of handicrafts and the arts. Probably of Etruscan origin, she was worshiped in various parts of ancient Rome, most notably with Jupiter and Juno in the great Capitoline temple. , the King of Tonga Tonga (tŏng`gə), officially Kingdom of Tonga, island kingdom (2005 est. pop. 112,000), 270 sq mi (699 sq km), South Pacific, c.2000 mi (3,220 km) NE of Sydney, Australia. Tonga is the only surviving independent kingdom in the South Pacific. went there with a group of prisoners. They built something there, too, and left thereafter. We...didn't have anyone at the Reef at that instant. But I think the Tonga problem can be resolved." --Mike Oliver, "Designing a Free Country" "I believe oceanic settlers will be the scientific and technological leaders of the world a few years hence. The environment demands excellence. Oceanic settlers will lead in robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions for the simple reason that exploitation of oceanic resources is a perfect area for the development and utilization of robots." --Will Barkey, "Home Is the Ocean" |
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