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jbrenner assigns HOMEwork - Planning Atlantis

Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago to The Gulch: General
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An assignment I give my students in almost every course I teach is what I call a questions and issues sheet. Students are asked to come up with a list of at least 25 questions and issues on a process design, product design, or failure analysis of my choosing. Students start by brainstorming either by themselves or in groups for 0.5 to 1 hour, and then categorize their questions and issues into the following categories: technical/engineering, economic, legal, regulatory, quality, environmental, safety, health, logistical, project management, and social impact. It is better for the questions and issues to be in the form of a question such that the question can be answered with a yes/no or a number. In that way, the exercise serves as a checklist to keep the project on track. Points are given for the number of questions, category coverage, identification of all of the key issues, depth of insight, creativity, and for thoroughness of the list. A critical issue not considered is often the project killer. Your assignment is to participate in this exercise for the development of a physical Atlantis.


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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    How many have a good layman's working knowledge of medical and anatomical procedures and can be trained to mitigate accidents and mishaps?
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 9 months ago
    We need a structure that ensures the gulch does not become just a place for people who are right, but people who are creating wealth.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am a big fan of your leadership skills, but I'm with pirate...laying out good logistical questions is a great post...listing our skills for anyone to see...not going to do it.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Only problem with the Emirates is they have a *very* strict view of controlling their interests. My suspicions would they would be open to it, if we subscribed to their rules. And knowing how some people here feel about various and sundry Arabian law-sets that, yes, even the Emirates uphold. (If you ever fly Emirates Air, you'll get a slight taste of that one...)
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 9 months ago
    peter theil is an investor and interested in technology and freedom. He might be someone to contact.
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    How would you feel about a 5.65 Grendel? Good ballistics; what it hits, stays hit; can reload using readily available 7.39X62 cases.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    On the other hand, my stock holdings in Louisiana Pacific Pulp Products went up... :-)
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    (Says LS on the bridge of the Galt Naval Aircraft Carrier "Henry Reardon", wearing a flight suit, in front of cheering galters...)
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Atlantis would be vulnerable to any outside force larger than a medium size city police force. Naval and Aerial defense would be untenable in an all out invasion sense.
    Naval: Purchase of a DPDO USCG cutter larger than 185 ft or a mothballed USN destroyer should take care of any minor incursions. Also, the Navy would have to be ASW capable. It would probably have to be refitted after having been demilled. Purchase would have to be through several layers to obscure final destination.

    Aerially, drones with air-to-air/air-to-ground capability should suffice for that defense. A small but very effective radar installation would be required. Can be had.

    Mind set should be inflicting a Pyrrhic outcome on any invader. I know it's pessimistic, but sometimes that's what is required to fight the hardest.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Overall plant management and maintenance - what do we do when something breaks / stops working / leaks / explodes? What if it's a life-critical resource? What if parts are unobtainable?
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 9 months ago
    The fastest way to build up an area like this is banking and business secrecy. A place secure from the NSA and US banking, would draw people from all over the world. But you have to secure the freedom.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Just as a side note here - remember not to go into "sci-fi" answers - we should keep it to currently available technology.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think it is interesting that outside of the USA, some of the freest places on Earth have often been islands (counter example Switzerland). Freedom from other nations has often been secured by playing other nations against each other (USA doesn't like us, but China does - think Switzerland) and just being too small for anyone to care enough about. Actually, the UAE might be open to an experiment like this.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not feasible for population of the gulch. You need a system capable of a municipal supply - think along the line of a naval aircraft carrier, or like what Siemens or Teledyne did for various countries in the Middle East. Don't forget manufacturing, commercial, and agriculturaluse as well.
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