I belong to this list because I like listening to the ideas. better than science fiction... this is science fact. (is this called faction?) such a huge scope...
Thanks to each of you who provided encouragement (Chad and Eric Dawson) and Dee who provided the link I followed to get started. I am happy about the fact that...
... I am interested in any and all reading/thoughts. I have also heard those max projections forecasting a plateau for population. but not sure WHY we think it...
Thank you for your generous exposition in response to my inquiry about your attitude towards various economic systems. I plan to focus on a single line from...
I've uploaded some new renders of a possible Container Mod Seed settlement design. http://tmp2.wikia.com/wiki/Container_Mod_Complex This is a minimalist design...
OK ... so apparently the hangout "Living Universe Foundation" that I created is NOT permanent, and it went away when I signed out. Apparently there is a way to...
Thanks to the efforts of Chad Lupkes, the www.luf.org web site is now able to accept donations or membership renewals. The heart of LUF (as distinguished from...
Out of the blue, Skype informed me that they are terminating my monthly subscription to their multiple Skype video service. At first I was surprised, but as I...
I am pleased to be able to report that we are seeing progress on both the primary LUF web site, and on the LUF Member site. There should be news to report...
Hi Greg, A while back you and I discussed the possibility of jointly designing and running polls in LUF-Team. I would like to try an experiment to see if we...
I would like to extend an apology to the LUF membership. I allowed my personal aggravation with some to affect my interaction with all. I firmly believe in the...
In anticipation of future Skype video conferences, I have upgraded the Internet service, the hardware to host the sessions, and I am considering upgrading from...
I created a poll to get a feel for the types of people in the group. There will be no record keeping of who answered how and the information is simply to get...
According to Eric Hunting, who sent a private email to "try" to help me understand how Sketchup works: Begin Quotation: SketchUp Pro has a traditional separate...
LUF was designed as a volunteer organization. It did pay a part time employee to help with office duties early on, but all the members were volunteers in the...
Joshua, you have generously implied a willingness to help Eric by running one of Eric's files through Sketchup-Pro. This is a classic "scarce resource" problem...
Eric, thank you for your (amazingly concise) summary of the psychological challenge of trying to inspire people to perform useful, coordinated, cooperative and...
In light of recent discussion of assistance to Eric Hunting by persons who are willing to run Sketchup renders on powerful, fast computers, I thought this...
On July 1, 2012, a poll was launched to investigate the possibility that LUF-Team subscribers may be a self-selected cohort of potential candidates to operate...
Windfall, thank you for taking advantage of the Yahoo Groups polling feature. The default behavior of the polling setup software is to OMIT the identification...
LUF-Team was founded in November of 2000. There are 14930 messages in the archive. If we read one a day it would take more than 40 years to read them. Of...
To all LUF Members, It seems that I may have said something over the last days that might be construed as being put downs the Eric's ideas. They were not meant...
I've been studying possible starter robotics platforms for the IOSI (International Open Space Initiative) program that I might get to some critical mass with...
LUF-Team is NOT a friendly place. The people who are attracted to the visions of Marshall T. Savage come from every possible direction, with every possible...
The Space Show scheduled for 21:30 Pacific Time will feature three guests who will remember the Apollo Moon Landing 43 years ago today. The program is...
USA Today ran a story on page 1B today, "Yahoo gets a fresh face" by Jon Swartz and Scott Martin. For better or worse, LUF is interwoven with Yahoo. I would...
Greg, I just closed the last of my recent polls. Thanks to everyone who participated. Please close your Trivial Poll, so we can clear the deck. If you would...
Much of what I've written in TMP2 seems difficult for many people to visualize so when I find suitable visual analogs I like to pass them along. SWATH hull...
Chad, Team, Your question is extremely valid and touches the crux of the current (and extensive) dilemma of the LUF - we are a team of (mostly) visionaries,...
