They're (Orion's Arm) also very much in love with their own concepts. I think Trent's project is interesting, but I can't see how it'd develop into a universe. It's too.. remote from what people are interested in.
I'm working away on my own world project, but there are too many legal issues with opening a project you later want to use for commercial enterprises. On 27 Dec 2007 at 22:57, Max Battcher wrote: > Did you look at Orion's Arm? It has a couple of the things you mention: > > http://www.orionsarm.com/ > > Trent Shipley wrote: > > I am going to launch a world building wiki. The working name for the > > project > > is "Red". > > > > Since world building shares a lot with encyclopedias I'm planning to use > > MediaWiki. > > > > I haven't decided on GFDL or Creative Commons license yet. > > > > The wiki will not be an Uplift site. > > > > These are the features that I'm thinking of as part of a fairly > > Luddite "cannon". > > > > --Only STL travel is possible. No FTL, no worm holes. > > --No reactionless drives. > > --No antigravity. > > ----The main means of travel is by beam riding ships weighing a few grams > > and > > made of computronium. > > --Most forms of sophonce do not rely on quantum states > > ----Therefore, mental states can be non-destructively copied. > > --The galaxy is entirely colonized. > > ----Therefore we are millions of years in the future. > > -----Therefore humans are extinct. > > -----Therefore economic ecology is very post-singularity. > > --Fermi was right. All "life" is Terragenetic. > > --Sapient beings who are any distance up the eco-econ trophic levels live a > > LONG time. > > ----Interstellar correspondence is reasonable, even at light speed or > > slower. > > --There are many unimaginably smart sapients > > --The island nature of each star means that an eco-econ tends to involution. > > ----Stellar habitats tend to convert matter into huge Dyson swarms. > > ------Dyson swarms use as much solar energy as possible. > > ------Solar systems look like big, cold spheres from the outside. > > --Eco-econs suffer from relative scarcity. > > > > Feedback is sought. I'm wondering if this cannon is going to be too > > unpopular. Maybe no one will play with me. > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.8/1195 - Release Date: 24/12/2007 > 11:19 > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
