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No design can be completely safe. However, the risks can be reduced to the point that the rewards (such as greater freedom) are worthwhile. The current design for the prototype seastead is engineered to withstand 100 ft waves. Check out the seasteading book for more discussion of the risks...

Hi, The Seasteading Institute will be hosting its first annual conference on October 10th, 2008. Seasteading, akin to homesteading on land, seasteading is the long term settlement of the ocean. Participants of the conference will explore solutions to some of the obstacles to seasteading...

Kudos to the blimp crew! Please don't let the naysayers get you down! What you've accomplished in such a short period of time (under intense criticism) is remarkable. I think it's already paid for itself in free publicity, and I pimp the blimp frequently on my blog.

Awesome! Thank you! Go, team blimp!

"This means that out of 1 million people that see the blimp, you might only reach a few thousand people that might possibly vote for Ron. This seems like a colossal waste of money for the result." All of the suggestions you mention are good ideas. But that's why we give money to the...

The official campaign has almost $12 million dollars, and is likely to get another $5 - $6 million on the 16th. The campaign is spending the money in a traditional fashion--radio and TV ads, direct mail, etc. To date, I haven't been impressed with the results. Have you seen the TV ads? Are...

"That's right, HUNDREDS of additional chip-ins could be supported by the cost of this one singular project." That may be true. But it's fallacious to assume that the money people have given to the blimp would've gone to support those other projects. It's like assuming that if Ron Paul weren't...

Caradeporra, I don't want to take away from promoting Paul either. But I don't think putting a donor's name on the marquee will distract from Ron Paul. In fact, I think it would give people a reason to forward blimp news to their friends and family. For example, if I bought time on the...

Does the blimp have a marquee? If the blimp had a marquee, people could buy time with their name or a custom message in the marquee.

I've been trying to think of ways we could encourage people to donate to the blimp. What if we set up a laser projector on the side of the blimp? The projector could be configured to display the name of the donor during the time that their ad is running. A camera pointed at the blimp could...