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Message no. 1
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Demolish or Recycle (back on topic!) [was: Sleeping In Light]
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 13:32:50 -0500
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At 09:39 AM 1/3/99 -0700, David B. wrote:
>For this same reason decommisioned navel vessles are often sunk
instead of
>dismantled. Ditto for disposal of old tanks and such. Also, the
structure
>probably had all sorts of stress fractures which would require that
it be
>melted down and reforged, which would significantly add to the cost.
>
>Also, when you take something apart you're paying for it twice. The
price
>to build it, and the price to take it apart and break it down. In
private
>industry and on a small scale you see this being done. But for
something
>as large as B5 that's owned by a beaurocracy...

So, would a triple-A megacorp have the same ammount of red-tape
mentality?

What I'm getting at, is... Might we see at one point, Renraku, make
the decision to stop throwing good money after bad, and just demolish
the arcology from the outside?

This raises an interesting question: how would you go about
demolishing a huge hardened building in the middle of downtown, from
the outside, without damaging the surrounding area?

(Just wanted to bring this one back On Topic... now that my good deed
for the day is done, I'm going to set nomail, because I'm off on
Federal Grand Jury duty starting Tuesday. Might be back by Wednesday,
might be gone for a lot longer. See you when I get back.)

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Message no. 2
From: Micheal Feeney <Starrngr@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Demolish or Recycle (back on topic!) [was: Sleeping In Light]
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:04:36 EST
In a message dated 99-01-03 13:33:54 EST, you write:

> This raises an interesting question: how would you go about
> demolishing a huge hardened building in the middle of downtown, from
> the outside, without damaging the surrounding area?

I dont think they could, myself. Might be a hook there for some enterprising
Johnson or GM to set the runners up (and with bad intel if say the runners
have screwed renarku in the past) with the job to go in and try and shut
things down enough to make it safe for the demolition crews to come in and
plant the charges to demolish the building.

No, I wouldnt assume this would eliminate Deus, becasue by now I would belive
that like Job in Lawnmowerman, he would have found a way to "download" himself
into another system. Of course, we now have a a VERY peeved AI with a whole
group of Otaku followers who has a grudge against said runners.... Heck, this
could turn into a whole campaing, if you wanted.

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