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   "Galen Musbach"  wrote in message   
   news:oe8bj19fu1j0kobn0ugn69cdtipuf0lgrj@4ax.com...   
   > On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:37:26 -0400, Chris Kern    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:44:53 GMT, Ping Kuo   
   >> posted the following:   
   >>   
   >>>> exactly happened to make the seas rise and the people die off.   
   >>>   
   >>>you don't need a single reason for global warming,most likely the   
   >>>increase human population and advance technology cause it, beside, if   
   >>>YKK end up doing explanation like these than it will lose its charm,   
   >>>better off keep it "small scale".   
   >>   
   >>Global warming would explain the rising seas, but not the dying   
   >>population.  It seems odd that the societal infrastructure still   
   >>exists to transport gasoline, and there is still electricity although   
   >>it seems to be used for nothing but lights and maybe a stove.  There   
   >>are no computers, and the trains seem to be old-style creaky electric   
   >>trains like what you would see now in the inaka of Japan.  Maybe   
   >>there's no real explanation for this other than the author's mood   
   >>setting.   
   >>   
   >>-Chris   
   >   
   > As for what eliminated the people, perhaps it was   
   > a technorapture -- nanotechnology implants allowed   
   > them to become one with the internet and transcend   
   > the perceived need for physical forms. The 10 mile   
   > thick microbial life layer that underlies the ecosphere   
   > was converted to a single enormous BioGeoComputer,   
   > and all the previous inhabitants are now happily   
   > esconced in a completely virtual existence. Due to the   
   > tremendous amount of energy being drawn from the   
   > core taps (to power the computer) the magma flows   
   > underneath Japan have greatly cooled, allowing the   
   > islands to begin sinking.   
   > This also explains why the surface dwellers all use   
   > prim tech -- they're neo-Luddites.   
   >   
   > -Galen   
      
   That sounds more like Neo-Tokyo 3 Kaidashi Kikou.   
      
   Sceadu   
      
      
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