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Wow! So does this mean if I find it, I can claim it as my own, and build an evil layer on it? :) So cool!

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or you could build an evil lair in one of the existing layers of the boat.

Indeed, that sounds easier. Damn dyslexia! :)

I think you mean lysdexia.

I believe the correct incorrect spelling is "lexydisia".

Yes, if it's still afloat, you can find it, hire a salvage firm with to ocean-going tugs, and tow it to a shipyard for overhaul.

Or you could buy a used cruise ship. Lots of smaller ones are available, because everybody seems to want the mega-huge ones now.[1] There are some nice mega-yacht possibilities available for $1m - $3m.

Of course, now you have to find a place to park it and pay about 20 people to run it.

[1] http://ships4ever.com/

I suspect that price of the fuel that would be needed to tow that vessel would be greater that its value as scrap.

Which is basically the definition of entropy: where the [energy] cost of doing anything with something exceeds the value of doing it.

Entropy has overcome this vessel. Cheaper to buy one than to find and fix/recycle it.

I think that's actually the activation energy. Entropy is a measure of disorder - it's a count of the number of different ways something can be arranged.

A floating lair that goes wherever the winds and waters take it. Sounds intriguing to me.

It's bound to hit a rock sooner or later (as it probably already has). Better to have some control.

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