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   In sci.physics "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"  wrote:   
   > wrote in message news:nonk3e-pk9.ln1@mail.specsol.com...   
   >>   
   >>In sci.physics "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"    
   >>wrote:   
   >>> "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:r5mdnSw3tNBsJvjEnZ2dnUU78S_NnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>> In sci.physics David Mitchell  wrote:   
   >>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> OK, what "stuff" would people be making at home?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Jewellry, utilities, tools, gadgets.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Could you be any more vague?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yes.  Yes I could.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Things.  People will make things.  All of the things.   
   >>>   
   >>> I suspect 3D printing at home will be as successful as the personal   
   >>> computer. I mean everyone knows they're useless at home and we'll only   
   >>> need   
   >>> a few major mainframes.   
   >>   
   >>Personal computer use in the home is dropping with increased use of smart   
   >>phones for those important tasks such as posting on twitter and facebook.   
   >>   
   >   
   > This actually hurts your point. A dozen or more years ago, no one would have   
   > imagined using phones for what we use them for now.   
   >   
   > And really a smart phone is just a tiny computer that happens to make phone   
   > calls. Again, it's the same argument made decades ago but folks not needing   
   > computers in the home.   
      
   Very few people want a computer in their home, most people want an   
   entertainment device.   
      
   >>> Which reminds me, I need to tell my friends who own 3D printers and   
   >>> printing   
   >>> parts to fix things at homes, tools, and tool holders and all manner of   
   >>> things that I never would have thought of myself that they're wrong and   
   >>> no   
   >>> one will effectively use a 3D printer at home.   
   >>   
   >>How many people do you know that own 3D printers?   
   >   
   > I'd have to poll, but at least 2 I'm sure of, and I think the number is   
   > closer to 6.  And if I include access to them at libraries, workerspaces,   
   > etc. then easily dozens.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>I know about a dozen people that own things like welders, milling machines,   
   >>drill presses, and lathes but no one that owns a 3D printer.   
   >   
   > Really? You need to get out more. I'd say the number of folks I know who own   
   > 3D printers is about the same as those who own the other items you mention.   
      
   I will admit I know very few teenagers.   
      
   >>> Honestly, it's pretty damn presumptuous to claim that there's no future   
   >>> to   
   >>> 3D printing at home. I suspect 10-20 years from now we'll be laughing at   
   >>> such claims. Like computers, it will continue to improve. It'll get   
   >>> faster,   
   >>> more capable, capable of using more materials, etc.   
   >>   
   >>Since no one in this thread has made that claim, your post is nonsense.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > That is basically your claim.   
      
   Yet another knee jerker that reads what they think was written and not   
   what was actually written.   
      
      
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