XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
      
   Chimp, when everyone sees you saying something you insist you haven't   
   said, the problem is not everyone else...   
      
      
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