XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
      
   In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:   
   > On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 05:07:44 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:18:43 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:   
   >>>>> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:37:59 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Banking and Amazon, too.  Though that isn't to say that there isn't   
   >>>>> anything beyond the 3D printer.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Like what, a 4D printer?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Of course the ultimate would be a genuine Star Trek replicator:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>"Computer a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom and a cup of Earl Grey, hot."   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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 know of none but we have several at work.  One of my cow-orkers was   
   >>>>> going to buy one and use it as a side business but he figured out that   
   >>>>> it made no business sense.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Could that be because custom machine shops have real industrial grade   
   >>>>3D printers?   
   >>>   
   >>> So you think that after everyone has a 3D printer, the world will end?   
   >>> Are you some sort of 3D Rastafarian, or something?   
   >>   
   >>I think the likelyhood of everyone having a 3D printer is quite remote.   
   >   
   > But that's the point of this thread.   
      
   That was one of my points.   
      
   The post that started all this was claiming people would be printing   
   everything at home including cars; utter nonsense.   
      
   > But let me put it another way....  If 3D printers are the "next   
   > thing", are you saying that there can't be any "next, next thing"? The   
   > world ends after "next"?   
      
   3D printers are over 30 years old.   
      
   "The world ends" is babble.   
      
      
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