XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design
In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:53:00 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> You seem to think I'm disagreeing with you.
That the post that started all this was claiming people would be printing
everything at home including cars?
I don't see you saying anything about the post that started all this.
>>> 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.
>
> Let me make this simple for the simple. If 3D printers are "the next
> thing". Why is there not another "thing" beyond "the next thing"? End
> of the world?
3D printers are an old thing.
Are you saying we will have Star Trek replicators?
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