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In sci.physics wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 05:07:44 -0000, wrote:

In sci.physics wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:18:43 -0000, wrote:

In sci.physics wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:37:59 -0000, wrote:

In sci.physics "Greg \(Strider\) Moore" wrote:
"David Mitchell" wrote in message
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In sci.physics David Mitchell wrote:
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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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Jim Pennino