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I like this. It would be amazing. And the best thing is, EVIL CAPITALISTS WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE TONS OF MONEY OFF OF IT BECAUSE YOU COULD DOWNLOAD STUFF FOR FREE!!!
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Don't worry, you will have to pay expensive license fees every time you use the machine, regardless of what you do with it. The money is paid to either Britney Spears, Metallica, or PNAC (you choose which when you buy the machine)Originally posted by St Leo
OMG. Common citizens could someday make exact duplicates of CDs with copyrighted content. This must not be allowed.
The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.Comment
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once you can make your own solar panels .......Originally posted by GePap
self-replicating machines?
Somehow I do not share enthusiasm.
And what woudl electricity bills be like? This can;t be energy cheap.
edit: though that wouldnt help you much in Manhattan, I suppose."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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my understanding is that a basic, non-digital lathe is the most complex machine that can replicate itself.Originally posted by Spiffor
Is it realistic to think the machines we currently have can self-replicate? I mean, can these machines perfectly replicate their complex electronics?"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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To the downfall of Capitalism:Originally posted by Sava
I like this. It would be amazing. And the best thing is, EVIL CAPITALISTS WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE TONS OF MONEY OFF OF IT BECAUSE YOU COULD DOWNLOAD STUFF FOR FREE!!!
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well, to be fair, I don't wish for the downfall of capitalism... I just want technology to usher in an era where wealth isn't so concentrated at the top.Originally posted by Odin
To the downfall of Capitalism:
Note that I said "EVIL capitalists"... because there is such a thing as "Good capitalists" it's just the latter are too few and far between.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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And don't use russian submarines as material source - they are made of low quality steelOriginally posted by DRoseDARs
Actually, they started as an android's playthings and got out of hand.
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Ah, but not the original ones. They came from elsewhere in the gate network. The Russians ones developed from the sole Replicator that survived the crash of Thor's ship into the Pacific and found it's way onto aOriginally posted by BlackCat
And don't use russian submarines as material source - they are made of low quality steel
rotting piece of Soviet-era junkproud Russian sub.
Last edited by DRoseDARs; March 21, 2005, 20:54.The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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Attached FilesTo us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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!!Originally posted by GePap
self-replicating machines?
Somehow I do not share enthusiasm.
And what woudl electricity bills be like? This can;t be energy cheap.
It should be cheaper than sending it accross the ocean in a crago ship and then accross the country in an 18 wheeler.Comment
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I was just gonna say!
What are they gonna make in China if this thing gets produced? Replicators?We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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Can it replicate £50 notes?
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Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Bah
The Russophobia on that show is sickening.
The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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that is EXACTLY what i thought when i saw this threadOriginally posted by Provost Harrison
Can it replicate £50 notes?
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"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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