Everything in Traveller is made of Latinum (or whatever that stuff is that
can't be made in Replicators), and Latinum won't work in 3D printers
either, dash the luck.
> Knowledge wants to be free. It's possible to make it not work out of the
> box but trivial to circumvent. Exposes the fallacy of most gun control:
> they're just not that complicated mechanically or chemically.
>
> - Sent from my SM-N900T
> On Feb 7, 2014 1:25 PM, "DED" <> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> So has anyone given any thought about how these can be used in
>> Traveller?
>> Over the next few years I think they'll have a noticeable impact on our
>> current society (they in use *now* but are largely the province of
>> hobbyists and manufacturers). The limits seem to be available material.
>> But
>> I wonder if various nations will impose bans on certain items. Here in
>> the
>> US, at least one guy has already made a gun (I think it was a
>> functioning
>> replica of an AR-15 but I could be wrong). Is it possible that there
>> will
>> be protocols programmed in to prevent the manufacture of firearms?
>>
>> I'm thinking that there will be different sizes available. Ships could
>> carry around desktop-sized ones that will be limited to small parts.
>> Machine shop varieties will be able to make larger parts. Will the
>> manufacturers of the devices be the same ones that make starship parts?
>> If
>> so, will the machines be programmed to prohibit those designs to force
>> starships to buy directly from the manufacturer or a licensed retailer?
>>
>> Or is this how B and C-class starports with insignificant populations or
>> insufficient local tech levels get around these limitations? Parts can't
>> be
>> made locally? No problem, we just need the raw materials and the machine
>> makes them. Insufficient population for a workforce? No problem, robots
>> can
>> load the machine all you need to do is tell the machine what to make.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> \_/
>> DED
>>
>>
>
can't be made in Replicators), and Latinum won't work in 3D printers
either, dash the luck.
> Knowledge wants to be free. It's possible to make it not work out of the
> box but trivial to circumvent. Exposes the fallacy of most gun control:
> they're just not that complicated mechanically or chemically.
>
> - Sent from my SM-N900T
> On Feb 7, 2014 1:25 PM, "DED" <> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> So has anyone given any thought about how these can be used in
>> Traveller?
>> Over the next few years I think they'll have a noticeable impact on our
>> current society (they in use *now* but are largely the province of
>> hobbyists and manufacturers). The limits seem to be available material.
>> But
>> I wonder if various nations will impose bans on certain items. Here in
>> the
>> US, at least one guy has already made a gun (I think it was a
>> functioning
>> replica of an AR-15 but I could be wrong). Is it possible that there
>> will
>> be protocols programmed in to prevent the manufacture of firearms?
>>
>> I'm thinking that there will be different sizes available. Ships could
>> carry around desktop-sized ones that will be limited to small parts.
>> Machine shop varieties will be able to make larger parts. Will the
>> manufacturers of the devices be the same ones that make starship parts?
>> If
>> so, will the machines be programmed to prohibit those designs to force
>> starships to buy directly from the manufacturer or a licensed retailer?
>>
>> Or is this how B and C-class starports with insignificant populations or
>> insufficient local tech levels get around these limitations? Parts can't
>> be
>> made locally? No problem, we just need the raw materials and the machine
>> makes them. Insufficient population for a workforce? No problem, robots
>> can
>> load the machine all you need to do is tell the machine what to make.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> \_/
>> DED
>>
>>
>