Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?

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omnis_audis - Jan 24, 2010 6:25:32 pm PST #12543 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Connecting Win7 to somebody else network wasn't unpleasant. So far, Win7 with mostly GNU open source software is fine. One more connection at M & C place to try.


Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2010 7:35:06 am PST #12544 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Even if it's faked, this "leaked" video of an Apple Tablet is pretty awesome: [link]


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 8:12:45 am PST #12545 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

World's first 3D office photocopier launches

Ortery has launched a new office machine called 'Photosimile' or what it claims to be the world's first 3D product photography machine.

Photosimile is effectively a photocopier that creates virtual 3D replicas of whatever small artifact you like. Or animal (providing they sit still while the machine spins them around 360 degrees, that is!).

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Ortery's Photosimile 5000 is now shipping at a cost of around US$17000 (£10550).

I think I'll wait for the price to come down a bit....


Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 8:38:11 am PST #12546 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Hook it up to one of HP's new 3-D printers and you have a replicator. Okay, the replicas are all just plastic, but who doesn't plastic replicas of small artifacts?

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tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 8:42:32 am PST #12547 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Some blog (I think it's Make Magazine) has had a series of posts about a 3-D printer that's available as a kit. I think it's around $1000, considerably cheaper than the $15,000 for the HP 3-D printer....


Zenkitty - Jan 25, 2010 9:14:56 am PST #12548 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Hook it up to one of HP's new 3-D printers and you have a replicator.

Must have. Now.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 9:19:47 am PST #12549 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hook it up to one of HP's new 3-D printers and you have a replicator.

Tea, Earl Grey, hot?


Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 9:29:14 am PST #12550 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Tea, Earl Grey, hot?

As long as you don't mind it being entirely made of plastic.


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 9:30:33 am PST #12551 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

As long as you don't mind it being entirely made of plastic.

Plus it might not be as hot as you like.


Jessica - Jan 25, 2010 9:31:33 am PST #12552 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have a machine that makes Earl Grey already. I call it a "kettle".