Hook it up to one of HP's new 3-D printers and you have a replicator.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot?
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
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§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 9:19:47 am PST #12549 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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".
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 9:37:39 am PST #12553 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.
Did you know that the latest version of Microsoft's IIS server can detect an infinite loop and handle it gracefully?
On the downside, this makes detecting that you have an infinite loop more difficult.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2010 9:44:59 am PST #12554 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Yup, that's the current issue of Make.
Fred Pete - Jan 25, 2010 9:49:19 am PST #12555 of 25501
Ann, that's a ferret.
As long as you don't mind it being entirely made of plastic.
Yeah, that's what they're doing today....
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 9:52:05 am PST #12556 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a machine that makes Earl Grey already. I call it a "kettle".
My kettle only makes hot water.
Jessica - Jan 25, 2010 9:55:57 am PST #12557 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fair point.
Zenkitty - Jan 25, 2010 10:18:02 am PST #12558 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
No, it's fine that they're plastic. Not a flimsy hollow plastic, but sturdy solid plastic, at least it is if I understand correctly how the printer works. You can sculpt something, and then you can mass-market it yourself without having to send it somewhere for someone to make replicas.
Wonder how it handles things that aren't solid? Like, items with a hole in the middle? Topologically, a donut.