[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[Dirk Munk]

David Froble wrote:
> Paul Sture wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:04:29 +0100, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 16:38 +0200, Paul Sture wrote:
>>>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/the-portable-3d-
>>>> printer-that-fits-in-a-briefcase/
>>>>> (I want that for Christmas !)
>>>> Ah, a portable 3D printer.  Nice.
>>> What's giving lawmakers all over the world fits is that these things can
>>> potentially be used to print guns and make drugs given the right
>>> ingredients!
>>
>> "Hobbyist builds working assault rifle using 3D printer"
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/30/3d_printed_assault_rifle/
>>
>
> Not sure what a 3-D printer is.
>
> But I do know guns, and the liberals once again are more interested in
> appearance than fact.  Fact is, if you want to do some damage, most
> assault weapons would rate rather low on the list of capabilities.

Yes, military assault rifles are quite harmless, I don't know why the 
military are still using them.

>
> For real effect, start with a semi-automatic shotgun (or pump), remove
> the stock, shorten the barrel, and load with double ought buckshot.  If
> you want to top that, probably the next step up would be a grenade
> launcher.

A few cheap hand-grenades may do the trick too!

>
> The problem with the lawmakers is that they are more interested in votes
> than results, and their actions show that.  SO, I guess they'll be
> thinking about restricting 3-D printers.

Yep, heaven forbid they might get the idea that it is a bit silly that 
civilians cab buy all kind of military weapons.

>
> What most refuse to acknowledge that none of the weapons do any harm
> without help from people.

That also applies to nuclear weapons. So suppose you own a piece of land 
with a big hill, and you want the hill out of the way, why not use a 
H-bomb? They should bee freely available for responsible civilians.

> The information available on the web today
> can allow most anyone with nefarious intent to do harm.  Pandora's box
> is truly open.
>
> I know they're trying to claim that the guy that shot up the theatre in
> Colorado was "disturbed",

Yes, he went to see a psychiatrist, and this psychiatrist warned his/her 
superiors more than a month ago that this guy was behaving very 
strangely. No one acted of course.

> but, I have to wonder if he would have acted
> the same is everyone in the theatre was also armed, and trained.

I agree, a nice shoutout at the OK Corral in the middle of a densely 
populated theatre would only have caused the death of this guy. I'm sure 
of that, because I saw many episodes of the A-Team, and those guys fired 
more ammunition than was used on D-day, and no one evr got hurt.

By the way, he was wearing bullet-proof clothing. So to shoot him, you 
would have needed special pistols with special ammunition. Perhaps it 
would be a good idea if you could hire those guns at the entrance of the 
theatre, just to be save of course.