[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 
>> A printer that can make drugs?  I want one!  The prescription drugs I 
>> must take cost a small fortune!
> 
> Early stages of Star Trek replicators. We just need to make the nozzles
> 1 atom wide and have multiple nozles so that we can add layers of
> various atomic materials to get the complex objects.
> 
> Copyright will them become really tough to enforce. Even the Olympic
> committee won't be able to prevent you from printing the 5 rings olympic
> symbol, or your own gold medal (assiming you've purchased sufficient
> quantity of gold atoms).
> 
> Next step is machines that can build any atoms from a vanialla supply of
> protons and electrons available from your local hardware store :-)
> 
> At that point, you can not only get your "Tea, Ear Grey hot", but also
> your own gun, nuclear warhead, or even a perfect replica of a da-vinci
> sculpture for your living room.
> 
> 

Ah, yes, you of course include some of the downsides of such a device.  However, 
even if one existed, the world currently has an energy problem, and the energy 
to be converted to just about anything will not be trivial.  I think we need to 
solve the energy problem first.