Submission + - Inside The World's Biggest Consumer 3D Printing Factory (forbes.com)
Just one of Shapeways' industrial 3D printers, which use lasers to fuse nylon dust, can print a thousand objects in a day, with far higher resolution than a consumer machine as well as intricate features like interlocking and nested parts. The company hopes to have more than fifty of those printers up and running within a year. And it also offers printing in materials that aren't attainable at home, like gold, silver, ceramic, sandstone and steel.
Comment Re:Still don't want one (Score 1) 989
Dude,
Don't drink and post as it seems to affect your spelling.
- The internet
Comment Re:Question: (Score 3, Insightful) 269
If you are planning on building *in* a city, you will disrupt whatever space you choose to develop - up *or* down. If a lot is vacant, would it not be available for building in either direction? There are certain areas where a large amount of *up* is not an option (proximity to airport or public monuments, etc.), and those where *down* will be cost prohibitive (flood plains, bedrock, etc.). But, if you can use your available space in without resulting in public eyesore, why would someone care if it's above ground or below?
Comment Re:Seems just as safe as ever... (Score 1) 1148
Funny. According to the guideline listed in your signature, you were NOT being funny. You were being snarky...
New punctuation: "~" at the end of a line to indicate 'Snarky'.
Comment Re:Seems just as safe as ever... (Score 1) 1148
Little bit of "A", little bit of "B"...
Comment Re:Seems just as safe as ever... (Score 1) 1148
Off topic...
Love your sig - My other computer *was* a Data General AViiON (circa 1992/1993)
Comment Re:Temperatures plummet in Hades (Score 1) 176
Unless I'm mistaken, Reuters, American Press, Canadian Press and other news service agencies have been providing location/date/time/etc. information coupled with photos via their distribution service since at least 1994. Newspapers and magazines have been storing photos WITH location/date/time information since before that.
It shouldn't be too difficult to prove prior art - just look to the arts!
Comment Re:Another day... (Score 1) 98
Whoosh!
Comment Re:Boo yeah! (Score 2, Interesting) 285
Odd, this...
Apple is a computer maker that has had the ability to display digital images on an attached display for over 25 years.
I wonder when this patent was issued - after all, how long has Kodak been displaying digital images on an attached display?
Comment Re:First... (Score 1) 357
As others have indicated - the qualifier changes the standard answer.
I chose "6-10" to cover all of my "salary/hourly" roles before becoming an independent UNIX consultant a few years back.
Comment Convenience (Score 1) 628
In my case, I always have one Windows computer and one UNIX or Linux computer at my desk.
At work, I manage UNIX / Linux servers in several data centres. All of the productivity applications that I use live in the Windows space.
I've adapted to the point where I primarily use putty and cygwin from the Windows computer. Having said that, when it comes to testing HA or DR solutions, having available hardware within arms reach is invaluable.
At home, I have a Windows computer for gaming and web surfing, and a UNIX computer for mucking about.
Comment Re:A co-worker? (Score 1) 206
Just be careful that you don't jump to conclusions...
Comment Re:Never... (Score 1) 303
I'm not a developer, but I do write a lot of scripts (perl/sh) and I agree with your position.
As I learn more about the code that I write, I am better able to understand the documentation that accompanies more advanced tasks.
There's almost always a better way, but I won't know if I don't look...
Comment Re:I for one... (Score 1) 424
>>Do not welcome the opportunity to be consumed by our new gooey probably organic overlord.
There, fixed that for you.