[TML] Does "Operation Reset" Make Sense?

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 2 Dec 2007 at 22:39, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> Even manufacturing replacements wouldn't be practical, it would take 
> years to rebuild the necessary infrastructure if it gets fried. 
> However, small scale fabs exist all over the place, it is likely that 
> some sort of manufacturing facilities would survive.  I've a bad 
> feeling the major manufacturing centers would be considered strategic 
> military targets in this day and age, and likely to be targeted in 
> the event of a nuclear war.  There is also the question of the design 
> files needed to fabricate modern electronic devices.  Schematics 
> haven't been available since the 80's for most devices, and even then 
> the chips were largely black boxes.  Just tracing out a circuit can 
> be "fun".  The software used in the various steps is quite 
> specialized, often very expensive, and often requiring specific 
> license keys.  All in all

"All in all" what?

> Here is an idea, how about a fully functional 3D printer.  Right now 
> they're only able to make fairly basic objects I believe, but in a 
> few years, especially using nanotechnology, who knows what they might 
> be capable of.

Yeah, I like that sort of "fabber" (in more advanced models) as a 
standard gizmo at higher TLs that gives a lot of the advantages of 
"anything box" type manufacture without the mahjor headaches that 
"free living" nanos cause.


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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