http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future.html
The problem is - he is a cop, and sees life thru the lenses of a cop. and cops want control. Of course, one example he gives is the drug war - but does not examine root cause. ... bandit > Hmmm I suppose this is a bit of a tricky question, > > it is illegal to distribute material on how to make an explosive: > http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/842 (section P.2 at the end) > > On the other hand, it is legal for people to distribute information > and blueprints on how to make a gun in a machine shop. My guess is a > CAD file falls under "instructions on how to make a gun" and will > likely be protected. I could see future legislation forbidding the > distribution of CAD files on how to make a illegal parts (silencers, > automatic conversion, large round clips etc) if a terrorist ever uses > a CAD gun. > > > > **************************** > Greg Sonnenfeld > > Two h's walk into a bar. The first one says, "What is this? Some kind > of physics joke? > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Did I just mention that we live in strange (e.g. interesting in the >> Confucian sense) times? >> >> the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun >> >> cant be long before you can DL a Glock .STL file .... oh wait! what's >> this ? >> >> Someone in the comments of SlashDot suggested that we might end up >> outlawing >> 3D printers and someone else suggested outlawing the teaching of >> geometry... >> but we all know from the rash of "script kiddies" that you don't need to >> understand the tools you are wielding to be effective en-masse! >> >> And re the Glock .STL... whatever happened to old fashioned "soap >> carving" >> and "boot black" ? >> >> - Steve >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > -- [email protected] 505-228-8197 bandit.name I am a systems engineer, specializing in: - Mission-Critical embedded systems - device drivers - control and data acquisition systems My stuff *works* - *all the time*. Member: INCOSE.org, PACA.org, IEEE.org, CaliforniaConsultants.org, quelab.net And to support my son: Proud members of the New Mexico .NET User Group. Please go to the community website at www.nmug.net. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
