If the discussions and debate were intellectually stimulating, I wouldn't mind commenting but frankly, even I know you can't put SH*T back into a horse...
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| State Department orders firm to remove 3D-printed guns web blueprints |
| 2013-05-10 |
| Posted by:JonC |
| #26 And it is not too hard to get into their OODA loops. Bureaucrats are reactive, not proactive. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-05-10 20:45 |
| #25 Ideas like the 3d printer or other technology will go viral and you cannot stop them. That is because regular joes are always more creative, smarter, and motivated than government bureaucrats. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-05-10 20:43 |
| #24 A 3-D printer and a robot could join forces and take over the world. I am more worried about 3D printers and over-the-counter robotic technology being shared online & then used by jihadis. We're not far from robotic booby-traps with .45-ACP stingers. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-05-10 17:46 |
| #23 A 3-D printer and a robot could join forces and take over the world. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-10 17:06 |
#22 Can you print 3D-printers with a 3D-printer? At least one of them has that as its goal. There are problems like motors and electronics, but most of the pieces they're using for those are dirt-cheap off-the-shelf pieces. The structural bits... they're getting there. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-05-10 16:50 |
| #21 Sorry, the genie is out of the bottle. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-10 16:15 |
| #20 Can you print 3D-printers with a 3D-printer? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-05-10 15:53 |
| #19 ITAR is for controlling international arms sales; seems to me that nothing was offered for sale, just posted for viewing. ITAR violation will be hard to prove. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-05-10 15:52 |
| #18 Because ITAR restrictions worked so well when they tried it on crypto back in the '90s. Managed to take something that was obscure and nerdy and turn it into well-known and cool to work on. Guess someone found that script in the DoS files. |
| Posted by: Nero 2013-05-10 15:41 |
| #17 I don't think it works with either animal, but am unwilling to conduct the experiments. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-05-10 14:30 |
| #16 This is the state department - so I think the correct term is more like 'put the SH*T back in the bull...' |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-10 13:44 |
| #15 If the discussions and debate were intellectually stimulating, I wouldn't mind commenting but frankly, even I know you can't put SH*T back into a horse... |
| Posted by: Chock Ebburt4695 2013-05-10 13:27 |
| #14 So - under what authority does the State Department 'order' private firms around? This seems much like a lawyer sending someone an 'order' to cease and desist doing something. The laywer has no such authority and has to go thru a court. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-10 13:10 |
| #13 The internet is forever and you don't have control. They're working hard to change that; it will take a lot of fighting and a little luck to stop them. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-10 12:41 |
| #12 Apparently no one in the government thought of torrent sites. It is already out there. The internet is forever and you don't have control. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-05-10 12:19 |
| #11 And that video they all blamed Benghazi on is still out there. Might as well decree to put light back into the sun. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-10 12:12 |
| #10 Come and get them. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-10 12:08 |
| #9 Right. Like that'll work. |
| Posted by: Cheager Angoluque6848 2013-05-10 11:30 |
| #8 Internet's said "Molon Labe" |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-10 11:27 |
| #7 So, what does that mean for the 100k+ people who already downloaded the files? |
| Posted by: Titus Ulans4144 2013-05-10 11:25 |
| #6 When butter is outlawed, only outlaws will have butter. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-10 10:39 |
| #5 New York senator Charles Schumer said that legislation should be created to prevent people from making 3D printed guns. Newsflash, Chuck. You don't need a 3D printer to make a gun. People have been doing it since colonial times. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-05-10 10:37 |
| #4 American Samizdat. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-10 09:57 |
| #3 "The ban, by the State Department citing international arms control law..." First, I wasn't aware that the State Department had jurisdiction to shutter this sort of information. Second, how is this company subject to 'international arms control law'? I thought that US citizens are governed solely by US laws. If they meant that there was a US law which was enforcing international arms control laws in the US they should have stated that. |
| Posted by: JonC 2013-05-10 09:53 |
| #2 They could just buy up all the ink.... :-( |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-10 09:52 |
| #1 It's already up someplace else. They're losing control and starting to become desperate. The mask is about to fall. Their true nature is about to come out. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-10 09:51 |