Trout

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Imagine there was a printer. This is no ordinary printer. This printer is wired at a molecular level and can 'print' anything.

If you can imagine it - the printer can print it. Diamonds, gold, CDs, or Orvis fishing rod, food, clothes, cars.

And the universal printer was available for anyone to use.

How would the world be different?

Midlife......

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who owns the printer ??


Shaun

Alg

If my Aunt had ***** would she really be my Uncle?

magepaster

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There world would be different by no longer being

Bubba po

We could all have a world each.

Lisawrx

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People would only become even more greedy and materialistic than they already are.

It would be nice to think people would use it for good, but I am sad to say I think most wouldn't. Too many people are just selfish and greedy.

Things would also end up becoming worth less anyway, rendering it all pointless eventually.

ChefDude

you'd never see it
the us govenment would find it, confiscate it and murder the inventor and anyone who saw it.

what printer?!

cookstar

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Star Trek?

borderlinechris

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id control the worlds ink cartridges.........

Funkii Munkii

What happens when you run out of paper, get the printer to print some and then run it through again to print your object of choice ?, the plan is flawed

Simon K

First of all I thought I would have money printed. But, they I decided I would use it to have organs printed, and give them to people who needed transplants, e.g. hearts, lungs, kidneys, etc etc.

You could almost say that the moment this is invented, world famine, disease etc would end.

SBK

Beef

Use it to make another one, then use them to make more.

Singularity.

Trout

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And at this point greed as a basic human need becomes extinct because there is no differentiation in what you have.

So what happens then - people stop printing all sorts of crap and start making something useful.

Maybe?

jasey

Never mind the printer why do you have an Orvis fishing rod in your list ?

yoza

I would be the only supplier of electricity, so you would all bow to me.

Trout

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I always thought you were power crazed...



...boom, tish!

darts_aint_sport

I would destroy it immediately.

Leslie

If nothing else Trout, you have a fertile imagination. I reckon you could do well as an author of childrens' books! I remember reading books like that as a child!

I have got a rod built on an Orvis blank as a matter of fact and very fine it is too-it helped me land a fresh sea trout of 7lb 4oz last season which was a bit like being attached to the back of an express train for a while!

Les

Trout

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Sounds fabulous!!!

The only thing better than a fresh sea trout is a bonefish on the flats. Mind you I had a permit last year, only 8lbs and it's first run was over 200m as it took my down to the last few turns of the backing.

Jay m A

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There'd be a few "Who the hell thought about that?" moments if it was on a network, thats for sure

Leslie

I envy you Trout, always wanted to have a go at bonefish. Missed my chance once when an aircraft went u/s at Belize and I thought we were going to stay offshore for a bit, but they went and mended it!!!

Les

Devildog

Humanity would ultinmately self destruct.

Next?

TelBoy

And it would self-destruct just as quickly as this printer could "print".

So if it's a Xerox it might take a week or two

bigsinky

just like the Krell

+Doc+

Knowing a printer it would Jam after five copies, the cartridges would cost more than what is was producing and the would be a better faster model out before you could say boo to the golden goose you printed.

hodgy0_2

The Forbidden Planet ?

bigsinky

^^^^^well remembered sir. yes, classic walter pideon.

Jamz3k

Is this not really the basis of StarTrek, they have replicators for items they need, no one gets paid and everyone works to better themselves?

Personally i'd print me up some high class hookers and laminate them to keep em fresh!

Ray T

Well here is a start for you, a 3d plotter/printer for building cellular structures i.e. one day your replacement liver kidney etc envisionTEC: 3D-Bioplotter strange as i was researching this today.

bigsinky

ohhhh spooky