One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
Interesting guy, the owner. He's a member of some weird cult that worships some 2000 year old dead guy, and is required by this dead guy to treat his employees like human beings, perform civic deeds, and never knowingly do harm to anyone else in any way.
I wish there was a religion like that which was more widespread.
The lasers...they started from the mind, went into orbit, then bombarded back down into from what I am imagining now, perfection!
I wish to attach an AI to it, along with military programming. For research of course.
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 23, 2012, 01:36:42 AM
The lasers...they started from the mind, went into orbit, then bombarded back down into from what I am imagining now, perfection!
I wish to attach an AI to it, along with military programming. For research of course.
Keep your war shit away from my baby. I love her, and she loves me.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I wish I could see it!
Quote from: Guru Qu1x073 on August 23, 2012, 01:38:58 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just for a moment, I had walked into the future. The REAL future. The fucking KICK ASS future that involves interstellar travel and robots doing the shit work.
Then I went back to my hotel and ate something that looked kind of like food, served up by a desperately poor woman.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:41:16 AM
Quote from: Guru Qu1x073 on August 23, 2012, 01:38:58 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just for a moment, I had walked into the future. The REAL future. The fucking KICK ASS future that involves interstellar travel and robots doing the shit work.
Then I went back to my hotel and ate something that looked kind of like food, served up by a desperately poor woman.
:cry:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:35:33 AM
Interesting guy, the owner. He's a member of some weird cult that worships some 2000 year old dead guy, and is required by this dead guy to treat his employees like human beings, perform civic deeds, and never knowingly do harm to anyone else in any way.
I wish there was a religion like that which was more widespread.
It'll never catch on. Not everyone has fucking lazer gods to distract them from all that boring lovey crap so they need good regular doses of hellfire and brimstone to keep them interested.
Quote from: Guru Qu1x073 on August 23, 2012, 01:44:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:41:16 AM
Quote from: Guru Qu1x073 on August 23, 2012, 01:38:58 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just for a moment, I had walked into the future. The REAL future. The fucking KICK ASS future that involves interstellar travel and robots doing the shit work.
Then I went back to my hotel and ate something that looked kind of like food, served up by a desperately poor woman.
:cry:
The crew there, and the owner, they're making the future. You can see it on their faces. It was the first crew I've seen where EVERYONE smiled REAL smiles while they worked. You could feel the energy in the place, you know?
And Don - the owner - was a really nice guy, despite his strange and un-American beliefs. He built this big pond out back, and every week he goes back and gets in this silly little boat, drinks a lot of booze, and talks to Jesus all night. Then he sobers up and gets back to funding veterans groups, battered women's shelters, soup kitchens, and shit like that.
And I have to go back to the real world tomorrow. I could cry.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on August 23, 2012, 01:48:46 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:35:33 AM
Interesting guy, the owner. He's a member of some weird cult that worships some 2000 year old dead guy, and is required by this dead guy to treat his employees like human beings, perform civic deeds, and never knowingly do harm to anyone else in any way.
I wish there was a religion like that which was more widespread.
It'll never catch on. Not everyone has fucking lazer gods to distract them from all that boring lovey crap so they need good regular doses of hellfire and brimstone to keep them interested.
Not me. I drink with Jesus down at the Hotel Congress occasionally, and he won't put up with that shit.
The shop even had a real cafeteria, with a full time cooking staff and everything.
WHERE AM I?
Shit I want to work there.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
What alloys can it handle?
...and... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........
Oh, and I asked. They could size you for a suit of full plate, articulated everything, and then just load it on in.
And there you are, wearing titanium armor.
:sexybeast: :dream: :responsible:
Quote from: Richter, Baron von on August 23, 2012, 02:31:40 AM
:sexybeast: :dream: :responsible:
PD.COM...USING THE FUTURE TO MAKE A BETTER PAST!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 02:27:08 AM
Oh, and I asked. They could size you for a suit of full plate, articulated everything, and then just load it on in.
And there you are, wearing titanium armor.
Run the math to get the scale and dimensions right, then feed it diagrams on all the pieces of Feudal Japanese O-yori sized for gaijin.
(Then disappear for a year to tie knots in the dman stuff)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
OOOooooooooooOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo!@!!!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:35:33 AM
Interesting guy, the owner. He's a member of some weird cult that worships some 2000 year old dead guy, and is required by this dead guy to treat his employees like human beings, perform civic deeds, and never knowingly do harm to anyone else in any way.
I wish there was a religion like that which was more widespread.
I've never heard of that one... it must be pretty obscure.
The Hipster Jesus who you've probably never heard of.
...which is why the keep try to tell use about him
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 02:27:08 AM
Oh, and I asked. They could size you for a suit of full plate, articulated everything, and then just load it on in.
And there you are, wearing titanium armor.
:fap:
Please tell me they're hiring? I am again among the legions of the unemployed.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
We wanted to go with laser weld steel for a project we were on, but what we needed was a circular frame so we had to go with rolled and cut steel.
I'd love to see it in action though.
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 12:27:55 PM
Please tell me they're hiring? I am again among the legions of the unemployed.
hiring? All of the time it's Just that A nickle
doesn't buy much these days. Not even a candy bar | when i was Young
{never mind bac2 ?#:40
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:41:16 AM
Quote from: Guru Qu1x073 on August 23, 2012, 01:38:58 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 01:32:19 AM
One of the plants I was visiting is a metal shop. Or so they said. I saw no welding fumes, no filth and grit all over everything.
But what I did see was a mammoth autofabricator, the great-grandson of the CNC lathe. You stock up the 3 stories-tall bins, download the print into it from a laptop, and off it goes. It doesn't weld metal...It laser-fuses it with 100% penetration, a perfect fucking weld every time. Fucker sneers at exotic metals, plastic, everything. COMPLETE PRODUCT, NO STEPS.
Ross, their resident mad scientist, was showing me around, and I just sort of stood there going "eeeeeeeeee". He said he knew exactly what I mean.
Yes, I know that this is how Skynet starts.
I don't care.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just for a moment, I had walked into the future. The REAL future. The fucking KICK ASS future that involves interstellar travel and robots doing the shit work.
QuoteThen I went back to my hotel and ate something that looked kind of like food, served up by a desperately poor woman.
Two possible futures.
Um...
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: hirley0 on August 23, 2012, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 12:27:55 PM
Please tell me they're hiring? I am again among the legions of the unemployed.
hiring? All of the time it's Just that A nickle
doesn't buy much these days. Not even a candy bar | when i was Young
{never mind bac2 ?#:40
I... I think I understood that...
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: hirley0 on August 23, 2012, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 12:27:55 PM
Please tell me they're hiring? I am again among the legions of the unemployed.
hiring? All of the time it's Just that A nickle
doesn't buy much these days. Not even a candy bar | when i was Young
{never mind bac2 ?#:40
I... I think I understood that...
And then Luna was assimilated.
Quote from: Richter, Baron von on August 23, 2012, 02:36:46 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 02:27:08 AM
Oh, and I asked. They could size you for a suit of full plate, articulated everything, and then just load it on in.
And there you are, wearing titanium armor.
Run the math to get the scale and dimensions right, then feed it diagrams on all the pieces of Feudal Japanese O-yori sized for gaijin.
(Then disappear for a year to tie knots in the dman stuff)
Wait.
A full suit of samurai lamellar, in titanium, and you bitch about having to lace it together? :crankey:
Get enough of us on that shit with beer and pizza, and you'll be fucking UNSTOPPABLE. Not only would you barely feel the weight of the metal, but it would take the entire Tuchux army to put a dent in the fucker.
THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN, RICHTER. FOR SCIENCE. DAMNIT. SCIENCE!
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: hirley0 on August 23, 2012, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 23, 2012, 12:27:55 PM
Please tell me they're hiring? I am again among the legions of the unemployed.
hiring? All of the time it's Just that A nickle
doesn't buy much these days. Not even a candy bar | when i was Young
{never mind bac2 ?#:40
I... I think I understood that...
BE AFRAID.
Quote from: Suu on August 23, 2012, 07:09:06 PM
Quote from: Richter, Baron von on August 23, 2012, 02:36:46 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 23, 2012, 02:27:08 AM
Oh, and I asked. They could size you for a suit of full plate, articulated everything, and then just load it on in.
And there you are, wearing titanium armor.
Run the math to get the scale and dimensions right, then feed it diagrams on all the pieces of Feudal Japanese O-yori sized for gaijin.
(Then disappear for a year to tie knots in the dman stuff)
Wait.
A full suit of samurai lamellar, in titanium, and you bitch about having to lace it together? :crankey:
Get enough of us on that shit with beer and pizza, and you'll be fucking UNSTOPPABLE. Not only would you barely feel the weight of the metal, but it would take the entire Tuchux army to put a dent in the fucker.
THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN, RICHTER. FOR SCIENCE. DAMNIT. SCIENCE!
HOLYFUCKING SHITBALLS