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Don't forget noodles.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostList of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Printing, paper, gun powder, compass. Pah.
Bloody Chinese, what did they ever do for us?
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List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaOriginally posted by BrilloPad View PostIt would be nice to kick the Chinese into touch. They only ever got anywhere by ripping off others' patents. No creativity.
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Printing, paper, gun powder, compass. Pah.
Bloody Chinese, what did they ever do for us?
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It would be nice to kick the Chinese into touch. They only ever got anywhere by ripping off others' patents. No creativity.
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I prefer anal bleaching.Originally posted by doodab View PostI like laser sintering. That is exceptionally cool.
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maybe they don't have toOriginally posted by Troll View PostIndeed .. and then become self aware
Securo-boffins call for 'self-aware' defensive technologies ? The Register
They might just become the reproductive end of a larger, artificial and self aware entity which needs to build itself a robot army for defense purposes
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Be careful there. Sounds like Troll has a 3d printer that can produce anything.Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostAn ugly configuration of fraudulent grammar. Totally in keeping with the slackjawed, banjo-playing simplicity of a primitive creature like Troll, who has neither the capacity nor intelligence even to have properly grasped his own native tongue.

(Your baldness cure may be just around the corner!)
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An ugly configuration of fraudulent grammar. Totally in keeping with the slackjawed, banjo-playing simplicity of a primitive creature like Troll, who has neither the capacity nor intelligence even to have properly grasped his own native tongue.Originally posted by Troll View PostEverything I seen about the nascent 3D printing technology suggests it is the future & rather than have factories we will return to cottage industries churning out stuff to demand
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will 3D printers be able to make more 3D printers?Originally posted by Troll View PostEverything I seen about the nascent 3D printing technology suggests it is the future & rather than have factories we will return to cottage industries churning out stuff to demand
BBC News - Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer
I wonder how we could manufacture shaunbhoy a personality
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I tell ya ... 3D printing is the future
Everything I seen about the nascent 3D printing technology suggests it is the future & rather than have factories we will return to cottage industries churning out stuff to demand
BBC News - Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer
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