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    Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/13/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    What's up with the "bitter" part?
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    Image of Torley Torley
    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    Heh, in the "More Crap Futurism" department, get a load of these stinky bollocks!


    Worst. Singularity. Ever.

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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    Heh.They also never considered how 3D printers would affect the manufacturing industry. Prices go down far enough, and it looks like they might, why would anyone pay money for simple plastic goods anymore, when they can have it made in their own home at material cost only? I suspect that quite a few companies will be devastated by that if they don't phase out the newly non-scarce products.


    I also expect there to be another RIAA type situation. "Our intellectual property is being threatened! Anyone can scan our product and distribute the dimensions online, allowing millions to print out exact duplicates! We want punitive damages!"

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    12/12/08

    @Ghede: I wonder if corporations that would be threatened by 3D printers would even allow those things to be commercially viable in the first place. There'd be some mad crazy espionage if those devices allowed the everyday ordinary consumer to crank out cheap tables on the fly.
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    Image of AcidicPlague AcidicPlague
    12/12/08

    @crashedpc: Oh, be still my imagination..
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    12/12/08

    @AcidicPlague: No RealDolls, please.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    No, they say the cost-of-transportation problem will be solved by teleportation; there's a footnote about it.
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    12/12/08

    @Moff: But the savings would be offset by the energy costs associated with operating the teleportation devices.
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    Image of worrytron worrytron
    12/12/08

    @crashedpc: nope, fusion generators.
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    12/12/08

    @worrytron: But the savings would be offset by the ... uh... uhm... APOCALYPSE! Yeah, there we go.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    So, still no flying cars, then?

    What about ape slaves to wash our dishes and make our beds? No?
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    12/12/08

    @cletar: Will we have twiddled with genetic engineering enough to have apes that can wash our beds and make our dishes by that time?
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    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    LOL at the last tag!!!
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    12/12/08

    In reply to Consultants Say 2020 Will Be Just Like 2006, Only More!
    except that whole thing about the world ending in 2012. See you on the other side, CONSULTANTS! you can manufacture more bullsh!t there.
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    12/12/08

    @BeccaThePromoMami: Just cuz Nic Cage says the world will end in 2012 don't mean it's true...


    Numbers

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