In the processing industry it's important to protect property and
personnel from fire (and possible explosions). So safety experts drill
staff in the basic concept of what it takes to make a fire:
1. Fuel
2. Oxygen
3. A Spark of Ignition
Oxygen could be endogenous or otherwise. As an engineer we always
assumed that a Spark of Ignition would be present (sooner or later) so
the engineering task is to prevent the fuel mixing with the oxygen.
Sometimes this is tricky with endogenous oxygen which is why explosive
factories are so dangerous.
I mention this because I see an analogy with gun control. To have a
shooting massacre one needs:
1. Weapon(s)
2. (potential) Victims
3. a Nutter
and we should assume that a Nutter like a Spark of Ignition will be
present (sooner or later). So we have to prevent Weapons mixing with
potential Victims. The airline industry works hard to do this, perhaps
we should think of other precautions.
Just a thought.
Thanks
Robert C
On 7/26/12 1:41 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Did I just mention that we live in strange (e.g. interesting in the
Confucian sense) times?
the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun
<http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/07/26/1636254/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun>
cant be long before you can DL a Glock .STL file .... oh wait!
what's this
<http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-of-rhinoceros-bullets/395962>
?
Someone in the comments of SlashDot suggested that we might end up
outlawing 3D printers and someone else suggested outlawing the
teaching of geometry... but we all know from the rash of "script
kiddies" that you don't need to understand the tools you are wielding
to be effective en-masse!
And re the Glock .STL... whatever happened to old fashioned "soap
carving" and "boot black" ?
- Steve
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