Re: [FRIAM] Let the gun-control vs information-wants-to-be-free wars begin!

[bandit]

http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future.html

The problem is - he is a cop, and sees life thru the lenses of a cop. and
cops want control. Of course, one example he gives is the drug war - but
does not examine root cause.

... bandit


> Hmmm I suppose this is a bit of a tricky question,
>
> it is illegal to distribute material on how to make an explosive:
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/842 (section P.2 at the end)
>
> On the other hand, it is legal for people to distribute information
> and blueprints on how to make a gun in a machine shop. My guess is a
> CAD file falls under "instructions on how to make a gun" and will
> likely be protected. I could see future legislation forbidding the
> distribution of CAD files on how to make a illegal parts (silencers,
> automatic conversion, large round clips etc) if a terrorist ever uses
> a CAD gun.
>
>
>
> 
> Greg Sonnenfeld
>
> “Two h's walk into a bar. The first one says, "What is this? Some kind
> of physics joke?”
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 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
>>
>> cant be long before you can DL a Glock .STL file  oh wait! what's
>> this ?
>>
>> 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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[FRIAM] greetings from bandit, a new member

[bandit]

Greetings:

My name is bandit Gangwere.
I am a friend of Ken Lloyd.
I am a Systems Engineer and specialize in Mission-Critical embedded systems.
Right now, I am interested in learning if this field can be applied
to making better embedded systems, or in applying them to new fields.
I also have a 16-yo son in the larval-geek phase and want to expose
him to a broad set of fields and interests.

When I am able to make it to one of the Fri morning events,
I will explain how I got the name 'bandit'.
You will then never forget me, for good or ill :^)

Thanks ... bandit

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