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From Your PC to Reality in 3 Easy Steps

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @05:39AM from the build-me-a-robot-girl dept.

aelbric writes "PC Magazine is running an on some entrepreneurial businesses that are taking an interesting approach to prototyping and one-off manufacturing. Apparently, you can send in schematics for circuit boards to Pad2Pad, where they will quote, build and ship you a part based on your exact specifications. There is also reference to eMachineShop, for those of you more mechanically inclined, for building some home projects. Design the part on your PC, send it to the shop electronically, recieve custom built component(s). "

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fp? by mrtroy · 2004-07-21 05:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

id like to think so!

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Dupe by oddwick11 · 2004-07-21 05:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Those exact links were posted just a few days ago.

Sorry kids, I ain't footing the bill for you cyber girlie girlie, no matter how many times you ask.
Really? by Rexz · 2004-07-21 05:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Repost
1. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  didn't you get the memo? they aren't reposts or dupes anymore, they are 'reviews'
I wonder by Neil+Blender · 2004-07-21 05:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What percentage of sent in schematics won't even work? Will they tell you when your design is garbage?
When do we get customized Phasser Guns by drxs3v3n · 2004-07-21 05:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is the best thing I have ever heard
I can't wait to try this out
1. Re:When do we get customized Phasser Guns by drxs3v3n · 2004-07-21 05:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  This was a sarcastic response for all the mind controled windows users out there who thought I a free linux user would think this is anything but another scheme to make wads of money hmm this company isn't sponsered by mirco$ft are they ?
Build your own PC? by gwernol · 2004-07-21 05:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I believe you could build your own robot too. Perhaps we could use these facilities to build our own robot dupe checker for the Slashdot crew?

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deja by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

vu?
Re:Dupe? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

lol... a post about a story dupe modded as redundant!
Dupe by oddwick11 · 2004-07-21 05:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Those exact links were posted just a few days ago.

Sorry kids, I ain't footing the bill for your cyber girlie girlie, no matter how many times you ask.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/2030 22 2&tid=137&tid=216
Mod me as flamebait if you need... by TheRealMindChild · 2004-07-21 05:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ok, I can understand Duplicate posts... I MIGHT even be convinced that it is something that can happen often, BUT someone HAS to say something about the fact that it is CmdrTaco that ALWAYS seems to post the duplicate stories. Someone SOMEWHERE has to address the issue. It is past the point of being funny, to the point where Ill stop paying.

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1. Re:Mod me as flamebait if you need... by paz5 · 2004-07-21 05:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I can understand you being upset about dupes, however not only are there a plethera of new stories each day, but you can also go into your preferences and select if you want to see CmdrTaco's posts or not. If he keeps putting up dupes and you can't take it anymore, stop reading his posts. Seems fairly simple...
2. Re:Mod me as flamebait if you need... by Jaysyn · 2004-07-21 06:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I guess you stopped paying judging by the lack of asterik by your name.
  
  Jaysyn
  
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Dupe by Kallahar · 2004-07-21 05:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

For more information from last week's post on this exact same subject, check Slashdot!
Finally! by NinjaFodder · 2004-07-21 05:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Finally a cup holder that works!

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Re:Dupe? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

SELECT `karma` FROM `users` WHERE `userid`=138474; karma --------- -25 (1 row)
This is great!! by Igottapoop · 2004-07-21 05:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I wish someone would have told us about this sooner... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/203022 2&tid=137&tid=216 oh...
MOD PARENT DOWN: TROLL by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

CmdrTaco has things far better to do than ensure that his posts are of adequate quality, such as jerking off to pictures of RMS.
Re:Dupe? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

no kidding, it should be modded as -1 dipshit cause its not a dupe anyways.

Circuit boards are different then chunks of formed metal, ok kids?
Dup by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 05:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dup : http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/203022 2&tid=137&tid=216
I'll finally be able to finish my ... by burgburgburg · 2004-07-21 05:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

oscillation overthruster and get off this rock full of monkeyboys.
Home... home is where you wear your hat... I feel so breakup, I wanna go home. Barney, I'm going home... with my overthruster. History is-a made at night. Character is what you are in the dark.
This one's a dupe. by King+Louie · 2004-07-21 06:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I have this strange feeling of deja vu... (check http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/203022 2&tid=137&tid=216 for the previous mention of this tech and these same two sites).
Re:Dupe? by bfoz · 2004-07-21 06:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Actually, it is a dupe from 5 days ago. Here's the orginal /. article.
You forgot two steps by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 06:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

4. ??? 5. Profit! (somebody had to say it)
Repost. More comments here... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-21 06:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Build Your Robot Online
Slashdot's new direction statement: by Thud457 · 2004-07-21 06:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Pete and rePete were sitting on a fence.
Pete jumped of.
Who was left?

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Summary Incorrect? by nacturation · 2004-07-21 07:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I was expecting an article about real-life stories of how people are merging the two services to deliver custom electronics hardware to others. That would have been really great to read up on how entrepreneurs really are building viable businesses. Instead, it's just about how the writer tried out a couple of random parts, and that's it.

Now the cynic in me says that this is a rewritten duplicate article from a paid advertiser... not even the PC Magazine reference changed at all. Perhaps the story didn't do so well since it was posted on a Friday evening, so they try again during the middle of the week. Also, normally mentions of duplicates are modded up as informative but every single instance here has been modded down into oblivion. Sort of suspicious if you ask me. We'll see if this post gets mod-bombed down.

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