My friend was the only employee in a 24-hour lan center for a while. He would close the store for a half hour to eat, bathe, etc. But on the whole it was open all the time and even while he slept nothing was seriously damaged or stolen. It was regularly busy and there was a very strong community vibe and the worse occurrence was a fight, and that only happened because it spilled INTO the venue, from a neighboring bar.
I guess what I'm saying is, geek hierarchy is strong. Invite lots of friends, and they'll help. Most gamers would just appreciate the opportunity so much that they wouldn't dream of abusing it, lest it never happen again.
So at this point they've made a really bad Fab@Home. Cheap, publicly available, open source, rapid prototyper? been done.
http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
self replicating? Ok, I'll see it to believe it. Its not hard to replicate the plastic parts of any machine with any rapid prototyper, but there are certain parts that just can't be done.
Question one: how do you build a machine that can melt plastic out of meltable plastic?
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I guess what I'm saying is, geek hierarchy is strong. Invite lots of friends, and they'll help. Most gamers would just appreciate the opportunity so much that they wouldn't dream of abusing it, lest it never happen again.
I don't care how big the parking lot, crowd, or equipment...
Geeks with balloons are not scary.
Free web cams to the first 100 (female) customers of my new discount PC repair shop.
So at this point they've made a really bad Fab@Home. Cheap, publicly available, open source, rapid prototyper? been done.
http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
self replicating? Ok, I'll see it to believe it. Its not hard to replicate the plastic parts of any machine with any rapid prototyper, but there are certain parts that just can't be done. Question one: how do you build a machine that can melt plastic out of meltable plastic?