yeah, right, I'm sure that our beloved federal gov't will just go ahead and let molecular fabbers get sold unrestricted. you forget that these are the same people who think a really good printer should be registered with the dept. of treasury.
what sort of access controls would they implement on something that could produce a passable facsimile of a $100 bill on the *molecular level*?
as far as your moral issues go, somebody would develop this technology at some point. Aren't you glad it didn't happen in stalin's days? at least we've got a government that lets us know this kind of stuff exists. (maybe that's the point. an ounce of paranoia could amount to a ton of prevention)
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yeah, right, I'm sure that our beloved federal gov't will just go ahead and let molecular fabbers get sold unrestricted. you forget that these are the same people who think a really good printer should be registered with the dept. of treasury. what sort of access controls would they implement on something that could produce a passable facsimile of a $100 bill on the *molecular level*?
as far as your moral issues go, somebody would develop this technology at some point. Aren't you glad it didn't happen in stalin's days? at least we've got a government that lets us know this kind of stuff exists. (maybe that's the point. an ounce of paranoia could amount to a ton of prevention)