Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for June 10, 2013

Neither do I.

At least they’re not KilPrinters.

In fact, the space station will have it’s own 3D printer in a few months. It will make them more self-sustaining.

Bilan, remember, as this is happening the good doctor is right there…Not a good omen…..

Ah… a von Nueman machine.

“It’s alive! It’s alive!”

“Who ordered these?”

“Human Resources.”

“So they’re the Resourcerer’s Reprinters?”

Uh oh—Quick, feed it paper! Its a Printer’s natural enemy—causes it to jam. Or maybe Brewster will be visited by the Printer’s Devil?

I promise not to let it breed.

“Or All the Seas with Oysters”

I never really comment here but this is so good. Self referential, recursive ….I like it

They might increase like rabbits, in the Fibonacci series, which is not as fast as exponentially; but still scary. (It takes a mating pair to produce one offspring.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number

That would be great! Those things are expensive. Ebay here I come

growing up with Disney in the 50’s made this scene from the ’Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ segment of ‘Fantasia" seem particularly relevant

They have a disturbing similarity to Daleks. Exterminate!

John von Neumann wrote about this. So did Turing.

They’re like nanomachines, only not so nano.

The sorcerer’s apprentice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSTWy25hRiI

Each copy reproduces the defects of the original…..

I don’t either – that particular printer design stinks.