wiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadaysmessage-squaremessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down121
arrow-up1850arrow-down1message-squarePeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadayswiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square220fedilink
minus-squareCaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIn the Greatest Generation postcast they posit that you can actually get anything you want materialized at a certain temperature. A Stradivarius violin. Luke warm.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHm, and I guess in any variant state. Janeway always gets “Coffee. Black.”
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIs is possible for something to be replicated that if one of its defining features is the person who built it? If the violin was replicated, it was not built by Stradivari, and thus is by definition not a Stradivarius.
minus-squareCaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIn the 24th century, where ownership is a foreign concept, I don’t think they give a flying fuck what ancient neck-beard built the instrument if it’s per-atom perfect. They don’t give a fuck about materials, only outcomes.
In the Greatest Generation postcast they posit that you can actually get anything you want materialized at a certain temperature.
Hm, and I guess in any variant state. Janeway always gets “Coffee. Black.”
Is is possible for something to be replicated that if one of its defining features is the person who built it?
If the violin was replicated, it was not built by Stradivari, and thus is by definition not a Stradivarius.
In the 24th century, where ownership is a foreign concept, I don’t think they give a flying fuck what ancient neck-beard built the instrument if it’s per-atom perfect. They don’t give a fuck about materials, only outcomes.