[H-GEN] RepRapping in Brisbane!

[gavin duley]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 02:15:23AM -0400, Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> wrote:
[...]
> > I wonder what the population containment would look like... and heck it
> 
> I've considered a few options, all of which are subject to failure:
> 
> - simple reduced production rate
> - kill switch with a human finger on the button
> - kill switch activated under certain predetermined conditions
> - lifespan limiter (perhaps like a telomere)

Or how about:

- They only create new copies of themselves when *explicitly* told to. 

Again, if at any point sentient robots are made along this sort of design, 
that one too could be overridden.

gavin,

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Gavin Duley
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