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  • That was my first thought as well. But after a bit I realized that this is going to start eating into their budget. First there is all the money they are use to getting from this BS, and second, this is going to only take money from their budget from here on. Especially if the registrations go up because it doesn’t cost money, only time.

    Either they (ATF) win an argument for a larger budget to pay for it or they start arguing against having the responsibility.

    And there is the constitutional argument about this no longer being legal if there is no tax collected.












  • Showing my age here, but my similar story was in #warezart on ethernet (IRC). We had a pretty tight group of regulars. I spent nearly every day there for over 5 years starting in 1995.

    It was unusual then that we were from all over. We had a mod in New Zealand, some euros, a bunch of americans from all over and a handful of canadians. But hanging out like we were in each other’s living rooms.

    A bunch of us actually met up in person at the Siggraph trade show once and even made matching tshirts. lol.



  • or the carrier fuck me over?

    If you’re going to get that kind of phone then you gotta pay for it outright and buy the service separately. Most all the good ones are of the prepaid model. Just buy a month at a time starting with the cheapest option and if it doesn’t work well enough to your liking, try another. So I guess my point is that the above isn’t really a serious concern. At any rate, it is completely separate from the phone.