I am SOOOOOOOO close ...

[unixronin]

... to just saying "Fuck it" and reformatting every disk on every machine I own.

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[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about doing that myself, actually.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

I told you that CP/M was a mistake.

-Ogre

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Also, my FFL is saying that you need to ship through an FFL on your end.

So, I guess I need a fax number for an FFL in your neck of the woods.

-Ogre

[lonewolf545.livejournal.com]

That's your FFL's policy, not law. He should be able to send it straight to your FFL for them to handle the transfer. Straight off the BATF's FAQ page:

(B1) To whom may an unlicensed person transfer firearms under the GCA?

A person may sell a firearm to an unlicensed resident of his or her state, if the buyer is not prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm, or to a licensee in any state. A firearm other than a curio or relic may not be transferred interstate to a licensed collector. [18 U. S. C 922( a)( 3) and (5), 922( b)( 3), 27 CFR 178.29]


So, what happens is that Phil would transfer the firearm to your local licensee, who would then transfer the firearm to you after performing the necessary background checks.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Hunh.

Ok, well, I'll go just talk to the owner (as opposed to random employees) and if it turns out to be the store policy after all, I guess I'll find somewhere else and save Alaric the fees.

-Ogre

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Well, I went and talked to the owner, and now have an inked copy of their FFL. So, I'll send that to you with a postal money order sometime tomorrow, Monday at the latest.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Cool. Now I just have to remember where the "real" post office is around here to cash it .... Oh, right, it's over on DW Highway.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

I like the idea, I just know that right now I don't have the stuffin' in me to reinstall 10 computer OSs so that I don't get lynched by the family.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I told him he can't and he gave me a Look. I reminded him how long it took him to rip 300+ CDs to MP3.

You're running 10 different OSes? That's more than us. We're running 6. I think... *BSD, Solaris 10, Windows 2K, Slackware, Gentoo, and MacOS. I was going to say 7 but remembered that his base OS is a Slack same as what llioness is running.

I don't think he thinks of the Macintoshes are his computers to reformat. Nor most of the Win2K boxes. Touching llioness would be a very bad idea for him.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

babylon5 hardly really counts as Slackware any more, I've replaced so much of it.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Not 10 different OSs, thank G-d. But 10 computers that must run or the admin gets mobbed.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I was just feeling frustrated and futile anyway.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Just do an inplace reinstall of gentoo on your oldest machine. That should cure the desire to change things. Of course, it may not help the frustrated and futile part.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

This is the only machine with a Gentoo install on it right now, and it's not the running OS because I never got Xorg working to my satisfaction.

And oh my god, X.org's setup tool is unconscionably horrible.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I'll move mabolgamp over later. I think I need a nap right now.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

go fer it!