When I was in Paris in 2000, I was thoroughly amazed when the server at a
restaurant swiped my credit card on a wireless reader right in front of me. I
didn't see one of those over here until ten years later, and it was touted as
being a new miraculous technical innovation.
>
>This is the 21st century. The only time I have been to a bank branch
>in recent years was to open the account and to sign the mortgage on my
>house. All my other interaction with banks, insurance companies, local
>authorities etc. are all online. That is how it should be. I wish we
>were as advanced as Estonia and could vote online too.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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