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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by denton-scratch on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:12AM (#34691703)
It's called "indentured servitude". You get paid a lump sum up-front, then work for nothing for some number of years.

In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Frederick is indentured to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday.

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by addingnumbers on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:56AM (#34694374)
> In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Frederick is indentured to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday.

That particular wording coming back around to bite him when it's pointed out that he was born on February 29th in a leap year...

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