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I think you might be missing the point. No one is saying it was impossible. The whole point is that access, cost, and effort have gone WAY down with the advent of 3D printing. Your comment just drives this home - before you needed an expensive machine and a skilled operator, or a ton of time and skill to fashion one. Now you can just pick one up off the internet for $5.

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A: He implies it was previously impossible in the article with this line:

"As a result, all anyone needs to open many locks previously considered “unbumpable” ..."

B: He asked someone to tell him how it could have been bumped prior to this application.

C: I described, in my scenario, the purchase of a 1 Euro blank from someone who runs the machine, which is actually /less/ than the Shapeways scenario, which is otherwise the same - you don't purchase the equipment, you purchase the product the equipment makes.

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