yeah.. because they can deactivate anything electronic you ever buy..

Bush meant to invade Iraq, so I guess he invaded the correct country... now if he would've ended up in Turkey..

If they have servers and such hanging off their connection, they should be buying a business connection. The cable companies do offer those types of connections, and they have higher/no bandwidth caps.

T-mobile will unlock the G1 for you. If you've been a customer for more than 90 days, they will provide the SIM unlock code for you. T-mobile is the best at doing this.

The point is, they hadn't already given him direct access to those connections before yesterday, and he had to spend a large chunk of those 75 minutes getting the authorization to access the equipment so he COULD fix it.
That's not how I read it at all. The switches were so overloaded that he had to "fight" to get into the box. He, more than likely, already had access to the box, but the network was working against him.

I took a picture of my new nephew and the sound from my phone scared him. He started crying and wailing.

This is a law being passed as a knee jerk reaction and shouldn't even be an issue.

Technically, the telemarketers aren't breaking the do not call list laws. They aren't in canada.

I'm in the US and recently have had canadian based companies calling me.. I tell them I'm on the do not call list "we're in Canada so the US list doesn't apply to us" Canuck companies are doing the same thing now.

As if your entry swipes weren't already being logged in a database and already available to law enforcement? Do you think they just "forget" when you come and go?

This isn't any different than whats being done already, just that you have to enter it instead of the officer.

its quite easy to discover who owns a firearm. Right now, the store keeps the records of who bought what gun, so they contact the manufacturer, who contacts the store that sold that serial number, who provides the details.

Whenever I sell a gun, I take a copy of their license, and have them sign off on the ser # and that they bought it.. No government records needed beyond that :)

you, apparently have never been to Australia. They've been requiring more detailed information than this for at least 10 years. The US isn't the first to do this, and probably far from the last..

At least its valid for afew years. Australia, you have to apply every time you travel there, and I know there used to be a fee..

IMHO this is a damn sight better than SOME of the DRM employed by other companies which even lock out other operating systems (Windows MediaSlayer I'm looking at you)
Itunes is no worse/better than mediaplayer. Windows actually licenses their DRM to other companies, so you can buy from multiple stores, not just one. the Apple DRM is only for Itunes and they refuse to license it to other stores or devices. I'd venture to say the Microsoft DRM is more "open" since multiple manufacturers make devices that are compatible with it, and multiple music stores/sources use it.

Itunes also locks out other operating systems. Is there a Linux itunes? The whole "Apple is perfect" thing gets old. I have acouple of Macs, but do realize that Apple isn't the chosen one.