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Land of the free :)

The article paints a worst case interpretation of the effects of the bill, which could be argued will only have sensible, well meaning consequences... but I find it hard to imagine these measures won't be used by appropriately powerful conservatives to smack down businesses, individuals or groups they disapprove of.

At least if the states get even more conservative, I have a chance of seeing Ann Coulter stoned for walking around without a Burkha.

[nicked from elkor]

upgrade

This evening, while waiting for a bath to fill, I unlocked my Treo 600.

I had to hotsync (well, always a good idea before you update firmware) then do a full (wipe the whole unit) reset, but after that, the updater ran, I popped in a new SIM and yup, it's unlocked.

Although it seems dirty to put a Virgin SIM in an Orange phone.

Nice to know I can now take the phone to another company if I like, but moreso, that I can pop in any other SIM in the case of an emergency (like no service on one provider and you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, etc, etc).

OK, I mostly did it because I'm a geek and I get a thrill out of knowing I could have ruined my handset on a whim but didn't.

Go me!