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I was going to complain but, I don't think that Seth would answer, so I thought that it would be best to contact some of his co-workers to have "that chat" about SPAM. Then I thought maybe Slashdot users would like to send mail to him, so here is the list: Seth Lubove .net Letters@forbes.net customerservice@forbes.net Paul Maidment Editor, Forbes.com Executive Editor, Forbes
Charles Dubow Executive Editor, News

I was going to complain but, I don't think that Seth would answer, so I thought that it would be best to contact some of his co-workers to have "that chat" about SPAM. Then I thought maybe Slashdot users would like to send mail to him, so here is the list: Seth Lubove .net Letters@forbes.net customerservice@forbes.net Paul Maidment Editor, Forbes.com Executive Editor, Forbes
Charles Dubow Executive Editor, News

I was going to complain but, I don't think that Seth would answer, so I thought that it would be best to contact some of his co-workers to have "that chat" about SPAM. Then I thought maybe Slashdot users would like to send mail to him, so here is the list: Seth Lubove .net Letters@forbes.net customerservice@forbes.net Paul Maidment Editor, Forbes.com Executive Editor, Forbes
Charles Dubow Executive Editor, News

I was going to complain but, I don't think that Seth would answer, so I thought that it would be best to contact some of his co-workers to have "that chat" about SPAM. Then I thought maybe Slashdot users would like to send mail to him, so here is the list: Seth Lubove .net Letters@forbes.net customerservice@forbes.net Paul Maidment Editor, Forbes.com Executive Editor, Forbes
Charles Dubow Executive Editor, News

Forbes.com employee e-mail addresses are formatted: first initial last name@forbes.net (jdoe@forbes.net).

So that would be DLyons@forbes.net.

I think that John Dvorak's 4/16 column somewhat misses the point of PVR technology by characterizing it as a way to free-load one's way around the commercials on TV broadcasts. Yes, that is one of the features available to a PVR user, but likening it to MP3 sound technology that enables users to "steal" copyrighted material is just plain off-the-mark.

Skipping the commercials ranks dead last on my PVR to-do list. Actually, I don't mind watching television commercials...when they're relevant or entertaining. Just look at the popularity of www.adcritic.com. I'll go there just to watch commercials that are sometimes more entertaining than the shows that they sponsor.

I use my PVR to watch the programs that I'm interested in, when I'm most able to watch them...period. As I've grown older, staying awake long enough to catch Saturday Night Live at 11:30 on Saturday, has become a biological impossibility...and catching the 5pm local news, a scheduling impossibility.

Perhaps the next time I'm watching TechTV's "Silicon Spin" (which I record regularly), I can fast-forward through Mr. Dvorak's blathering commentary and watch the commercials. They're sometimes pretty entertaining.

David Canatsey
Bloomfield, CT

and be nice. Remember, flaming rarely persuades anyone of anything other than the fact that you're an immature asshole. Persuasive, well-reasoned arguments might get you a whole lot further.