I used to swear by SageTV up and down. I was a very early adopter of this software and was promised "Free Upgrades" when I originally purchased it. Apparently "Free Upgrades" only applied until version 5.0+ was released, then it started costing money for every major revision.
It's still good software, however I have a problem with advertising "Free Upgrades" and then skipping out on that claim. I stopped using them on that alone. (Don't lecture me on how they need to get paid for their work, I get that. Don't advertise "free upgrades" if you aren't going to follow up with that claim.)
I have since moved to XBMC http://xbmc.org/ running on an ASRock ION 330 plugged straight into my home theater receiver and it plays 1080p pretty well, 720p flawlessly. The only drawback of XBMC is that it doesn't record (it was never meant to). Its playback capabilities are unmatched in my opinion (mplayer backend, if mplayer can play it, so can xbmc). It's crazy easy to install and use. I use the genuine Microsoft MCE usb remote control which is supported out of the box with no special LIRC knowledge.
I use MythTV with a Hauppage HD-PVR back end for video recording, and although I believe there is a MythTV FrontEnd addon for XBMC, I simply share my recordings directory via CIFS and let XBMC mount the share directly for playback. I like the seperate MythTV backend because I have two XBMC/ASRock installations and both can then read from the same source for playback in either room.
XBMC: Free (Please Donate, its really that awesome) MythTV: Free (Please Donate, its really that awesome) ASRock ION 330: About $350 on newegg Hauppage HD-PVR: About $200 on newegg
Another poster already mentioned Media Portal (an excellent opensource choice for Windows) but there is also GB-PVR over at http://www.gbpvr.com/ which is also free to use however not open source. Its in active development with active forums and lots of plugins available. It supports xmltv as well as zap2it for EPG. I recommend a hardware based encoder (I use Hauppage 350/150) for either.
Both of these fine products are easier to setup than MythTV or Freevo (I tried those too).
Actually, I've spent alot of time researching different PVR solutions and I've implemented most of them. $700 for a prebuilt working MythTV setup seems pretty reasonable to me. I built my own PVR with a nice case, multiple tuners (the aforementioned 350/150), and a dvd-+rw for a little less than $700. While MythTV is the obvious choice for most linux users, it is not the easiest software to install if you are new to things like Framebuffer devices, MySQL, LiRC, etc. I think having this prebuilt specifically for the hardware ready to go out of the box has some inherent value.
Remember, even with a prebuilt MythTV box, it is still a fully functional linux os. If you wanted to load up samba and share off the storage, you can. If you want to configure some MythTV front-end systems in different rooms, you can. If you want your MythTV box to run your DSL/CableModem, have a nice firewall, run a webserver, keep more SQL databases, YOU CAN. I doubt Tivo can offer you that kind of expandability or flexability.
http://www.magicitx.com/ has a prebuilt MythTV setup with a small form factor for about $700, with options for more memory, larger hard drive, and remote. It uses the universally accepted Hauppage PVR250 hardware encoder (I own a 350 and a 150 and they work with all freeware pvr software I've found). You will need an external infrared sender to work with digital cable or satellite receivers.
(I am not affiliated with magicitx in any way, just found a link to them on ebay.)
Here is an instance of the warez-monkies indirectly contributing something useful. PAR2 is essentially a RAID5 type data parity for files. Warezpups use it to add a layer of parity to their hundreds of RAR files (or whatever). If one (or more) RAR's go bad, the parity files can be used to reconstuct the bad file. Much like RAID5 however, there is a space sacrifice for this extra parity layer.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/parchive/
Its frequently used on USENET binaries groups now as well to solve the missing part problems.
I'm sure this exact strategy could be integrated into your backup solution with minimal effort.
Paying more than $3500.00 in legal fees is not entirely true. The letters sent out by DTV are letters threatening a lawsuit, not a lawsuit in and of themselves. Hiring an attorney to respond to the letter can convince them that suing you is not a good idea. There are numerous defenses one could argue, and each case has its own circumstances that can sway DTV's lawyers on whether or not its profitable for them to sue you. You can get an attorney to send a response for considerably less than $3500.00 and DTV might not even sue you based on this alone.
http://www.legal-rights.org is the best source of information if you are a target of a DTV tort letter or potentially sued by DTV.
DTV sent out thousands of letters asking for the end user to settle out of court for $3500.00. If you ignore the letter, DTV sues you for $10,000.00 and gets a default judgement if you ignore that. Your best bet is to educate yourself (legal-rights.org, excellent place to start) and consult an attorney. A list of experienced attorneys is listed at legal-rights.org who have specifically dealt with these cases.
Apparently you have never emailed their customer support. I emailed their customer support 3 weeks ago and besides the automated "read our website!" response, I have gotten no response from any actual customer service people at ATI. Thier telephone support is a 1-900 number as well. They don't seem to be very interested in actually helping their own customers at all.
All the answers to your questions have already been given on http://www.dvdrhelp.com. Not only do they detail which DVD players accept which formats, but tell you were to get the best deals on media, which formats work the best, and what dvd-r/w+r/w drives work the best.
I don't want to troll, but a simple google search would have easily answered all of your questions.
At least AOL has lawyers and money and might actually be able to do something here. It DOES cost them money not to mention the negative stigma of knowing if you ever sign up for an AOL account, your email will be prefilled with 1000 spams before you even log on the first time.
Its not that other ISP's don't do anything, they are just more concerned about shielding their customers from it rather than eliminating the source of it. My "Earthlink Spaminator" cuts my incoming spam flow by about half. Sure this doesn't solve the problem of spam, but for Earthlink, it shows the customer that they are at least trying to shield them from it.
Bears win Superbowl in '85, they suck for many years to follow, so make the most of it while you can. Talk smack, all day, all year, then hide in shame until you hear the name "Urlacher".
I recently moved from Michigan to Indiana and instead of presenting my previous state drivers license + 1 piece of other id (ss card) to transfer my license to a new state, now I have to provide 1. Birth Certificate (note, the STATE REGISTERED birth cert, not the hospital birth cert (previously, it didn't matter)), 2. Social Security Card (Mandatory), 3. Two pieces of ID proving place of residence (phonebill, electricity bill), 4. My previous Drivers License, 5. Two OTHER pieces of misc ID (passport, more proof of residence, whatever...)
http://www.in.gov/bmv/driverlicense/idreq.html
All in all, I can purchase semi-automatic weapons and their conversion kits to full automatic with less ID than it takes to transfer a state drivers license. And if you have ever been to the License Bureau in Indiana, the three day waiting period to get the guns is shorter than waiting in line at the BMV.
Get a complete set of the British Comedy "The Young Ones" available on VHS so you can see what happens while your at college and never go to class. Several of my buddies and I on my dorm floor loved these tapes and they get even funnier while drunk.
A copy of "Animal House".
A T-Shirt that just says "College" (ala Animal House).
Bottle Opener (for those tricky imports).
Condoms was already said, always an essential.
A Chainsaw. (Your needs may vary, I needed it.)
And the absolute most fun thing I had in college that didn't involve a member of the opposite sex directly was a Radio Scanner. (of course now days those pesky 900mhz/2.4ghz phones are all scrambled) Snoop onto Campus Security as they Snoop Onto you.
You cannot fairly compare the two films box office numbers unless you take into account that Spiderman opened on 1500 MORE screens than AOTC's did. Lucas put runtime restrictions (ie, if you open 4 screens with 4 copies, they have to run for 4 weeks) on copies so smaller theaters not wishing to commit 4 seperate screens for 4 weeks opted to only get 2 copies of the film. Spiderman had no such restrictions. I will admit that over time, this is less and less relavant, but it definately has an impact on first weekend revenues of which your entire piece is based on. Less movie availability == less revenue. I did a brief google search and found http://www.the-numbers.com and Spiderman is STILL showing on 700 MORE screens than AOTC.
Instead of basing an entire article on speculation on the hollywood movie industry why couldn't you have waited until September and gotten some solid facts after all the summertime 'blockbusters' had played out and written a more objective article instead of one based soley on market projections.
A college degree (no matter in what area) is almost a pre-requisite for the 'good' jobs. Think of it this way, if you are an Employer, and you are hiring for a Systems Admin Position, you have 2 candidates who you need to pick from with equal on the job experience, would you take someone with a college degree over someone without one? Don't get shut out of a possible job just because you don't have a degree.
College also has several other added benefits over typical 'job experience'. College not only teaches you job skills, it teaches you to be resourceful in finding answers you don't automatically know. Programming courses in college have proven invaluable to me as a system admin even though I don't do much programming. Understanding how programming languages work and the data structures involved are not a typical job requirement but end up helping you alot in the long run. One of the best classes I ever took was "Basic Compiler Design" which has absolutely no relevance to any job I ever held, however, it did teach me a commanding knowledge of C++ and advanced data structures. If anything, college teaches you how to research problems and solve them. The college I went to make a specific point in the compsci department of not teaching specific software packages/solutions. Their goal was to teach the student how to learn those specific skills on their own when needed. In hindsight I must say that at the time it made little sense, but now I realize it makes all the sense in the world as those skills come into play almost daily.
And unless you are already married or an introverted supernerd, why in hell would you pass up FOUR YEARS of endless dating/mating possibilities? GO TO COLLEGE JUST FOR THE GIRLS, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A MORE VARIED POTENTIAL DATING POOL IN YOUR LIFE (unless yer Hugh Hefner).
I have worked for a local ISD (Intermediate School District) for K12 and I had to deal with the same problem on a countywide basis. Your best bet is to bring the problem to the attention of your school principal or superintendant. What I did was firewall it all, lock everything down except outgoing WWW and Mail (and some other misc specicialized stuff) and as the complaints rolled in (and they will) I simply told them that if they can justify the need/use to the superintendant of the school and the superintendant authorized it, I'd be happy to reopen the service. The key is shifting the authority to re-open the service from you to the people in charge. I'd be willing to be you won't find one teacher who will ask his boss (the superintendant) to allow them to use a warez/porn/whatever P2P program.
Educate the superintendant on how those things are costing money, whether its lost productivity, money spent cleaning up the virus mess, whatever. Every K12 institution in the USA's main priority is MONEY (Education is an end, not means). I would also look into the laws governing content in K12 environment. I know in Michigan, there is a law called the Childrens Internet Protection Act which stated that all publicly accessed computers within the school must have content filtering enabled in order to qualify for several popular grants (a source of free money from the state). Explain that the lack of content filtering (this is pretty broad, you can extrapolate this to include P2P I'm sure) can jeopardize some serious grant money or prevent you from qualifying for it at all.
Last but not least, leave everything open the way it is and install some traffic logging. Anonymously log traffic going to www/porn/whatever and if possible, log the traffic lost to P2P and present that evidence to the Principal/Superintendant/SchoolBoard (School Board Meetings are public forums, you probably need to get on the agenda ahead of time however they have to let you speak) and show them the stats. Even if its "10% of all web traffic from this K12 school is to WWW Porn Sites, 20% is P2P filesharing with no educational benefit" and you have documentation for it, they will not ignore it. Always document everything and Cover Your Own Ass.
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IANAL, however, I used to work for Best Buy and the I can tell you their official response will be "The Ad posting Price $xxx.xx is a guarantee of price, not availability." If you had requested a RAIN CHECK (they are required to give you one unless the ad specifically states "No Rain Checks Available") and that product becomes available at a later date you will get the sale price. It definately skirts the line on Bait and Switch however it is legal.
Well, that is just semantics. Would a code fragment written for "Proof of Concept" be considered a 'virus'? IMHO, it doesn't become a 'virus' until its put 'into play' I guess.
How is posting potentially harmful virus code any different than posting OS vulnerabilities and exploits? If this were to become law, how long would it take a certain OS manufacturer to extrapolate that same concept to cover all 'malicious' code fragments that could be used to target their OS?
I don't like people who write viruses, I like getting them even less, however censoring the ability to post/review it is just another step in the slippery slope towards censorship of other things.
Its that kind of defeatist attitude that just keeps the cycle rolling. Politicians don't care what YOU have to say because they have already defeated you it seems.
Who is handled more? Those who sit back and preach about how evil government is and how much activism is simply wasted effort or those who at least try (however futile) to affect some actual change? Seems to me your handled with alot less effort by 'the man' than the activists.
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I used to swear by SageTV up and down. I was a very early adopter of this software and was promised "Free Upgrades" when I originally purchased it. Apparently "Free Upgrades" only applied until version 5.0+ was released, then it started costing money for every major revision.
It's still good software, however I have a problem with advertising "Free Upgrades" and then skipping out on that claim. I stopped using them on that alone. (Don't lecture me on how they need to get paid for their work, I get that. Don't advertise "free upgrades" if you aren't going to follow up with that claim.)
I have since moved to XBMC http://xbmc.org/ running on an ASRock ION 330 plugged straight into my home theater receiver and it plays 1080p pretty well, 720p flawlessly. The only drawback of XBMC is that it doesn't record (it was never meant to). Its playback capabilities are unmatched in my opinion (mplayer backend, if mplayer can play it, so can xbmc). It's crazy easy to install and use. I use the genuine Microsoft MCE usb remote control which is supported out of the box with no special LIRC knowledge.
I use MythTV with a Hauppage HD-PVR back end for video recording, and although I believe there is a MythTV FrontEnd addon for XBMC, I simply share my recordings directory via CIFS and let XBMC mount the share directly for playback. I like the seperate MythTV backend because I have two XBMC/ASRock installations and both can then read from the same source for playback in either room.
XBMC: Free (Please Donate, its really that awesome)
MythTV: Free (Please Donate, its really that awesome)
ASRock ION 330: About $350 on newegg
Hauppage HD-PVR: About $200 on newegg
Another poster already mentioned Media Portal (an excellent opensource choice for Windows) but there is also GB-PVR over at http://www.gbpvr.com/ which is also free to use however not open source. Its in active development with active forums and lots of plugins available. It supports xmltv as well as zap2it for EPG. I recommend a hardware based encoder (I use Hauppage 350/150) for either.
Both of these fine products are easier to setup than MythTV or Freevo (I tried those too).
Just another alternative to MCE.
Actually, I've spent alot of time researching different PVR solutions and I've implemented most of them. $700 for a prebuilt working MythTV setup seems pretty reasonable to me. I built my own PVR with a nice case, multiple tuners (the aforementioned 350/150), and a dvd-+rw for a little less than $700. While MythTV is the obvious choice for most linux users, it is not the easiest software to install if you are new to things like Framebuffer devices, MySQL, LiRC, etc. I think having this prebuilt specifically for the hardware ready to go out of the box has some inherent value.
Remember, even with a prebuilt MythTV box, it is still a fully functional linux os. If you wanted to load up samba and share off the storage, you can. If you want to configure some MythTV front-end systems in different rooms, you can. If you want your MythTV box to run your DSL/CableModem, have a nice firewall, run a webserver, keep more SQL databases, YOU CAN. I doubt Tivo can offer you that kind of expandability or flexability.
http://www.magicitx.com/ has a prebuilt MythTV setup with a small form factor for about $700, with options for more memory, larger hard drive, and remote. It uses the universally accepted Hauppage PVR250 hardware encoder (I own a 350 and a 150 and they work with all freeware pvr software I've found). You will need an external infrared sender to work with digital cable or satellite receivers.
(I am not affiliated with magicitx in any way, just found a link to them on ebay.)
Here is an instance of the warez-monkies indirectly contributing something useful. PAR2 is essentially a RAID5 type data parity for files. Warezpups use it to add a layer of parity to their hundreds of RAR files (or whatever). If one (or more) RAR's go bad, the parity files can be used to reconstuct the bad file. Much like RAID5 however, there is a space sacrifice for this extra parity layer.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/parchive/
Its frequently used on USENET binaries groups now as well to solve the missing part problems.
I'm sure this exact strategy could be integrated into your backup solution with minimal effort.
Actually, I if I remember correctly, it was a seperate window manager called "tvtwm" that had the virtual screens + pager.
I'm sure SCO's lawyers are going to be upset about this.
SCO's lawyers: "That wasn't part of the bargain!"
RBC: "We're altering the deal, pray we do not alter it further..."
Paying more than $3500.00 in legal fees is not entirely true. The letters sent out by DTV are letters threatening a lawsuit, not a lawsuit in and of themselves. Hiring an attorney to respond to the letter can convince them that suing you is not a good idea. There are numerous defenses one could argue, and each case has its own circumstances that can sway DTV's lawyers on whether or not its profitable for them to sue you. You can get an attorney to send a response for considerably less than $3500.00 and DTV might not even sue you based on this alone.
http://www.legal-rights.org is the best source of information if you are a target of a DTV tort letter or potentially sued by DTV.
DTV sent out thousands of letters asking for the end user to settle out of court for $3500.00. If you ignore the letter, DTV sues you for $10,000.00 and gets a default judgement if you ignore that. Your best bet is to educate yourself (legal-rights.org, excellent place to start) and consult an attorney. A list of experienced attorneys is listed at legal-rights.org who have specifically dealt with these cases.
Apparently you have never emailed their customer support. I emailed their customer support 3 weeks ago and besides the automated "read our website!" response, I have gotten no response from any actual customer service people at ATI. Thier telephone support is a 1-900 number as well. They don't seem to be very interested in actually helping their own customers at all.
All the answers to your questions have already been given on http://www.dvdrhelp.com. Not only do they detail which DVD players accept which formats, but tell you were to get the best deals on media, which formats work the best, and what dvd-r/w+r/w drives work the best.
I don't want to troll, but a simple google search would have easily answered all of your questions.
I am ashamed to call AOL my 800lbs Gorilla.
At least AOL has lawyers and money and might actually be able to do something here. It DOES cost them money not to mention the negative stigma of knowing if you ever sign up for an AOL account, your email will be prefilled with 1000 spams before you even log on the first time.
Its not that other ISP's don't do anything, they are just more concerned about shielding their customers from it rather than eliminating the source of it. My "Earthlink Spaminator" cuts my incoming spam flow by about half. Sure this doesn't solve the problem of spam, but for Earthlink, it shows the customer that they are at least trying to shield them from it.
Crack it once and turn them in on a FERPA violation.... (FERPA == Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/ferpa/)
I work in a Community College and everything we do with student online statistics and information has to follow FERPA security guidelines.
Bears win Superbowl in '85, they suck for many years to follow, so make the most of it while you can. Talk smack, all day, all year, then hide in shame until you hear the name "Urlacher".
I recently moved from Michigan to Indiana and instead of presenting my previous state drivers license + 1 piece of other id (ss card) to transfer my license to a new state, now I have to provide 1. Birth Certificate (note, the STATE REGISTERED birth cert, not the hospital birth cert (previously, it didn't matter)), 2. Social Security Card (Mandatory), 3. Two pieces of ID proving place of residence (phonebill, electricity bill), 4. My previous Drivers License, 5. Two OTHER pieces of misc ID (passport, more proof of residence, whatever...) http://www.in.gov/bmv/driverlicense/idreq.html All in all, I can purchase semi-automatic weapons and their conversion kits to full automatic with less ID than it takes to transfer a state drivers license. And if you have ever been to the License Bureau in Indiana, the three day waiting period to get the guns is shorter than waiting in line at the BMV.
Fill it full of maps to Taco Bell. Its the favorite lan party chow around here cuz its open 24/7.
Get a complete set of the British Comedy "The Young Ones" available on VHS so you can see what happens while your at college and never go to class. Several of my buddies and I on my dorm floor loved these tapes and they get even funnier while drunk.
A copy of "Animal House".
A T-Shirt that just says "College" (ala Animal House).
Bottle Opener (for those tricky imports).
Condoms was already said, always an essential.
A Chainsaw. (Your needs may vary, I needed it.)
And the absolute most fun thing I had in college that didn't involve a member of the opposite sex directly was a Radio Scanner. (of course now days those pesky 900mhz/2.4ghz phones are all scrambled) Snoop onto Campus Security as they Snoop Onto you.
You cannot fairly compare the two films box office numbers unless you take into account that Spiderman opened on 1500 MORE screens than AOTC's did. Lucas put runtime restrictions (ie, if you open 4 screens with 4 copies, they have to run for 4 weeks) on copies so smaller theaters not wishing to commit 4 seperate screens for 4 weeks opted to only get 2 copies of the film. Spiderman had no such restrictions. I will admit that over time, this is less and less relavant, but it definately has an impact on first weekend revenues of which your entire piece is based on.
Less movie availability == less revenue.
I did a brief google search and found http://www.the-numbers.com and Spiderman is STILL showing on 700 MORE screens than AOTC.
Instead of basing an entire article on speculation on the hollywood movie industry why couldn't you have waited until September and gotten some solid facts after all the summertime 'blockbusters' had played out and written a more objective article instead of one based soley on market projections.
A college degree (no matter in what area) is almost a pre-requisite for the 'good' jobs. Think of it this way, if you are an Employer, and you are hiring for a Systems Admin Position, you have 2 candidates who you need to pick from with equal on the job experience, would you take someone with a college degree over someone without one? Don't get shut out of a possible job just because you don't have a degree.
College also has several other added benefits over typical 'job experience'. College not only teaches you job skills, it teaches you to be resourceful in finding answers you don't automatically know. Programming courses in college have proven invaluable to me as a system admin even though I don't do much programming. Understanding how programming languages work and the data structures involved are not a typical job requirement but end up helping you alot in the long run. One of the best classes I ever took was "Basic Compiler Design" which has absolutely no relevance to any job I ever held, however, it did teach me a commanding knowledge of C++ and advanced data structures. If anything, college teaches you how to research problems and solve them. The college I went to make a specific point in the compsci department of not teaching specific software packages/solutions. Their goal was to teach the student how to learn those specific skills on their own when needed. In hindsight I must say that at the time it made little sense, but now I realize it makes all the sense in the world as those skills come into play almost daily.
And unless you are already married or an introverted supernerd, why in hell would you pass up FOUR YEARS of endless dating/mating possibilities? GO TO COLLEGE JUST FOR THE GIRLS, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A MORE VARIED POTENTIAL DATING POOL IN YOUR LIFE (unless yer Hugh Hefner).
I have worked for a local ISD (Intermediate School District) for K12 and I had to deal with the same problem on a countywide basis. Your best bet is to bring the problem to the attention of your school principal or superintendant. What I did was firewall it all, lock everything down except outgoing WWW and Mail (and some other misc specicialized stuff) and as the complaints rolled in (and they will) I simply told them that if they can justify the need/use to the superintendant of the school and the superintendant authorized it, I'd be happy to reopen the service. The key is shifting the authority to re-open the service from you to the people in charge. I'd be willing to be you won't find one teacher who will ask his boss (the superintendant) to allow them to use a warez/porn/whatever P2P program.
Educate the superintendant on how those things are costing money, whether its lost productivity, money spent cleaning up the virus mess, whatever. Every K12 institution in the USA's main priority is MONEY (Education is an end, not means). I would also look into the laws governing content in K12 environment. I know in Michigan, there is a law called the Childrens Internet Protection Act which stated that all publicly accessed computers within the school must have content filtering enabled in order to qualify for several popular grants (a source of free money from the state). Explain that the lack of content filtering (this is pretty broad, you can extrapolate this to include P2P I'm sure) can jeopardize some serious grant money or prevent you from qualifying for it at all.
Last but not least, leave everything open the way it is and install some traffic logging. Anonymously log traffic going to www/porn/whatever and if possible, log the traffic lost to P2P and present that evidence to the Principal/Superintendant/SchoolBoard (School Board Meetings are public forums, you probably need to get on the agenda ahead of time however they have to let you speak) and show them the stats. Even if its "10% of all web traffic from this K12 school is to WWW Porn Sites, 20% is P2P filesharing with no educational benefit" and you have documentation for it, they will not ignore it. Always document everything and Cover Your Own Ass.
IANAL, however, I used to work for Best Buy and the I can tell you their official response will be "The Ad posting Price $xxx.xx is a guarantee of price, not availability." If you had requested a RAIN CHECK (they are required to give you one unless the ad specifically states "No Rain Checks Available") and that product becomes available at a later date you will get the sale price. It definately skirts the line on Bait and Switch however it is legal.
Well, that is just semantics. Would a code fragment written for "Proof of Concept" be considered a 'virus'? IMHO, it doesn't become a 'virus' until its put 'into play' I guess.
How is posting potentially harmful virus code any different than posting OS vulnerabilities and exploits? If this were to become law, how long would it take a certain OS manufacturer to extrapolate that same concept to cover all 'malicious' code fragments that could be used to target their OS?
I don't like people who write viruses, I like getting them even less, however censoring the ability to post/review it is just another step in the slippery slope towards censorship of other things.
Its that kind of defeatist attitude that just keeps the cycle rolling. Politicians don't care what YOU have to say because they have already defeated you it seems.
Who is handled more? Those who sit back and preach about how evil government is and how much activism is simply wasted effort or those who at least try (however futile) to affect some actual change? Seems to me your handled with alot less effort by 'the man' than the activists.
Its good to see that at least someone is listening to the users instead of the PAC money.