[NCLUG] MythTV Questions

[Brian Wood]

DJ Eshelman wrote:
> Oh, come now, if we can trust them with our health care, surely we can 
> trust them for that!
> 
> (hope you catch my humor there...)

Perhaps *my* intended humor was too subtle.
> 
> What I'm saying is that I do think certain types of systems such as 
> common broadcasting need to be regulated for the greater good of the 
> people.  I don't want the government monitoring what I watch, but strong 
> signals that carry hundreds of miles and can interfere with each other 
> simply must be regulated or there will be a type of electronic anarchy.  
> There's a fine line between Liberty and Anarchy, and universalism is 
> that danger zone... but I'm gonna tap out there.

Certainly some form of regulation is required, but I am not convinced 
that the government is the only entity that can do that. Frequency 
coordination is increasingly being left to the users of the spectrum, see:

http://www.sbe15.com/freq2.htm

Users pretty much take care of coordinating the use of two-way and 
microwave spectrum, and most agree it is working better than when the 
gov't ruled it with an iron fist.

beww