[NCLUG] MythTV Questions

[Brian Wood]

Paul Hummer wrote:
> 
>>> That's exactly what I was going to say.  I just think of what it 
>>> would be like if I had kids, they turned on what they thought would 
>>> be teletubbies and turn out to be the copy of "Bad Girls 8" that my 
>>> college-kid neighbor was retransmitting to the world over the same 
>>> channel...  I'd probably be a little upset.  Some of these laws just 
>>> help everyone get along; they're not perfect but without them we'd be 
>>> hurting.
>>
>> I'm not sure trusting the government to take over the job of 
>> monitoring what your children watch is a great idea.
> I definitely don't want the government having anything to do with the 
> morality of my children.  However, the very root of this country is 
> based of "freedom as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's 
> freedom."  Whether that's actually being practiced now is off-topic, but 
> someone needs to step in and sort out frequencies.  My example of 
> everything talking on the same frequency is a perfect one.  I can only 
> imagine what would happen to LP Broadband's business if I started a cell 
> phone company on the 5.2GHz frequency range.  The government seems as a 
> good a group as any.  I certainly wouldn't want AT&T or Verizon doing it 
> (although I'm sure someone thinks they are...).

I'm a little vague on precisely what the difference is between the 
government and Verizon or AT&T.

A bill that gives these outfits *retroactive* immunity from violation of 
federal law?

I learned in school that "ex post facto" was illegal in and of itself.

beww