30 years is a long time for stealing some porn. Although the person who did this should suffer some penalty for manufacturing stuff to 'steal' DirecTV service, the possible punishment (30 years and $2.75 million) is too great. Hopefully the actual sentence will be less.
In other news, if you haven't already heard about the travesty of the new voting machines, you should check it out here. Or watch this flash animation.
Realy good article on Diebol is also here http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harris/index1.html
Phil