It sounds funny, but quite possibly the most cost-effective solution. I once needed to convert some documents from an old StarOffice format to an XML-based DocBook format. I looked into pulling them into OpenOffice and saving them as ODF, then writing a conversion program. Then I looked into having it outsourced. It would have actually been cheaper to have somebody in India re-type the entire 700 page document in the new format than spend my own labor writing a conversion program.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press, not of journalists. At the time it was written, "the press" meant "the printing press", not "people who write". So it means that people have the right to publish their ideas. It does not mean that certain people have the right to publish their ideas. So defining "journalist" should have no affect on First Amendment freedoms.

Of course, if judges are too stupid or corrupt to realize this, then we're all screwed.

I was going to say something similar. Perhaps when we start seeing the costs, we'll start working on the problem. Hopefully it won't be too late by then.

I don't understand why the environmentally-minded folks don't try to talk more about the costs. Basically, speak in a language that Conservatives/Republicans can understand, to get them to take actions in their own interest.

The way I like to put it is this: Imagine 9 out of 10 doctors tell you that you're going to die unless you take some specific actions. Most likely, you'd take those actions, to preserve your future self-interests. Now imagine 9 out of 10 experts on the climate tell you that if you don't stop/reverse global warming by taking some specific steps, you're going to have to spend trillions of dollars to protect or rebuild coastal cities, as well as severe weather situations away from the coast. If you're rational, you'd most likely take those actions, to preserve your future self-interests.

Luckily, if they're just counting web bandwidth, we can just use other protocols, or tunnel through other protocols.

Duh! The Internet is not equivalent to the Web. Especially since BitTorrent takes up a large part of the bandwidth used these days. (And perhaps video/audio streaming protocols, but I'm not sure if those are primarily HTTP-based or using other protocols (RTSP, RTP, etc.) these days.)

Next time you send them an email or letter, be sure to CC your Attorney General.

I'm not quite sure how that meets their mission:

Then again, I'm not sure how much of what they do furthers their mission. It would seem that most of the things they do actually restrict freedom of movement.

The Internet has provided an excellent medium for freely expressing different viewpoints. But governments and businesses are increasingly threatened by such freedoms, and doing a lot to suppress them. How do you see this playing out, and how can we ensure that we keep such freedoms?

Obscure references FTW!

And how, exactly, is the KKK not a terrorist organization? They've actually been known to -- get this -- terrorize black people. They've bombed houses and churches, lynched people, and burned crosses in people's yards to scare them.

I'm also a big Roundcube fan, and use it on several sites. The nice thing about it is that you can just point it at an IMAP server, and it uses the IMAP server for authentication. It's quite easy to set up, and the GUI is a lot nicer than other competitors, like SquirrelMail.

Zimbra is nice too, but seems to lock you into a full stack of software. (There have been promises of a stand-alone version, but I've never been able to find it.) That might be the right answer for the original poster, but I found it too limiting and inflexible for my needs.