I was given a "repair project" by a co-worker, I think in 1994, or thereabouts. His son had loaded Linux on a ThinkPad laptop and this co-worker wanted it removed. I had no idea what it was but I was made very curious by what I saw. Later, I found a couple of books, one on RedHat and one on Slackware, and dug in. The Slackware book was Volkerding's brand new "Linux: Configuration and Installation." It was very accurate and concise. When I saw what I could accomplish with a PC without licensing an OS from "some other company" I was hooked. Every PC I built from then on was $100 less expensive and 100x more effective, because of Patrick. I still owe him.

For myself, I have found that the incumbent judges are marked on my ballot as incumbents. I have yet to stand in a court, in front of a judge I thought was worth his weight in attitude. So, I vote for new judges, at all levels. When the system changes, so will my vote.