The database from the phone is stored in the backup of the phone on your desktop, the database on the phone is inaccessible to software on the phone. Hence it requires a desktop application in order to access the database.

Or they could ask the cell phone companies for the exact same information that is stored in the phone (as they are keeping that same information on their servers).

See above. The database of locations is not software accessible on the phone, only in the unencrypted backups on a regular computer. It's not an issue for me because I chose to encrypt the backups by clicking the check box.

You're right, they would have to pay a PI. Or they could put a tracking device on you. Or they could ask the cell phone company for the exact same data that is on the phone. If the government or someone with with sufficient resources wants to track you - they're probably gonna be able to track you.

I believe you are SERIOUSLY misinformed about exactly what this database is and where it is accessible

1) Any app as in any DESKTOP application on your mac that you willfully install knowing it may do this and provided your backups aren't encrypted. iFarmville (assuming the i means it's for iOS) CANNOT access this database, ever.
2) Your phone is not pre-tapped, the database cannot be accessed on the phone without hacking/jailbreaking. Further, law enforcement would have a much easier time getting the location from the cell phone companies which can give them REAL TIME data.
3) You could give me a desktop app that does this, provided I don't have my backups encrypted. You could give me an iPhone app that does this, but it will tell me that it's tracking me.
4) This would be no different from someone being hired to follow you, they can draw the same (incorrect) inferences about your habits.

The softball is similar in that it's not a Pro-Sport (which is what I believe is being talked about when they say e-Sport, a competition where there's money involved and people pay to watch it) when the players are drinking beer.

With the following activities, I think it's likely you enjoyed them largely due to the company (i.e. you wouldn't be doing them by yourself for entertainment, or if you did it would be greatly diminished): bowling, dancing, playing darts

The other activities (riding my bike, doing martial arts, riding a horse, skiing, snowboarding) I thing you find fun because they're physically engaging and/or allow you to explore the (actual) world (which is something an eSport can't do - if it could, it'd be a physical sport instead of an eSport).

Side note: I'm in no way arguing SC2 is better than SC1 (or vice versa), I was merely arguing because it's fun

I've never once heard anyone use the term for anything other than a male receiving oral sex. The dictionary definition says it's an act of "fellatio" which is defined as oral stimulation of the penis.

I think you'd have some lesbians that would argue that's not true...

That's too slippery of a slope for them, though. If they're able to charge by weight of the vehicle, then why not by the weight of what's in the vehicle - and they don't want to be in a situation where they're charging people for being obese.

The original iPhone used considerably more battery power during normal use than the 3g. 4.0 could have easily overwhelmed it and made it essentially unusable unless you could charge multiple times a day.

Any parent that knows their child is a dimwit, as the comments were then obviously about their child. Then the child can sue the parents for admitting he/she is a dimwit in a public forum.

Accelerometer in MobileSafari - http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/safari-ios-accelerometer-websockets-html5
GPS in MobileSafari - http://blog.bemoko.com/2009/06/17/iphone-30-geolocation-javascript-api/
Multi Touch Gestures in MobileSafari - http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/07/10/touching-and-gesturing-on-the-iphone/
Sound in MobileSafari - http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/

Please do some research before saying what can and can't be done.

sic 2 (also sick) verb ( sicced, siccing or sicked , sicking ) [ trans. ] ( sic something on) set a dog or other animal on (someone or something) : the plan was to surprise the heck out of the grizzly by sicking the dog on him. ( sic someone on) informal set someone to pursue, keep watch on, or accompany (another).

Malware could easily slip through unnoticed. The quick scan of the binary that Apple does detects what is linked against and if they link to anything that allows them to leave the sandbox or do anything other than use the Apple sanctioned APIs then it's detected and not approved. Thus what the malware could do is significantly limited. Tethering isn't actually doing anything malicious (what that app did was actually make a web proxy that could be accessed and used, all with available and approved APIs) and is actually not allowed for contractual reasons with the carriers. Similarly it would be entirely possible to sneak a link to a pornography site in an application, despite pornography not being allowed.

You said they have a review process to catch apps that are infringing on copyright. They do not. They have never stated that the review is meant to be a copyright check. They have a review process for the sole purpose of determining if an app is of suitable quality.

Additionally they have a contract with developers that states the developer will not submit content they do not own the license for and that said developer will incur all costs associated with anything that happens to Apple as a result of the application (section 11 of the contract) and that by submitting an application you are stating to Apple that everything is legit and has no reason to suspect anything illegal is transpiring.

Again - these are two separate things. They do not have a review process to prevent copyright infringement.

Dense or not, you're conflating rules on the developer with rules the app must follow. The review checks the app is within the rules for the apps (i.e. what's in the App Store Review Guidelines). The rule on "must have the rights to distribute everything submitted" is on being in the developer program (i.e. the Developer Program License Agreement).