Isn't GI Joe made by Hasbro?

My recommendation would be to try several different distros in virtual machines until you come across one you like, then do a clean install (or a v2p if you're well versed in virtualization). Even after picking a primary distro, you'll probably want to keep a couple of vm's with different Linux flavors around in case you apply for a job where they use a different distro from what you're running at home.

No Redboxes in your area? Here, they're more common than Starbucks.

Association, American, Canadian, Gaelic or rugby?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2012/11/16/next-twinkie-maker-will-a-mexican-billionaire-family-buy-hostess-orphaned-brands/

If not them, then someone else will buy those brands.

At least in the US, the primary food being advertised has to be real, however there are still loopholes (e.g., in a cereal ad the cereal has to be real, but the "milk" can be glue or paste). Reference: http://www.pixiq.com/article/food-photo-tricks

http://www.theonion.com/articles/july-21-1969,10515/

Response: "The photos that the defendant automatically copied to (insert webhost/cloudhost here)"

Icarus crashed, not Daedalus.

It's not illegal to rip movies you already own (fair use). However, most tools to do so have been deemed illegal (in the US anyway).

Source (may be outdated): http://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/technology/articles/2009/09/30/is-it-legal-to-copy-a-dvd

I already have that - the Asus Transformer Prime.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture
It's hard to tell from the wikipedia entry if the breakup had anything to do with this system not taking off.

A bit of pedantism - there's no such thing as an ex-Marine. They are "retired" or "former" Marines, never ex.

According to this article, it costs $201.70 to make a Kindle Fire (only $2.70 more than the MSRP). I would think the plan is to entice people to purchase Amazon content for use on the Kindle Fire.

Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_and_blades_business_model

Why not use UTC & let everyone figure out their own local time?