And that's it exactly. The stingray is basically a wireless phone tap without the pesky need to go through the phone company to do it and therefore no need to goto a judge for a warrant or even an NSL letter.

Right now they can tap anyone they want whenever they want with no oversight whatsoever. They don't want this brought before a court as this would reveal their (probably illegal) parallel construction schemes. So it shouldn't be a surprise they'd rather throughout a case than have it brought up for review.

Until we have fist fights on the floor of congress we aren't even first in this area.

They already have strains that are resistant to one of the major diseases, unfortunately they produce a poor tasting product.

For one thing most manufacturers outsource rebate promotions to a 3rd party. These 3rd parties don't want to make rebates easier for you to claim as that means less profit for them.

So instead of prosecuting those who break the law, lets make everyone's lives that much harder?

Why would you need a certificate? Just use a drivers license. I don't see them issuing $75 annual bartender licenses so proof of age is just BS. It's just a hoop to make the dancers lives that much harder for doing a job someone considers a sin.

This is exactly what Warren Buffet does and why his secretary pays more in taxes than he does.

Reaction time is not the same as decision time. Shocker.

They already did

This is the big problem here. ISP's want to treat this traffic as though it was transit traffic when it's not. As far as level 3 goes these networks are the destination as it's their customers requesting the traffic. It's like a doorman charging the pizza delivery guy for the privilege of entering the building to delver a pizza.

Not really. The last mile infrastructure could owned by the municipality, isp's then compete with each other to offer services over it.

Sigh. You really expect people to remember a phrase that changes every 90 days?

Not that movie again!

Sadly things might have turned out a little better there if had taken power.

The same thing it's been telling people for decades. While it may be "cool" and ok to be a geek, you're still basically a social outcast to the rest of the world.