That is exactly what I did...Watched a few brief minutes of a poorly pirated copy, got a good laugh and decided it was worth seeing. I dragged my retired parents along for a lark and we all 3 loved it. Without seeing that few minutes of the pirated copy I never would have convinced the parents to see it so actually the pirated version GENERATED 2 more paid theater views.

Why aren't the complaints being directed at the true source of the pollution ? The electricity provider which is busy pointing the finger at as many strawmen as they can find, to try and hide the fact that they are still producing their product using technology developed in the late 1800's and early 1900's because it is soooo much cheaper.

That my friend was happening in the first 6 months of Slashdot's life. The real question is which came first, the slashdot, or the slashbot ?
Any site which echo's the news is going to be a lot of crap, but slashdot had, and still has a slice of originality, and more basically a kernel of a community, pun intended...

Explain it the same way you would to upper management, in small words and with color filled graphs and useless spreadsheets.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

things have changed, the net is now a noisy place, but there is still value in /.

Believe me the decline is nothing new...
Witnessing the rise in noise to signal ratio for quite a while.

As long as I can continue to use my beloved Skype without touching that pariah called Facebook I don't care what they do together. The first time they require a Facebook login or some such nonsense will be the end of my long and mutually profitable venture with Skype.

So the passengers in a vehicle would also be restricted ? I find a flaw in your logic, in the belief that the laws were passed for safety at all, instead of as a way to generate more profit for cities, and as a political grandstanding move by those seeking publicity and re-election.

go after F-u-c-kbook, I get spammed by them constantly

Well not owning, using or having access to any of said 'Hip' devices I guess I am just totally uncool and behind the times with the 'proper' apple spellings. Did you NOT know what I meant or were you just flexing your pedantic muscles ?