One of the theme parks I go to often has had free sun-lotion and soft drinks for about 15 years. It prevents problems. Less people getting sunstroke or dehydrated is less work for your hospitals and emergency staff. You can also recoup the costs when more people visit your area and use your hotels.

There is a large difference between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy at 20. Most of our advancements in the last 100 years have been in preventing premature death of babies and children. People who survived childhood lived long enough to get cancer. Wikipedia:

Now the above is noble men. But look at that date. 1550. People were living to 71 in 1550. That is only about 10 years below what we have in the USA.

These lawsuits could be considered promotion for the movie. I didn't know about this movie till this story came out.

This guy is not washing his cloths. He is wearing them till they are dirty. Then he donates them unwashed somewhere. (I assume he tosses his underwear, or wears diapers)

Media doesn't want people switching because then they have to spend money on G+. They already spent marketing dollars on Facebook. Why would they want to waste that investment?

France should just socialize the indexing of web content from their ip ranges. They should make it illegal to index the range. Then sell the index to search providers. (with a limited license that they can revoke)

DMCA is a result of a treaty between the USA and Germany. A treaty that was approved by both elected governments. France should push for a global censorship treaty if they want to effect American search results.

lol I didn't learn that process till I ruined a computer turning it off with the power switch on the back.

It is prior restraint on speech. This is generally unconstitutional.

It isn't just consumer-grade gear that has it. I worked at a copy shop 10 years ago and the color copier could detect money.

They would of been better off adding an adjective in front of the 8 planets that clear their orbits. Primary Planets or some such.

I'm not going to knock it till I try it. I have watched people at work before and learned little things.

publish == broadcast. In the USA publishing a work grants you copyright. You have copyright over what you publish on Twitch (assuming it not derivative work) Everything written on the internet is copyrighted. Including this comment. Fair Use exemptions and the terms of use you agreed to when you clicked Submit is why you have a license to read comments. Terms of use is why you can view content on Twitch. But the copyright still exists. You can't take someone Twitch content and then sell it.

It has been true prior to the invention of the internet. Businesses have been keeping personal data on customers for thousands of years. That data is always part of the sale of the company. Companies buy each other to get the other companies customers. You can't purchase customers without transferring customer data. Management of a company can change at any time. So even if the name on the site doesn't change your data may wind up in the hands of new people.

They should start small and do a condom that is also a pregnancy test.