Perhaps you could quote that thing. Cause I read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law and it says nothing even remotely like that.

one will break your legs to repay a debt. One will just make you a little poorer.

just fyi, its beetlejuice in the comic, but the star is name betelgeuse

Actually they're not even dolls, since they're bolted to plates. They're sculptures that look like robots. One might even go as far as saying they're not even that - since these sculptures fulfill no purpose or explain nothing insofar as they are aesthetic. Their back stories are not relevant or discernible from their form. They're just pretty, if that.

conversely, why do you post as an AC, but chide others on post histories?

No, they issued it for Verizon. You seem to think you own your own metadata. You don't. Verizon does. It is Verizon's information. All they needed was one warrant.

I believe they were. The metadata here is what they wanted, metadata that is generated automatically. Therefore the data isn't yours or mine, its Verizon's. All they needed was a court order saying that that metadata was necessary for the ongoing investigation into acts of terrorism, and bam, you have probable cause. Its not a fishing expedition, because they are asking for a specific item from Verizon. The only part that worries me about this is how they'be gamed the system to get authorization to do it. But I believe their actions are legal.

They had a warrant to search and seize. That's what made it legal.

another reason movie theaters lose to piracy.

how is talking on a cell phone any different from talking to the guy next to you while the movie is running? You can always leave if you don't like it. No one is forcing you to stay with us plebs.

tbh I don't give a fuck about people texting in movies anymore.

faraday cage built into the frame of the car. Simple.

how is that any different from whats happening right now? At least this way the studios get the benefit of first release WITH ads. Offer the show as a download for a dollar. Its the age of microtransactions, they need to get with the times.

I don't know why they don't just release the shows themselves over a tracker and have the ads spliced into the shows. Just like normal TV. They can put some superseeders behind it on 100mbits and everyone gets what they want. Its the fact that they're still clinging to traditional media that's killing them. Its like they don't even realize there is a cheaper, better way.

Because nerds like politics too?