That was a joke in reference to venues getting squeezed. Yes, studios and distributors never succeeded in getting a share of concessions, but they have tried, and by all accounts it's miserable to be in the venue business compared to the studios/distributors business.

FYI, it's also a bad idea to throw "conspiracy theory" around to describe garden-variety private profit maximizing schemes. Reserve it for grand conspiracy theories, those that would actually require superhuman levels of coordination and secrecy. You'll regret your rhetorical huffing and puffing in defense of Hollywood when actual grand conspiracy theories take hold of society and fuck up things for you personally.

You mean the theater gets to keep 5% of the popcorn sales?

That's a point in favor of their humanity, technically.

Turn off anonymous cowardice before complaining that people won't debate you, you two.

I recall an explanation of charge separation in clouds when waterdrops would form a thin layer of ice which would shatter in tiny pieces. This would leave a charged waterdrop behind. The ice fragments and the waterdrop would move at very different speeds and this would lead to separation of charge.

I wonder if those water drops have the right charge for corrosion.

Don't give them ideas!

it is about how you read the data.If you make things safer people make the calculation they can relax a bit more and be distracted. if you have lane assist you can pay less attention to your lane and a bit more to your smartphone.

In a way a lot of the modern safety gadgets are 'multitasking assistance' that allow you to think about other things.

Propaganda is always easier when you're armed with a bloody good point. So try to not let the enemy have those.

it is possible to calculate the total amount of radiation she was exposed to, and to map that to tables that link radiation exposure to risk of cancer and death.

The tables can probably be challenged - I recall indications that the risks of long term low intensity exposure were overrated. But regardless of that, there will be a question of 'how high does the number for risk of getting cancer have to be before the judge decides the state has to pay compensation?

At least my AI girlfriend has real boobs,

Why are all the posters making this comment downvoted as troll? The part about the roundups is getting ahead of itself but I think the part where everyone is made permanently identifiable on the web in order to control them should be central t the discussion

It has happened under both.

but it isn't.

I suppose they want some combination of acquiring a broad skillset and showing it off. Just these robot games already have dozens of competitions going on.
And do they want robots that can run fast? I think so . As a kid I already imagined all terrain walking machines that could move real fast.