And hitting sixes after the bounce is par for the course

They have stricter length requirements over there (for legal and practical reasons), so you probably won't see long-noses over there. And without those length restrictions, there's not much reason to go short-nose.

No, you still have those issues in single elim. I was once in a tournament where I faced the number one seed a round later than someone seeded four spots ahead of me (seed 9 vs 13), which meant I lost in the semis and not the quarters. Granted, I had to beat the 5 and then the 4 seed to get there, but I was probably…

The stock market is "what people think a some miniscule fraction of ownership in a company is worth," which doesn't necessarily correlate to anything in reality. I'm sure you can find plenty of penny stocks with more assets than the worth of all of their shares, and companies like Apple and Google are likely worth way…

I'm not quite fluent enough in the stock market to know for sure, but my gut feeling ranges from "maybe" to "hahahahahahaha"

I should have also added a "convince the board to let you buy" premium on top of that. Which would include, as Porkchops before you mentioned, the company's existing physical and liquid assets.

I think we all know that the stock market isn't always directly correlated with reality.

You've gotta buy up all (or, at least, a majority) the shares of the company on the market. So that $75b is probably "# of shares needed x share price x some premium to make shareholders sell".

There's a trampoline center near me, and they have a dodgeball court set up. Similar to that. The interesting thing is that at the start, you put the balls on the top of the sloped trampolines, and everyone starts in the middle, so you have to scramble up to get a ball. Turns out trampoline material doesn't have much…

I'm really miffed that England dropped that lighter blue ODI kit for the darker World Cup blue. Absolutely gorgeous color. And their T20 red-orange is great, too.

In some senses, they're two technologies aimed at different markets and applications. You may not be able to envision multiple hydrogen stations on every corner like you see gas stations these days, but you could more easily see a few stations lined up along major travel routes. Joe Everyman could live his life…

Incorrect. If more boring people made bold color choices like that Seahawks helmet, the world would be a better place. See: Chelsea and Arsenal's away colors, and South Africa Cricket's Pink Day kit.

Yes, the reason all of my possible internet providers suck balls is because the government allows them to essentially have a legal monopoly, thus avoiding the actual free market.

TPMS saved me a lost tire on a highway when it told me I was losing pressure before I lost it entirely.

Yes, because the market has done such a good job with internet speeds in this country.

I think high beltlines are at least partially due to side-impact protection, which I can't really complain about.

The ASUS' 27" bigger brother (forget the model#) is pretty great, too, at $250. I've had one for couple of years now, and if I ever pull the trigger on going triple monitor, I'll be buying two more.

I guess what's-his-face was worn out by the other four goals; I don't think I've heard him superlavate a goal so subdued.

As much as I hate to be the nitpicker, tests are two innings and five days, and ODIs only span multiple days if you absolutely have to have a result and you absolutely cannot do it in one days. There are methods to shorten an ODI if weather gets in the way, so it's only a very extreme case that you have to use a…

Actual paint is only a small fraction of that. The solvent (probably oil, not water), evaporates away as it dries.