Bring back Heroes, NBC! But instead of the characters being super heroes, have them be a family of land developers. And instead of having it be an hour-long drama, have it be a half-hour comedy.  And have it be narrated by Ron Howard. And have a running plotline of a moderate to high treason criminal case against the…

The spelling and grammar errors were intentional? No, I didn't realize that. Nor am I new around here. And you, and, if your implications are correct, O'Neal, are the ones being assholes here. If you don't want people pointing out your grammatical errors, don't get a job writing. And if you're going to ask your…

1. Are you under the impression that I am, as you put it, a "Shruggalo"?
2.It is the writing, not the reading, that is the problem.

It would be bit funny if Ted never learns it. Like the Dolores episode of Seinfeld, except over an entire lifetime.

That's actually a misnomer; Koala "bears" aren't really bears. They're actually dolphins.

"And indeed, what better way to ensure the production of your marketing message about the dangers of moochers—those who would demand others’ earnings by positioning themselves morally against, and expressing their resentment of, those producers whose work upon whom they bitterly depend—then by asking for money to help…

Dumping a bunch of non-nefarious stuff does change things. Most of Enron's accounting shenanigans were disclosed in publicly available documents that were there for anyone who was interested in knowing about it, long before the company collapsed. Simply making something "available" is not the same as exposing it. The…

The public can be really silly. Like how millions of people paid money to watch all those Harry Potter movies, when you can read the books for free at the library. Suck it, J.K Rowlings! You're not getting any of my money!

And buried them in a mountain of non-nefarious secrets.

So the US didn't actually lie about it, they just weren't forthcoming. And they did it with the consent of the local government, making "bombing a nation" rather inaccurate.

The leaks also meant that diplomats are now going to be less willing to be candid about their thoughts. I don't like the idea that from now, diplomats are going to speak elliptically about thinking that Putin is a jerk, etc, even when talking to their own staff. If WikiLeaks had existed in the 60s, would Kennedy have…

Isn't every email just one page? It just keeps scrolling down.

And saying that they have an "app" is just abusing buzzwords. The uploading the picture part of their business is hardly novel, and the printing out the picture on a postcard and sending it isn't software.

I'm also curious as to how many pitches don't get on the air.

Cuban also does that "play clock" thing, which kinda defeats the whole premise of the show, which is that they're supposed to be negotiating.

There have been a few people on Shark Tank who were complete cranks, like that guy who claimed that he could extract energy from the ocean and filter gold out of the water, because Coriolis force.

I wasn't sure whether to put the whole algorithm in my initial post; I figured it would be better to focus on how to enter than on what I would be doing and save the details for a later post. Basically, it's a simultaneous auction, with each value assignment being a bid.
My plan is to have each team have an average of…

I was rooting for the ketchup bottle.

As I watched her standing with her mouth open letting glitter fall into her mouth like snowflakes, I was thinking "This isn't a good idea, is it? Are they using some sort of special edible confetti or something?" and then "Nope. I guess not."

It occurs to me that if the contestants are smart, and can coordinate between tribes, we could be in for some really boring television. Suppose we get to the tribes being 7-7, and there are still four intact pairs. They can run the game and guarantee themselves F8 by just voting out everyone else, and throwing…