If they'll do it to the cast of ST:TNG, they'll do it to anyone.

You lost me. What is free in this case? Customers are paying massive fees for lousy service -- please explain where the free is.

Note: this is not about the Comcast-advertisers relationship. But if it was, it is safe to say advertisers are not happy with Comcast.

To sum up, no one is getting anything for free in this case, and no one is happy (except Comcast, because they are a monopoly provider in the markets they dbi). So this is a monopoly issue, not a "sucker, you're the product" issue.

How much did this movie cost?

Might it be one of the most expensive movies ever?

How is it worth what it cost?

How do we determine how much to spend on stuff with little or no payback?

Article says ozone-depleting, and tries to blame a single thing. Wiki thinks otherwise -- Chlorofluorocarbons "deplete the ozone" (first paragraph).

so that all cars are driving at roughly the same speed

How does one pass when, on an n lane road, the cars in all n lanes are going exactly the same speed and are holding level with each other?

I wasn't sure if your "seriously?" was a question, or a critique. Anyway, "no" to the second question.

The notion that podcasting is dead is quite humorous. Brings to mind the "email is dead" articles.

My favorite Bill Burr webcasts are when it is just him. Yes, he jams in two big bunches of ads, but a few clicks is all it takes to skip them.

I think the point is that things change. TV channels change (usually getting worse). Podcasts change, usually by adding disruptive ads. The solution is always the same -- branch out, trying something new.

My podcast, has no ads & no guests, runs about 75 minutes. I work on adding potential content all week. Editing takes three times as long because why should my listener suffer my hums and haws.

No one wants to talk seriously online to total strangers.

You're kidding, right? I rarely talk to people I know...because I know them. I learn from and share with people I don't know.

Exactly. Every time I adjust my gunpowder recipe, I have to go to Google to look up how Mr. Noble's name is spelled.

Universities teach dead stuff. For example, Latin.

Yelp automagically pulls (hides behind the curtain) reviews it deems are not representative. Supposedly the extremes like "5 star" and "1 star" reviews. But not for the cases I've looked at.

And Yelp doesn't allow you to down-mod reviews. Just 3 versions of "I got high reading that review".

Odds that Yelp goes under in 2014? 2015?

there *are* experiments that are non-replicable, but still valuable.

I missed your examples. Could you repeat them?