Not that I necessarily agree with Southwest's policy (and I'm a fairly small person: 5'2", 120 lbs), but it's not a weight issue. It's an armrest issue. If you're grossly overweight, but can get the armrests down and not spill over into the other seats, you're fine. If you need a seatbelt extension, you're fine. The only issue is spilling over into the other seats with the armrests down. It can happen to a very wide, but not very fat person. It doesn't matter if he weighs 235 or 555; get the armrests down and don't spill over. Apparently, they didn't follow their own policy in this instance. The armrests were up when he sat down and didn't bother to put them down. They decided he couldn't get them down without ever checking them. It's happened several times, but this is the first "celebrity" to whom it's happened. Check out The Consumerist on this issue.

Regarding Southwest, they do not make a profit by selling the extra seat. If the flight is not full (98% of the time, according to their FAQ), they refund the extra seat. if the flight IS full, then some other customer lost their seat and was issued a voucher in addition to a seat on another flight.

I have Half Life 2 on a laptop that I've never connected to Steam since I put it on there. More than a year and a half ago.

It means you get to roll another d20 and add that to the 60 you already rolled. As long as you keep rolling 20's you get to keep adding another die.

Odds of rolling 4 natural 20's is 1:160,000. Hitting 7 is less than 1 in a billion shot. Not quite what's observed in nature, but close enough for games, I think.

Pfft. At least you have an Amtrack station. Nearest one to my home is 250 miles away. Rail is a non-issue around here. It means nothing to us, because no one has any experience with it.

The thing is, this isn't a normal business venture. He mostly wants it to be built because he wants one himself. He's not motivated by profit, but desire to realize the product. A lot of the initial work was done openly by volunteers which drastically cut engineering costs. I don't think there's going to be much of an advertising budget.

My guess is that he's done the math and probably has a better idea of what he can sell it for and not go out of business. Note that: NOT GO OUT OF BUSINESS. Not become a millionaire. Not become a business tycoon. Simply stay afloat. I think that's all he really wants.

I thought it was Demetri Martin. Sounds like something he might say...

Umm, yeah. I can count to 31 on one hand using binary. Finger up == 1. Finger down == 0. I thought everyone knew this.

They just hired legal advice for bankruptcy filings. Not exactly the hallmark of a healthy business, despite any transitory profit growth recently.

Blockbuster Said to Hire Firm for Bankruptcy Advice

I had a crazy sleep schedule during my last year in the military. It was generally 140+ hour work weeks. I hit 40+ hour "days" a few times a month and had similar hallucinogenic experiences. I would see or hear things not quite there. Sometimes I would get an out of body style feeling. Doing hard labor in hostile conditions for two days straight is a completely different experience from partying, studying, or doing office work. I've done them all, and there's no comparison. You may have gotten more sleep than me, but I'm guessing it was a much more comfortable sleep.

Like this?

Wouldn't that just turn them into mini Linus Torvalds?

I would put Pong ahead of Super Mario Brothers. Before Pong, there was no video game industry. It didn't exist. Not just consoles, but outside a few projects by various companies and people, there weren't any games at all. Super Mario comes in second, then Space Invaders I think.