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I'm not sure I understand algorithms any better than before...

Nice.

So have they admitted the future of YouTube yet? I mean, it can't stay like this forever. No charge for posting or watching, and no ads at the beginning of videos? Obviously this has to be an introductory period to get everyone hooked on it, and then it will go to some sort of pay format. But have they admitted what it will be yet? Maybe something that reflects the popularity of your movie--like a small charge to initially upload it, but as more and more people watch it (and the ad inserted at the beginning) they begin to share fractions of the revenue with you? Surely they'll have to do like Adobe Reader, and keep it always free to watch...

This has something to do with that chain reaction show with the very cool video of homemade Rube Goldberg contraptions, doesn't it?

If it does not, there is something essential about Japanese Culture that I just don't understand.

Yes it is pitagora suuichi, engrish for pythagoras switch. (???) You tube has a bunch of vids of the entire show, of which the machine is a small segement. It seems like what an educational children's show ought to be (learning about the world) rather than an indoctrination into consumerism. /gripe