THE_some_guy

It seemed unfair that Watson got the questions in a different and more easily-digestible format. If it had been required to use optical character recognition and/or voice recognition (like the human players essentially did), that would have leveled the playing field a lot.

Bilbo only gave up the ring under heavily-implied threat of violence by Gandalf. It wasn't exactly "willingly".

The only two characters in LOTR who willingly handed over the One Ring are Tom Bombadil (who is more or less a stand-in for God in that universe), and Sam Gamgee.

No time for pooping, it's the weekend

Boss gets a dollar, I get a dime

That's why I poop on company time

You can get sponsored through work, but that process carries so. Much. Baggage.

Can you discuss more of the problems that you say come with being sponsored through work?

Also, many thousands of dollars. The AOPA estimates $6,000-$20,000 “or more”. I’m guessing the faster you want to get it done the more it’s going to cost.