There isn't anything special that goes behind or through the door.

ENGADGET: March 16, 2013 4:15 PM EDT

The public at large won't accept that--the financial "anything goes" attitude of 2007 led us to where we are now.

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If your broker borrows your stock in a cash (not a margin) account, he has to ask your permission -- and if anything goes wrong and he can't return the borrowed shares, his firm is on the hook to make you whole.

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Yet it doesn't go far enough for us to feel much of anything as Algren goes through all sorts of hell on a mission most improbable, first as Katsumoto's captive (he learns to speak Japanese in a matter of months), and later as his acolyte, ad hoc strategist and joyous -- except not joyous enough -- companion in arms, if need be to the death.

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We probably would've destroyed the phone with a hammer or a direct impact with a wall by now, so our respect goes out to those of you who are still waiting and haven't destroyed anything of value.

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