Sheldon posts his codec online. It goes viral in the niche world of Linux forums and video engineers. He gets an email from a VP of Technology at a massive Silicon Valley company (stand-in for Cisco or Microsoft). The VP offers him $25,000 for the patent. Sheldon is shocked.
MEE MAW: The picture froze on the face of the evil twin right as he was about to reveal the secret inheritance. This is a crisis, child. young sheldon s05e14 openh264
He hits "Upload."
He looks at Mary, who is praying. He looks at George, who is eyeing the check. He looks at Missy, who is stealing his pudding cup. Sheldon posts his codec online
"In reality, video codecs are very complex. But in 1994, a 14-year-old in Texas did once try to barter a compression algorithm for a Cray supercomputer. He got a 'no' and a free t-shirt." The VP offers him $25,000 for the patent
SHELDON: That’s not a crisis. That’s a keyframe interval error. Give me your laptop.
GEORGE: Morality doesn’t pay for a new water heater, Sheldon. Your mother’s been boiling water on the stove for three days.