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Leaked Screenshots Show Netflix Downloads
Mike1024 writes "US DVDs-by-post company Netflix appears to be planning a service that will let users download movies over the internet. Hackingnetflix.com has some accidentally-revealed screenshots, and the Netflix jobs page includes a product manager position, saying "The Electronic Delivery Service (EDS) will augment Netflix's current DVD delivery model with high quality movies delivered to consumers' home TVs through the Internet, on a subscription basis". Apple's iTunes demonstrated many people are willing to live with some DRM and hardware/vendor lock-in."
It's a screenshot of a login box. Exciting stuff.
Yeah seriously.... cuz apparently renting movies is such a pain... you know leaving the house for 5 mins to interact with other humans [even if they work retail they're still human].
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
How do we know this isn't a Photoshop hack?
you know leaving the house for 5 mins to interact with other humans [even if they work retail they're still human].
Uuh, last I checked, the blockbuster "human" you talk to after hours has a slot for entering your credit card, and another, larger one for spitting out VHS tapes or DVDs.
As for real humans behind the counter during working hours, well, if you like talking to pimply teenagers...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
you [inside] ====> door ====> outside
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Someday, I'll have a real sig.
I prefer to interact with humans inside the house. See, I have this thing called a girlfriend and... well, I better not go into too much detail. Suffice it to say that, while going to Blockbuster is technically human interaction, it does not meet my standards.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
"BTW, the "middle" store recently shut its doors for good, which signals to me the widening gap between rich and poor in this country, but that's another discussion :)"
Well that's a proof if I ever heard one.