The most successful part of their trolling is that major news outlets still don't understand the joke. They're anonymous. They're not a group. You could just as easily say "bunches of people who have never met"
I don't know how this fits in, but Verizon's driods require the unlimited droid dataplans. You can't buy it without the droid data plan. It's unlimited for aproximately $40/month. no cap. phone only (tethering costs extra unless you use barnacle)
The 5GB cap applies if you use the Verizon tethering software with your droid. But if you use barnacle, verizon thinks it's normal droid traffic, and it's unlimited.
I just can't stand it when people make these "everybody get along" type statements..
You know, without measuring the merit of either side of the argument, and just taking the hippie approach doesn't do any good. The fact is, Google is defending the users by placing a small optional embargo against facebook in hopes that facebook will do something nice for users- and yes, for google as well.
I remember when I purchased Red Alert 2, I wanted to put the no-cd crack on so I didn't have to lug the game discs around with me on airplanes and such. As it turns out, I didn't have access to replace the exe, due to a copy-protect root kit that was installed. I had to use icesword to even see the registry keys and files that needed to be deleted. Atrocious.
The CGI wolves were just a big middle finger to the audience. We were looking for an interesting movie about climate change and how the world deals with it. Instead we got a small glimpse of how a few people deal with it, and the scariest most exciting part of the movie was wolves? Wolves vs global extinction? Apparently wolves were deemed more exciting and dangerous.
I just asked my local blockbuster employee. Apparently they were a franchise and didn't play by the same rules. I was going to say, the rain check didn't make any sense. Apparently corporate stores offered free rental rainchecks.
Don't forget their end of latefees-- which ended up the king of late fees. Apparently, if you kept the DVD, no late fees occurred, because they just charged your credit card for the purchase of the movie.. (I actually wrote about this in 2005.. End of Late Fees)
Or what about the "always in stock guarantee!" That was my favorite. Apparently, if the new release you were looking for wasn't in stock, they'd give you a little paper rain check that says "You can rent this dvd at a future date for exactly the same price it is today, no questions asked!" Which would be just awesome, except.. their prices didn't really change often.. It was the same as not getting a rain check at all. They didn't hold a copy for you or anything. It was a disingenuous marketing ploy.. each and every one of them.
Every time they changed something, it was an insult to their customers. My $17.99 3-dvd at a time account transformed one night to $24.99. I was a little peeved, but at the time, I was enjoying the number of discs I could rent. So then they upped it one more time (about a month later) to $34.99. I dropped it like it was hot. F-that. Netflix it is. They literally couldn't have done a worse job at customer retention. It was like they were chasing me off with a big stick.
Just a viewpoint from a primarily digital guy- Over the years I've always wanted a digital library of video. The thing stopping me was the overhead on storage of digital video. I had multiple terrabyte drives full of tv shows, and it started becoming overwhelming. I considered transcoding all my video to fit it better, but with my processor power, it was years of transcoding just to get a decent quality.
Enter the ROKU and Amazon VOD. I understand that they ultimately have the control and power over my library- but it's just so damn convenient to buy shows and movies on amazon VOD and just have them available to watch on my computer or roku whenever I want- no storage neccessary. I can authorize my laptop and download movies for a plane trip, and deauthorize the computer when I'm done. It's just so damn convenient, that I don't even bother with physical media any more.
Will this affect me negatively? perhaps some day. but until then, they've made a decent amount of cash off me due to convenience alone.
Perhaps an interesting point if the data is accessible to parents and the kids themselves. Some adults I know would pay for this service in the real world... It's time to teach kids what they're eating affects their health.
I see infected machines with still current antiviruses. Norton, McAfee, etc... I hardly think antiviruses do much good without somebody who knows how to avoid infections in the first place..
I think what made it patentable (not that I agree with it, because I don't) was that the vending machine remembered who you are and allowed you to buy things in the future without the hassle of providing payment information.
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But I can't trust that source!
I can't think of a more useless medium to give updates about a trial.
OMG! Ass. is up for Qs. Its gonna be bad. He's vervus. SHORT.URL?XVHEHWK
The most successful part of their trolling is that major news outlets still don't understand the joke. They're anonymous. They're not a group. You could just as easily say "bunches of people who have never met"
I don't know how this fits in, but Verizon's driods require the unlimited droid dataplans. You can't buy it without the droid data plan. It's unlimited for aproximately $40/month. no cap. phone only (tethering costs extra unless you use barnacle)
The 5GB cap applies if you use the Verizon tethering software with your droid. But if you use barnacle, verizon thinks it's normal droid traffic, and it's unlimited.
... or Visual Basic developer.
Oh god, there are children on this site, watch your language!
You say that like being a whore is a bad thing.
10 years from now, I can see it. "Daddy what's the internet? Was it anything like the googlenet is today?"
I know, right? Google already pays for the pipes they use.
I just can't stand it when people make these "everybody get along" type statements..
You know, without measuring the merit of either side of the argument, and just taking the hippie approach doesn't do any good. The fact is, Google is defending the users by placing a small optional embargo against facebook in hopes that facebook will do something nice for users- and yes, for google as well.
In other words, it can do good for somebody.
That gave me a chuckle, thanks.
I remember when I purchased Red Alert 2, I wanted to put the no-cd crack on so I didn't have to lug the game discs around with me on airplanes and such. As it turns out, I didn't have access to replace the exe, due to a copy-protect root kit that was installed. I had to use icesword to even see the registry keys and files that needed to be deleted. Atrocious.
I would like to read more of this newsletter, if you can please continue. Perhaps a book?
The CGI wolves were just a big middle finger to the audience. We were looking for an interesting movie about climate change and how the world deals with it. Instead we got a small glimpse of how a few people deal with it, and the scariest most exciting part of the movie was wolves? Wolves vs global extinction? Apparently wolves were deemed more exciting and dangerous.
I just asked my local blockbuster employee. Apparently they were a franchise and didn't play by the same rules. I was going to say, the rain check didn't make any sense. Apparently corporate stores offered free rental rainchecks.
Don't forget their end of latefees-- which ended up the king of late fees. Apparently, if you kept the DVD, no late fees occurred, because they just charged your credit card for the purchase of the movie.. (I actually wrote about this in 2005.. End of Late Fees)
Or what about the "always in stock guarantee!" That was my favorite. Apparently, if the new release you were looking for wasn't in stock, they'd give you a little paper rain check that says "You can rent this dvd at a future date for exactly the same price it is today, no questions asked!" Which would be just awesome, except.. their prices didn't really change often.. It was the same as not getting a rain check at all. They didn't hold a copy for you or anything. It was a disingenuous marketing ploy.. each and every one of them.
Every time they changed something, it was an insult to their customers. My $17.99 3-dvd at a time account transformed one night to $24.99. I was a little peeved, but at the time, I was enjoying the number of discs I could rent. So then they upped it one more time (about a month later) to $34.99. I dropped it like it was hot. F-that. Netflix it is. They literally couldn't have done a worse job at customer retention. It was like they were chasing me off with a big stick.
Reminds me of the Last Question by Issac Asimov - The Last Question
:)
Great short story.. though I bet most people here have already read it.
I use Amazon VOD...
Just a viewpoint from a primarily digital guy- Over the years I've always wanted a digital library of video. The thing stopping me was the overhead on storage of digital video. I had multiple terrabyte drives full of tv shows, and it started becoming overwhelming. I considered transcoding all my video to fit it better, but with my processor power, it was years of transcoding just to get a decent quality.
Enter the ROKU and Amazon VOD. I understand that they ultimately have the control and power over my library- but it's just so damn convenient to buy shows and movies on amazon VOD and just have them available to watch on my computer or roku whenever I want- no storage neccessary. I can authorize my laptop and download movies for a plane trip, and deauthorize the computer when I'm done. It's just so damn convenient, that I don't even bother with physical media any more.
Will this affect me negatively? perhaps some day. but until then, they've made a decent amount of cash off me due to convenience alone.
Stop being levelheaded and rational. We don't like your kind around these parts!
Now, where were we? Oh yes! GOV IS BUYING BOOKS WITH MY MONEY STOP ITTT!!!
Perhaps an interesting point if the data is accessible to parents and the kids themselves. Some adults I know would pay for this service in the real world... It's time to teach kids what they're eating affects their health.
That being said, it should be opt-in.
i'm getting this too.
There's still the porn sites that require a download of "player.exe" to watch this awesome vid !!11
I see infected machines with still current antiviruses. Norton, McAfee, etc... I hardly think antiviruses do much good without somebody who knows how to avoid infections in the first place..
I think what made it patentable (not that I agree with it, because I don't) was that the vending machine remembered who you are and allowed you to buy things in the future without the hassle of providing payment information.
and I'm backing it up with this gun, that was lent to me from the National Rifle Association.