Yup this is exactly what was happening to me as well being I am in the same state as them I get the movies next day. I answered all the emails and then notified them when service was getting slow that I was going to cancel, because they were using the information I provided to screw me, from 1 movie every 3-4 days to 1 movie every week. Rather than go back to shipping movies to me the way they used to and keeping me as a customer they gave me some BS email needless to say they have lost another customer.
Unless you are the type of person that can watch a movie every other day it doesnt make sense. At first I thought great service.
But after about a couple months you realize there arent that many movies you NEED to see. And if my local video store has the latest DVD's in stock, its 10 minutes away, and only costs me $2.00 a night thats actually a better deal. So instead of spending my 21.xx a month I am back to 4.00 a month.
I suppose its good for those people that rent everything and rip and burn, similar to the people that used to tape every VHS rental they rented and never watched again as they amassed the wall of VHS tapes that no one could borrow because they were going to happen to watch the exact movie you wanted to borrow that night.
So now when do we find out he had this grin on his face for a second prior to losing leading to the investigation that he had the questions in advance and the fix was in, ala Quiz Show....
Whats the big deal? Seems all they did was add Security Center. No other enhancements I can see. Is the author correct from a 2.6ghz to a 300 mhz. That seems a bit extreme if not exagerrated.
I can see it now people gabbing away the whole flight. What if I have a transcontinental flight? Even with my headphones on and volume up I still wont be able to drown out some peoples volumnous voices and hysterical laughter.
Once you allow cell phones they will have to make it available at take off and landing, I can already see people that will make a big fuss when asked to turn it off while take off or landing.
Definitely a bad concept for a cranky flier like me.
Perhaps my strokes were a bit broad, although I stand by my statement. If one does travel abroad censorship takes different forms from country to country. One type of censorship may be more acceptable than others to some on the level it effects their lives, but nevertheless muffling a voice in any form is still censorship. If you are not part of the group as one has put whose life is crippled it may be harder to see or not seen as a problem at all. But if you look, listen, and ask various groups in different areas I am sure you will get varying opinions of the level of censorship and how it effects them.
There is censorship in any form, internet or print in any country. It just happens to be that China is not as sophisticated in hiding their techniques as other countries that have had better practice at it. Or perhaps they want people to know so when you are successful at using one of the banned keywords you are that much easier to prosecute.
When I was in college the internet had not matured to the point it has today but papers were always available for those that wanted them. Not electronically but physically. What has changed? While I never used one, I always felt the authors work is their work and they are free to either license it, sell it, or distribute it in any way they see fit. Who is a teacher to say a student isnt allowed to have options other than published text, as long as the paper has been scored in some way its now a valid opinion regardless how assinine it is.
One thing thats is prevelant while I have been traveling around the world lately is that many govt workers just dont care one way or another. While in other countries I noticed regardless of position the person doing it knew checking the papers was something that was of utmost importance and it was their job.
The passport checker would take my papers look them over for about 3-7 minutes and then allow me to move forward, or in some instances ask a gentleman to the side for some sort of re-verification with someone else. People gathering luggage carts did it speedily and was smart enough to see that when someone needed one take it out if their train and give it to the weary traveler.
Upon arrival at LAX I noticed people asked to see various forms of ID while traveling through the terminals about 4 times before luggage claim, with each time no one even glancing at the paper they are asking for, but simply taking it and handing it back. As if passing time till next pay day. Cart gatherers would take carts and if someone needed one direct them to where they should get them, with a life sucks type attitude. No one around to provide information to foreigners on where to get a taxi or even where to proceed next. Ever since the boomer generation and subsequent generations it seems no one cares one way or another about much of anything, Im beginning to believe my grandparents stories on how they had a work ethic over us. What we need is people taking pride back in whatever it is they do and I would say almost all the things that frustrate us daily would disappear.
I know recently I read that Progressive Insurance is offering discounts for those that allow them to install a dongle to the ECU, I think its called, of the car. This way they will refund you based on your driving habits.
And as history shows insurance companies have always been trustworthy and are customer service oriented.
The last thing I want insurance doing is tracking me, this way they can whip out that multipaged contract we all sign in size 5 font to look for loopholes or amendments to which I am not covered for whatever situation because of extenuating circumstances based on the computer or GPS readings.
This is something I am not rushing to put on my XP. I will probably wait an additional amount of time equal to how long it is taking to get SP2 out to make sure their constant silent updates to SP2 are all ironed out and finally made stable. Im thinking by then Longhorn should be near if not already released.
I am now starting to think its not about how big a company is, or how a company got to where they are, or even if they do the right thing or not. People are just jealous that they are not part of it. Its always been popular to bash Microsoft and its easy to see why from a geek, easiest term to use, point of view. Their business tactics and overall strategy. Then comes along Google which is also a technology company but the complete opposite, IMO, of how Microsoft operates but people are already starting to throw tacks and spikes in their road to success. Its easy to say we are bashing them because we dont like their tactics, but it seems more what people are saying is that I am not part of it, I wont benefit from it, so hey it easier to get on some bandwagon and say they are doing things wrong and try to stifle their next step to success. People always tell you this growing up but its interesting to see on a corporate societal scale, and instead of "its not fair...", now its "hmm...it seems you may not have followed guidelines according to blah blah blah blah..."
If things like DVD shrink are distibuted for free what can they do. Tell the author to stop and then some one else picks up the slack, and the chase starts again.
But when you package the software sell it in retail stores and pretty much stick in front of the industry's face what do you expect them to do? Make better movies in hopes people will be so taken back they have to buy the movie? Spend countless millions developing better security to have it broken in a week or just shut down 321?
Its a gimmick to grab as much subscribers in the shortest amount of time, or the keep very few entrants as possible into wireless service providers as they dominate in subscriber base.
Its the same ploy that telecos did years ago, give away sturdy as hell landline rotary phones. Then once they had enough customers this service slowly just disapeared as will free cell phones as most Americans start adopting cell phones. Actually its already happening I remember it used to be virutally all cell phones were free nowadays only the original Nokia's are free whereas the newer models include a rebate and one is still expected to pay between 49.99-149.99 depending on model.
When I first read the Firefox boo boo and nothing from MS. I thought, wow Microsoft has got to a point that they dont mind shots at them anymore they might even be trying the self deprecating route that many actors are doing these days with success. But now seeing this I guess Microsoft hasnt changed that much at all, or should I say the heads that created the culture at MS havent changed that much at all.
I have used a Gmail account for about a month and find its navigation not very convenient. I like having a delete button rather than searching for that drop down menu with "move to trash" towards the middle. 1GB of storage ok, but if I cant make folders whats the point? I dont want to use Starred. I rather have my own choice of folders than Gmail deciding which folders I should have.
This could be the case if he were say Sony, but being that he hasnt dominated the entertainment landscape yet and only has the PC OS market I would say his statements are pure speculation.
If this was something he was shooting for then it would be a tough road for Bill and MS, whereas for a company such as Sony they could actually make it happen considering they run every facet of our entertainment lives, TV, electronics, movies, movie studios, gaming platform, toys, etc... if they decided to use a new format it would be much easier than say Microsoft trying to do this.
What about Scantron? That thing never broke down, even though there were a few times I wish it would have. We put enough faith in it to tally the aptitude and academic future of our youth it should be good enough to tally the leaders of tomorrow.
I have worked for a few sleazy firms that would do underhanded things like this to earn the quick buck with no thought on the long term effects or repeat business. Essentially churn and burn.
Its interesting to see that a company as big as Microsoft that is losing money on MSN and Xbox Live resorting to these techniques, you figure they could at least be more creative on figuring out how to earn their dollars.
I was waiting for the day that we would all fight for the precious "juice". Where we would all wear leather, feathers, and live in a barren wasteland driving V-8's. Till the one day we had to decide if we support or are against the man only known as Max.
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Yup this is exactly what was happening to me as well being I am in the same state as them I get the movies next day.
I answered all the emails and then notified them when service was getting slow that I was going to cancel, because they were using the information I provided to screw me, from 1 movie every 3-4 days to 1 movie every week. Rather than go back to shipping movies to me the way they used to and keeping me as a customer they gave me some BS email needless to say they have lost another customer.
Unless you are the type of person that can watch a movie every other day it doesnt make sense.
At first I thought great service.
But after about a couple months you realize there arent that many movies you NEED to see. And if my local video store has the latest DVD's in stock, its 10 minutes away, and only costs me $2.00 a night thats actually a better deal. So instead of spending my 21.xx a month I am back to 4.00 a month.
I suppose its good for those people that rent everything and rip and burn, similar to the people that used to tape every VHS rental they rented and never watched again as they amassed the wall of VHS tapes that no one could borrow because they were going to happen to watch the exact movie you wanted to borrow that night.
So now when do we find out he had this grin on his face for a second prior to losing leading to the investigation that he had the questions in advance and the fix was in, ala Quiz Show....
Whats the big deal? Seems all they did was add Security Center. No other enhancements I can see.
Is the author correct from a 2.6ghz to a 300 mhz. That seems a bit extreme if not exagerrated.
I can see it now people gabbing away the whole flight. What if I have a transcontinental flight? Even with my headphones on and volume up I still wont be able to drown out some peoples volumnous voices and hysterical laughter.
Once you allow cell phones they will have to make it available at take off and landing, I can already see people that will make a big fuss when asked to turn it off while take off or landing.
Definitely a bad concept for a cranky flier like me.
Perhaps my strokes were a bit broad, although I stand by my statement.
If one does travel abroad censorship takes different forms from country to country. One type of censorship may be more acceptable than others to some on the level it effects their lives, but nevertheless muffling a voice in any form is still censorship.
If you are not part of the group as one has put whose life is crippled it may be harder to see or not seen as a problem at all. But if you look, listen, and ask various groups in different areas I am sure you will get varying opinions of the level of censorship and how it effects them.
There is censorship in any form, internet or print in any country. It just happens to be that China is not as sophisticated in hiding their techniques as other countries that have had better practice at it.
Or perhaps they want people to know so when you are successful at using one of the banned keywords you are that much easier to prosecute.
When your running a P2P music sharing greater than that of iTunes and you think no one is going to come knocking?
10 million songs, 60k in movies, what did they think would happen they would be vaulted to underground geek martyrdom?
When I was in college the internet had not matured to the point it has today but papers were always available for those that wanted them. Not electronically but physically.
What has changed? While I never used one, I always felt the authors work is their work and they are free to either license it, sell it, or distribute it in any way they see fit.
Who is a teacher to say a student isnt allowed to have options other than published text, as long as the paper has been scored in some way its now a valid opinion regardless how assinine it is.
One thing thats is prevelant while I have been traveling around the world lately is that many govt workers just dont care one way or another.
While in other countries I noticed regardless of position the person doing it knew checking the papers was something that was of utmost importance and it was their job.
The passport checker would take my papers look them over for about 3-7 minutes and then allow me to move forward, or in some instances ask a gentleman to the side for some sort of re-verification with someone else. People gathering luggage carts did it speedily and was smart enough to see that when someone needed one take it out if their train and give it to the weary traveler.
Upon arrival at LAX I noticed people asked to see various forms of ID while traveling through the terminals about 4 times before luggage claim, with each time no one even glancing at the paper they are asking for, but simply taking it and handing it back. As if passing time till next pay day. Cart gatherers would take carts and if someone needed one direct them to where they should get them, with a life sucks type attitude. No one around to provide information to foreigners on where to get a taxi or even where to proceed next.
Ever since the boomer generation and subsequent generations it seems no one cares one way or another about much of anything, Im beginning to believe my grandparents stories on how they had a work ethic over us. What we need is people taking pride back in whatever it is they do and I would say almost all the things that frustrate us daily would disappear.
I know recently I read that Progressive Insurance is offering discounts for those that allow them to install a dongle to the ECU, I think its called, of the car. This way they will refund you based on your driving habits.
.
And as history shows insurance companies have always been trustworthy and are customer service oriented
The last thing I want insurance doing is tracking me, this way they can whip out that multipaged contract we all sign in size 5 font to look for loopholes or amendments to which I am not covered for whatever situation because of extenuating circumstances based on the computer or GPS readings.
No Thanks.
This is something I am not rushing to put on my XP.
I will probably wait an additional amount of time equal to how long it is taking to get SP2 out to make sure their constant silent updates to SP2 are all ironed out and finally made stable.
Im thinking by then Longhorn should be near if not already released.
I am now starting to think its not about how big a company is, or how a company got to where they are, or even if they do the right thing or not. People are just jealous that they are not part of it.
Its always been popular to bash Microsoft and its easy to see why from a geek, easiest term to use, point of view. Their business tactics and overall strategy. Then comes along Google which is also a technology company but the complete opposite, IMO, of how Microsoft operates but people are already starting to throw tacks and spikes in their road to success.
Its easy to say we are bashing them because we dont like their tactics, but it seems more what people are saying is that I am not part of it, I wont benefit from it, so hey it easier to get on some bandwagon and say they are doing things wrong and try to stifle their next step to success.
People always tell you this growing up but its interesting to see on a corporate societal scale, and instead of "its not fair...", now its "hmm...it seems you may not have followed guidelines according to blah blah blah blah..."
If things like DVD shrink are distibuted for free what can they do. Tell the author to stop and then some one else picks up the slack, and the chase starts again.
But when you package the software sell it in retail stores and pretty much stick in front of the industry's face what do you expect them to do? Make better movies in hopes people will be so taken back they have to buy the movie? Spend countless millions developing better security to have it broken in a week or just shut down 321?
All this game shows is that Carmack needs Romero as much as Romero needs Carmack.
They compliment each other and apart things are only half done.
So how many computers will be cached up in my network neighborhood under "Workgroup" or "MSHome"?
Its a gimmick to grab as much subscribers in the shortest amount of time, or the keep very few entrants as possible into wireless service providers as they dominate in subscriber base.
Its the same ploy that telecos did years ago, give away sturdy as hell landline rotary phones. Then once they had enough customers this service slowly just disapeared as will free cell phones as most Americans start adopting cell phones. Actually its already happening I remember it used to be virutally all cell phones were free nowadays only the original Nokia's are free whereas the newer models include a rebate and one is still expected to pay between 49.99-149.99 depending on model.
When I first read the Firefox boo boo and nothing from MS. I thought, wow Microsoft has got to a point that they dont mind shots at them anymore they might even be trying the self deprecating route that many actors are doing these days with success. But now seeing this I guess Microsoft hasnt changed that much at all, or should I say the heads that created the culture at MS havent changed that much at all.
I have used a Gmail account for about a month and find its navigation not very convenient.
I like having a delete button rather than searching for that drop down menu with "move to trash" towards the middle.
1GB of storage ok, but if I cant make folders whats the point? I dont want to use Starred. I rather have my own choice of folders than Gmail deciding which folders I should have.
This could be the case if he were say Sony, but being that he hasnt dominated the entertainment landscape yet and only has the PC OS market I would say his statements are pure speculation.
If this was something he was shooting for then it would be a tough road for Bill and MS, whereas for a company such as Sony they could actually make it happen considering they run every facet of our entertainment lives, TV, electronics, movies, movie studios, gaming platform, toys, etc... if they decided to use a new format it would be much easier than say Microsoft trying to do this.
What about Scantron? That thing never broke down, even though there were a few times I wish it would have.
We put enough faith in it to tally the aptitude and academic future of our youth it should be good enough to tally the leaders of tomorrow.
I have worked for a few sleazy firms that would do underhanded things like this to earn the quick buck with no thought on the long term effects or repeat business.
Essentially churn and burn.
Its interesting to see that a company as big as Microsoft that is losing money on MSN and Xbox Live resorting to these techniques, you figure they could at least be more creative on figuring out how to earn their dollars.
I was waiting for the day that we would all fight for the precious "juice".
Where we would all wear leather, feathers, and live in a barren wasteland driving V-8's.
Till the one day we had to decide if we support or are against the man only known as Max.
Oh well...
Unfortunately, Full Throttle 2 has been cancelled despite the big hoopla they made at E3.
apparently this General has too much time on his hands and is conjuring up the good old days of space race, arms race, and cold war in general.