OMG, I had forgotten all about that book.
"We boggies are a hairy folk
Who like to eat until we choke.
Loving all like friend and brother,
And hardly ever eat each other.
Ever hungry, ever thirsting.
Never stop till belly's bursting.
Chewing chop and pork and muttons,
A merry race of boring gluttons.
Sing: Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Gobble,gobble,gobble,gobble.
Boggies gather round the table,
Eat as much as you are able.
Gorge yourselves from moon till noon
(Don't forget your plate and spoon).
Anything edible, we've got dibs on,
And hope we all die with our bibs on.
Ever gay, we'll never grow up,
Come! And sing and play and throw-up!
Sing: Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Gobble,gobble,gobble,gobble...."
Personally, I thought the roto-scoping was fine: it lent a dark air to the film, and seemed quite effective.
Would you have preferred a flashamation Scooby-Doo version? Ya, I thought not.
Yes, but even in the case of "normal usage looking transactions", any decent credit card company will immediately refund the purchase if you call them and tell them you noticed a purchase on your bill that you did not make. I have done this before; never had an un-authorized purchase stay on my account for longer than it took to report, with both my Visa (Bank of Nova Scotia) and my AmEx accounts. The credit card companies want people to use their cards for things like online purchases, and react extremely quickly to reverse any fraudulent charges; they want you to have a good experience using their services.
Interestingly enough, one fraudulent purchase someone made with my card info was a donation to the United Way: they were testing to see if the info was valid, and once the donation went through, they moved on to trying to buy cellphones at a Bell outlet.
Now, fraudulent bank transfers from PERSONAL accounts are also reversed, but it can take a long time to make the bank do that. Fraudulent bank transfers from BUSINESS accounts are not protected, and often the bank will fight you in court and try to not not refund you. Brian Krebs has lots of info on fraudulent bank transfers on his blog at http://krebsonsecurity.com/
Buying stuff via credit card is the safest way to make online/electronic purchases: at least if the bad guys steal your financial information, you can easily/quickly undo the damage with a single phone call. Same goes for offline purchases as well, I suppose. It can take forever to get a bank to refund your money if the crooks used a card skimmer and grabbed your bank card info and PIN while you were buying gasoline at the local station, then emptied your account from a bank machine.
"there really are two completely random women, and he has admitted to having sex with them. What was he thinking?"
Really?
I wish there was a mod selection for "written by a nerd with no apparent connection to reality".
Yes, I assume that the reason console owners use twice as much data is because they, on average, watch twice as much Netfilx content as PC users. This makes sense, when you think about it: PC users typically are watching as an individual, on a small screen; console users are typically watching in the comfort of the living room, on a couch with others, on their big screen tv. It makes sense to me that they would use the service more frequently.
This makes a lot more sense than PC and console users watching the same amout of shows, but consoles somehow using less optimized streams that are TWICE as large.
And it was actually a great game on all those systems, as well as perhaps the single largest game ever made (the shear amount of content dwarfs any other game I can think of), quite a feat for so much cross-platform compatability.
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Hmm, that book even inspired fanart: http://boredoftherings.150m.com/samplemushrooms.jpg
OMG, I had forgotten all about that book. "We boggies are a hairy folk Who like to eat until we choke. Loving all like friend and brother, And hardly ever eat each other. Ever hungry, ever thirsting. Never stop till belly's bursting. Chewing chop and pork and muttons, A merry race of boring gluttons. Sing: Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, Gobble,gobble,gobble,gobble. Boggies gather round the table, Eat as much as you are able. Gorge yourselves from moon till noon (Don't forget your plate and spoon). Anything edible, we've got dibs on, And hope we all die with our bibs on. Ever gay, we'll never grow up, Come! And sing and play and throw-up! Sing: Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, Gobble,gobble,gobble,gobble...."
Personally, I thought the roto-scoping was fine: it lent a dark air to the film, and seemed quite effective. Would you have preferred a flashamation Scooby-Doo version? Ya, I thought not.
Yes, but even in the case of "normal usage looking transactions", any decent credit card company will immediately refund the purchase if you call them and tell them you noticed a purchase on your bill that you did not make. I have done this before; never had an un-authorized purchase stay on my account for longer than it took to report, with both my Visa (Bank of Nova Scotia) and my AmEx accounts. The credit card companies want people to use their cards for things like online purchases, and react extremely quickly to reverse any fraudulent charges; they want you to have a good experience using their services. Interestingly enough, one fraudulent purchase someone made with my card info was a donation to the United Way: they were testing to see if the info was valid, and once the donation went through, they moved on to trying to buy cellphones at a Bell outlet. Now, fraudulent bank transfers from PERSONAL accounts are also reversed, but it can take a long time to make the bank do that. Fraudulent bank transfers from BUSINESS accounts are not protected, and often the bank will fight you in court and try to not not refund you. Brian Krebs has lots of info on fraudulent bank transfers on his blog at http://krebsonsecurity.com/ Buying stuff via credit card is the safest way to make online/electronic purchases: at least if the bad guys steal your financial information, you can easily/quickly undo the damage with a single phone call. Same goes for offline purchases as well, I suppose. It can take forever to get a bank to refund your money if the crooks used a card skimmer and grabbed your bank card info and PIN while you were buying gasoline at the local station, then emptied your account from a bank machine.
"there really are two completely random women, and he has admitted to having sex with them. What was he thinking?" Really? I wish there was a mod selection for "written by a nerd with no apparent connection to reality".
Not unless they use very large gumballs and a very narrow cylindrical bottle.
I snorted coffee when I read this...thanks for making my day :)
Yes, I assume that the reason console owners use twice as much data is because they, on average, watch twice as much Netfilx content as PC users. This makes sense, when you think about it: PC users typically are watching as an individual, on a small screen; console users are typically watching in the comfort of the living room, on a couch with others, on their big screen tv. It makes sense to me that they would use the service more frequently. This makes a lot more sense than PC and console users watching the same amout of shows, but consoles somehow using less optimized streams that are TWICE as large.
And it was actually a great game on all those systems, as well as perhaps the single largest game ever made (the shear amount of content dwarfs any other game I can think of), quite a feat for so much cross-platform compatability.