I fail to see how any of this makes your point. Nowhere does this claim that unlimited rentals are available on the cheapest plan. It very specifically says "with our most popular plan."
How delightfully judgmental. However, if you actually look at the fine print on their commercials, you'll see they disclaim the true nature of their plans extensively.
Which is not to say they're not doing a little shuck-and-jive, but A) that's nothing new in advertising, and hardly unique to Netflix, and B) it just pays to be an informed consumer and check out the plans before signing up. Of course, some would rather remain in ignorance and sue, but that's the American way.
Hasn't John Dvorak repeatedly been shown to be an utter imbecile, and almost invariably wrong about everything he says, for about a decade running now?
Why is anything he says found newsworthy? Aside from the allure of the ridiculous, I mean.
"I will NEVER EVER DO THIS EVER AGAIN and I am once more terribly sorry," Baldino wrote in a statement for police. "Please let me go for I am terribly sorry!!! I'm only a kid! Help me out. I just want to go home. I did this not knowing of the serious penalty that lies behind it. Please! Please! Please!"
What a spoiled little punk. He didn't know stealing was against the law? He was old enough to come up with this scam and steal, and now suddenly he's just an innocent kid?
I say they give him the chair.
No, but seriously, the attitude of this kid sickens me. Do the crime, get ready to do the time. At 19, you're a little old to be whining like an adolescent.
Hell no I don't watch them with a straight face. They're good fun.
They might not dramatic masterpieces, very true. But they were hugely influential from a special effects point of view, and are just a treat to watch in a Saturday-afternoon-serial kind of way.
So yeah, watching it with a straight face is watching it wrong, IMHO.
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I haven't bought a CD in a very long time. They're too expensive, and I'm not willing to run the risk of some critically broken DRM that's going to keep me from ripping a CD I just bought.
I'll continue to use iTunes because it's cheap and convenient, and these record labels can go on to blame piracy for the revenue they don't get from me.
I might regret not having an album here or there, but I'll survive.
Netflix has more than one plan. You can have up to 8 films out for something like thirty bucks a month.
So depending on how much of a buff you are, you can have more films out.
I'd never move away from Netflix. I love their system, and despite hearing about other people having problems, they've been terrific for me. One cracked disk in many months of subscription, and that's the only problem.
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I fail to see how any of this makes your point. Nowhere does this claim that unlimited rentals are available on the cheapest plan. It very specifically says "with our most popular plan."
How delightfully judgmental. However, if you actually look at the fine print on their commercials, you'll see they disclaim the true nature of their plans extensively.
Which is not to say they're not doing a little shuck-and-jive, but A) that's nothing new in advertising, and hardly unique to Netflix, and B) it just pays to be an informed consumer and check out the plans before signing up. Of course, some would rather remain in ignorance and sue, but that's the American way.
Hasn't John Dvorak repeatedly been shown to be an utter imbecile, and almost invariably wrong about everything he says, for about a decade running now?
Why is anything he says found newsworthy? Aside from the allure of the ridiculous, I mean.
Lighten up, Francis, it was a joke. As the next sentence very clearly demonstrates.
"I will NEVER EVER DO THIS EVER AGAIN and I am once more terribly sorry," Baldino wrote in a statement for police. "Please let me go for I am terribly sorry!!! I'm only a kid! Help me out. I just want to go home. I did this not knowing of the serious penalty that lies behind it. Please! Please! Please!"
What a spoiled little punk. He didn't know stealing was against the law? He was old enough to come up with this scam and steal, and now suddenly he's just an innocent kid?
I say they give him the chair.
No, but seriously, the attitude of this kid sickens me. Do the crime, get ready to do the time. At 19, you're a little old to be whining like an adolescent.
For a second I thought they meant Harlan Ellison, and I thought, "wow, $100 mil, what did the old curmudgeon say this time?!"
Why is this marked insightful? For lack of a +1, Shows Amusing Lack of Discrimination in Viewing Habits?
Looks like you just outed yourself.
"From my point of view, they weren't influential!"
"WELL THEN YOU ARE LOST!"
This is the worst spelling yet...
ROTFL HOW UNBELIEVABLY CLEVER
All hail the new King of Comedy!
Hell no I don't watch them with a straight face. They're good fun.
They might not dramatic masterpieces, very true. But they were hugely influential from a special effects point of view, and are just a treat to watch in a Saturday-afternoon-serial kind of way.
So yeah, watching it with a straight face is watching it wrong, IMHO.
If he enjoyed himself, it was a valuable use of his time, Professor Killjoy.
You spend your time acting like a jackhole on Slashdot, this guy does what he does. We all have our hobbies.
I just hope we don't have a resurgence of the "George Lucas is raping my childhood"
You must be new here. We get "George Lucas is raping my childhood" posts in stories about Sun Microsystems.
Thanks, Ted, that was the joke.
Sorry, I'm just not that moral.
Sliders?
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Thanks, Blu-Ray. You just guaranteed I will never buy one of these players.
Good luck with your technology. Keep on blamin' piracy. Tell the eight-tracks I said hello.
Let's also condemn and abandon Los Angeles, because one day a major earthquake is going to wipe that out, too.
In fact, abandon the entire western U.S. One of these days Yellowstone is going to blow.
Actually, we better just abandon Earth; one day the sun will be a burnt-out husk.
Let them go.
I haven't bought a CD in a very long time. They're too expensive, and I'm not willing to run the risk of some critically broken DRM that's going to keep me from ripping a CD I just bought.
I'll continue to use iTunes because it's cheap and convenient, and these record labels can go on to blame piracy for the revenue they don't get from me.
I might regret not having an album here or there, but I'll survive.
Yes, this review from ANYTHINGBUTIPOD.COM will surely provide fair, unbiased information.
Netflix has more than one plan. You can have up to 8 films out for something like thirty bucks a month.
So depending on how much of a buff you are, you can have more films out.
I'd never move away from Netflix. I love their system, and despite hearing about other people having problems, they've been terrific for me. One cracked disk in many months of subscription, and that's the only problem.
What are you implying? That technology isn't life? Yeah, right.
I like his doorstops, too, that's why I was disappointed to see him spew this sort of thing. Oh, well.