Hulu's a lot better than it used to be. It has an ad-free option, shows have a one day delay, and it works fine on my Roku. Though its selection is smaller than Netflix, it has some stuff that NF doesn't.
Then i noticed how they were cutting whole scenes out of some of my favorite shows so they could show more ads. I dont know what happened after that because i canceled service & havent looked back since.
Don't get me started! When I discovered METV, I thought it was great that I could watch some of the old shows from my youth. It didn't take long to find that large chunks of those shows were missing because of ads.
Being outraged by imaginary problems and not bothering to confirm anything before seems to be the new norm. You'll fit right in.
No, the problem was the summary: "The phones are attractive because they contain no bloatware, competing services, and a lack of software and security updates"
Parallel construction grammar fail. That should have read, "The phones are attractive because they contain no bloatware, no competing services, and won't lack software and security updates." The summary meant to negate all three parts.
Or they could have said "a lack of software, and security updates". For want of a comma, the meaning was lost.
I'd mostly stopped buying DVDs before Netflix. For me the real culprit was too many alternatives. I'd watch PrimeTime TV, I'd watch recorded shows, primetime or otherwise, on my DVR, I'd watch YouTube, I'd not watch anything because I was futzing around online. By the time I got around to the DVD I'd bought, it was practically rotting with age.
I don't even need to do that. I login via my Lincpass. When I leave my desk, I yank out the card, and the computer locks. Since it's a Windows box, it sometimes glitches and I do have to do Win + L, but it usually locks on card removal.
Some things shouldn't exist! I might be able to tolerate decent ads, but waay too many ads are not even remotely decent. I don't want to hear a car salesman yelling at me at the top of his lungs, unless I'm watching a show/movie about car salesmen. I don't want to see a commercial break at 7:15, and suddenly realize that it's still going on at 7:22! And I don't want to see the same ad, for a product you couldn't pay me to get, 3 times during a 30 minute show!!
Agreed. It's part of why I refuse to go to the movies. Pay 15 bucks to get in the door, 5 bucks if you want something to drink, 5 more for popcorn, get into the theater, sit down, and watch 20 minutes of commercials. No. Just no. Now, I understand that the theaters do this because they get none, or near none of the box office, but this is no excuse. The theaters should have never agreed to it. They should get a percentage of the box office and Hollywood can live with only making 100 trillion dollars rather than 110 trillion dollars. I mean, for Hollywood, this is just basic fricken human decency. You pay people who provide you a service. But they're such sleaze bags that they refuse to pay the industry that literally allows them to exist.
I haven't been to a theater since 2002! The ads weren't my only problem, but they were the straw that broke this camel's back.
Or, more likely, it would guarantee that the victim, who thinks a "backup" is something their plumber fixes but can't bear to lose those cute pictures of the sister's dog, won't ever report the crime.
I'd have the right to visit it when it's in the repair shop. I'd make the decision on when to pull the plug. I'd have something to give my collection of DVDs to when I croak.
I'm 56, and I remember when they didn't have 24 hour TV (if I got up early enough I could turn on the tube and get that fancy test pattern). So the number of shows was less than your figures. But I agree with your point. 455 isn't too much.
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Hulu's a lot better than it used to be. It has an ad-free option, shows have a one day delay, and it works fine on my Roku. Though its selection is smaller than Netflix, it has some stuff that NF doesn't.
Then i noticed how they were cutting whole scenes out of some of my favorite shows so they could show more ads. I dont know what happened after that because i canceled service & havent looked back since.
Don't get me started! When I discovered METV, I thought it was great that I could watch some of the old shows from my youth. It didn't take long to find that large chunks of those shows were missing because of ads.
Being outraged by imaginary problems and not bothering to confirm anything before seems to be the new norm. You'll fit right in.
No, the problem was the summary: "The phones are attractive because they contain no bloatware, competing services, and a lack of software and security updates"
Parallel construction grammar fail. That should have read, "The phones are attractive because they contain no bloatware, no competing services, and won't lack software and security updates." The summary meant to negate all three parts.
Or they could have said "a lack of software, and security updates". For want of a comma, the meaning was lost.
I'd mostly stopped buying DVDs before Netflix. For me the real culprit was too many alternatives. I'd watch PrimeTime TV, I'd watch recorded shows, primetime or otherwise, on my DVR, I'd watch YouTube, I'd not watch anything because I was futzing around online. By the time I got around to the DVD I'd bought, it was practically rotting with age.
It will make it a lot easier for them if you just trust them. Not better for you, but certainly better for them.
I live in a decent-sized city. It's not unusual for me to drive around 100 miles on a weekend day. It's not unheard of for me to approach 150.
Fox News: Trump can walk on water.
CNN: Um, that puddle under Trump? That's not exactly water!
Now my PC will be watching me at the keyboard. What's next, having it watch me sleep?
Worse, now they'll know when you're catching some zzzs at your keyboard.
Yeah, mine does that. Which can be a bit of a PITA when I'm in one of those teleconferences and don't wiggle the mouse enough.
I don't even need to do that. I login via my Lincpass. When I leave my desk, I yank out the card, and the computer locks. Since it's a Windows box, it sometimes glitches and I do have to do Win + L, but it usually locks on card removal.
Some things shouldn't exist! I might be able to tolerate decent ads, but waay too many ads are not even remotely decent. I don't want to hear a car salesman yelling at me at the top of his lungs, unless I'm watching a show/movie about car salesmen. I don't want to see a commercial break at 7:15, and suddenly realize that it's still going on at 7:22! And I don't want to see the same ad, for a product you couldn't pay me to get, 3 times during a 30 minute show!!
Agreed. It's part of why I refuse to go to the movies. Pay 15 bucks to get in the door, 5 bucks if you want something to drink, 5 more for popcorn, get into the theater, sit down, and watch 20 minutes of commercials. No. Just no. Now, I understand that the theaters do this because they get none, or near none of the box office, but this is no excuse. The theaters should have never agreed to it. They should get a percentage of the box office and Hollywood can live with only making 100 trillion dollars rather than 110 trillion dollars. I mean, for Hollywood, this is just basic fricken human decency. You pay people who provide you a service. But they're such sleaze bags that they refuse to pay the industry that literally allows them to exist.
I haven't been to a theater since 2002! The ads weren't my only problem, but they were the straw that broke this camel's back.
But, without all the shit the CEO generates, they might not need the janitors.
Lately, I've been watching more on Hulu than on Netflix. If I had to cut one of those right now, NF would be gone.
WWII brought us nukes.
WWIII will have bigger nukes.
The drones mean nothing in a world of nukes.
Nukes are a "doomsday weapon". You don't win a war with them, unless you want to rule an irradiated wasteland. Drones are better suited for real war.
If Comcast is anything like my olde Time Warner email, you'd get less spam if your email was in NK, Russia, or China.
Or, more likely, it would guarantee that the victim, who thinks a "backup" is something their plumber fixes but can't bear to lose those cute pictures of the sister's dog, won't ever report the crime.
Apparently you CAN breed different species. Lions and tigers are clearly different species, but you can breed them and get ligers.
They meant to block a statue of Uranus. They just got the wrong god.
My GFs mother had defib. She decided not to go through that again and did a DNR.
It's good advertising. Samsung can honestly say they have the hottest phones on the market.
It's going out in a blaze of glory.
I'd have the right to visit it when it's in the repair shop.
I'd make the decision on when to pull the plug.
I'd have something to give my collection of DVDs to when I croak.
It's what I've said before. Bloggers aren't as good as real journalists, but "real journalists" have gotten as bad as bloggers.
I'm 56, and I remember when they didn't have 24 hour TV (if I got up early enough I could turn on the tube and get that fancy test pattern). So the number of shows was less than your figures. But I agree with your point. 455 isn't too much.