The ridiculous price of cable is the entire reason I have Netflix in the first place. Never mind $100 a month, if it were $50 I'd cancel it in a heartbeat.
try a big search, then sorting by price, and tell me you don't find several that are out-of-sequence
Usually I find this is caused by the asshattery that is MAP pricing. Manufacturers set a minimum price retailers can advertise, and you have to add the thing to the cart (or sometimes all but place the order) to see the actual price. The search results still sort by the real price though.
Nothing better on a cold night like this than some boiling hot soup! Why don't I just go ahead and heat you up a cup? It's made from turtles! Turtles that you love!
Well that largely depends on how good the classes are and why you want the degree, doesn't it? If you finish the degree and know the subject material as well as someone who spent thousands on theirs, is that enough value for your $100?
No, it's the "arty" flavor of Windows 8, meant to compete with the Mac.
Oh so that's why Microsoft thought a version of Windows that that has a new and unfamiliar UI and won't run any of the software you have would be a good idea.
I think it's entirely reasonable that UIs be designed to minimize the chance that they will kill you and anyone else nearby, even if that doesn't happen very often. It's not as though pushing a button is all that much better than turning a key.
Movies that aren't available for streaming are annoying, but there's fair few TV shows on Netflix that are just missing random episodes or sometimes whole seasons. I forget specifically which one it was, but I remember finding a show where all the episodes could be streamed, except episode two was arbitrarily only available on DVD. It was a serial so skipping an episode meant missing part of the story so obviously I didn't bother.
Best I can figure the distributors see Netflix streaming as undercutting their DVD sales and idiocy like that is intended to get the viewer to get the DVD instead, but considering anything popular enough to stream on Netflix will invariably also be on Pirate Bay I kind of doubt it has the effect they want.
You watch the TV.
The TV watches you watching the TV.
Some ad agency flunky watches the TV watching you watch the TV.
His monitor watches him watch the TV watching you watch the TV.
His supervisor watches the monitor watching him watch the TV watching you watch the TV.
Naturally they reject any obscene entries, but if you did submit something that was owned by someone else, you indemnify them against any claim the actual right holder makes. So they get to use it and you get to pay for the infringement. Great deal, right?
Each Eligible Entrant hereby agrees to indemnify the Contest Entities and/or Sponsor in respect of any and all claims, judgments, losses, damages, settlements, expenses, costs and other liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees) relating to or arising out of any breach by Eligible Entrant of his or her obligations under these Official Rules.
What I really like is that the rules say that Atari becomes the owner of your entry. So if you don't win, you can't even throw your game on the app store and see it makes a few bucks there instead.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Eligible Entrant agrees that upon completion of each stage of production of his or her Entry until final completion of such Entry, such completed stage of production, all materials used in the production of such completed stage of production, the Entry, all derivatives thereof, Eligible Entrant's contributions thereto, and all right, title and interest pertaining thereto, including without limitation the copyright and renewals and extensions thereof, shall be entirely the property of Sponsor.
You'd have to be some kind of moron to enter this contest.
They actually wanted to do $13,999.99999999999~, but someone told them it was equal to $14k, so they could no longer claim it was less than. Their heads exploded.
This seems like a workable solution to the problem of used car salesmen. You should patent it and charge royalties.
Please no. The only thing worse than people who buy virtual clothes for their virtual pets would have to be people who buy real clothes for their real pets.
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Well that's an easy one: EVERYTHING!
The ridiculous price of cable is the entire reason I have Netflix in the first place. Never mind $100 a month, if it were $50 I'd cancel it in a heartbeat.
Usually I find this is caused by the asshattery that is MAP pricing. Manufacturers set a minimum price retailers can advertise, and you have to add the thing to the cart (or sometimes all but place the order) to see the actual price. The search results still sort by the real price though.
Somehow I don't think bragging about how fast you were is ever going to catch on.
I pick Episode 3.
Oh hey, it's the last person on Earth who hasn't been exposed to a shock site. And he's on Slashdot. This will end well.
You can't get Firefox or VLC for iOS because of Apple's walled garden, both of which are things a non-technical person might reasonably want to use.
Nothing better on a cold night like this than some boiling hot soup! Why don't I just go ahead and heat you up a cup? It's made from turtles! Turtles that you love!
Well that largely depends on how good the classes are and why you want the degree, doesn't it? If you finish the degree and know the subject material as well as someone who spent thousands on theirs, is that enough value for your $100?
Or perhaps like all rational people he's just repressing his memory of it.
CUNNING STUNT BONUS
You can just uninstall the overlay-scrollbar package and you'll have normal scrollbars again.
Oh so that's why Microsoft thought a version of Windows that that has a new and unfamiliar UI and won't run any of the software you have would be a good idea.
I think it's entirely reasonable that UIs be designed to minimize the chance that they will kill you and anyone else nearby, even if that doesn't happen very often. It's not as though pushing a button is all that much better than turning a key.
I think a better UI would have been to just use a key instead of a stupid fiddily button.
YOW! You don't need to SUBSCRIBE to anything. He has a WEBSITE.
Movies that aren't available for streaming are annoying, but there's fair few TV shows on Netflix that are just missing random episodes or sometimes whole seasons. I forget specifically which one it was, but I remember finding a show where all the episodes could be streamed, except episode two was arbitrarily only available on DVD. It was a serial so skipping an episode meant missing part of the story so obviously I didn't bother.
Best I can figure the distributors see Netflix streaming as undercutting their DVD sales and idiocy like that is intended to get the viewer to get the DVD instead, but considering anything popular enough to stream on Netflix will invariably also be on Pirate Bay I kind of doubt it has the effect they want.
It's like this:
You watch the TV.
The TV watches you watching the TV.
Some ad agency flunky watches the TV watching you watch the TV.
His monitor watches him watch the TV watching you watch the TV.
His supervisor watches the monitor watching him watch the TV watching you watch the TV.
Turtles all the way down.
Naturally they reject any obscene entries, but if you did submit something that was owned by someone else, you indemnify them against any claim the actual right holder makes. So they get to use it and you get to pay for the infringement. Great deal, right?
What I really like is that the rules say that Atari becomes the owner of your entry. So if you don't win, you can't even throw your game on the app store and see it makes a few bucks there instead.
You'd have to be some kind of moron to enter this contest.
In 2040 Bruce Willis will be 85. What's he gonna do? Tell the asteroid to get off his lawn?
It is but there's a trick to it. You just have to pick two different ones when they post the dupe.
This seems like a workable solution to the problem of used car salesmen. You should patent it and charge royalties.
Please no. The only thing worse than people who buy virtual clothes for their virtual pets would have to be people who buy real clothes for their real pets.
You are aware that this sort of comment only supports his argument, right?