This list is generated through user ratings. We're talking about lowest common denominators here. The fact that there are three movies apiece on the list for both Star Trek and Star Wars just means that there are a lot of fans of those series frequenting Space.com. I'm sure after this story has been on the front page here for a while the list will go through dramatic changes.
But where I am, this has been do-able for quite some time. It's actually an optional service for which the cellular provider here (yes, that's singular) charges the customer, to the tune of (iirc) $6.95 cdn PER MONTH.
I work for a retailer that activates phones for the cell provider in my region, and I can't remember a single instance in which a customer actually wanted this feature.
While I agree with you regarding hypocrisy among some MS-haters, you're forgetting something kinda relevant here: many of us signed up for Hotmail LONG before MS took over. I personally have an active account from back in at least '96 (MS announced the buy-out in January '98). It might not make a huge difference, but it does shave a hair from the head of the hypocrisy ogre.
That account that I've had for all these years, by the way, is almost completely useless due to the volume of spam it receives. I can't remember the last time I logged in and DIDN'T find a junkmail folder with a triple digit quantity of messages. This, despite my best (read: futile) efforts to unsubscribe from the various lists that I stupidly signed onto back when I was a total n00b. I guess the best lessons are hard learned, eh?
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This list is generated through user ratings. We're talking about lowest common denominators here. The fact that there are three movies apiece on the list for both Star Trek and Star Wars just means that there are a lot of fans of those series frequenting Space.com. I'm sure after this story has been on the front page here for a while the list will go through dramatic changes.
But where I am, this has been do-able for quite some time. It's actually an optional service for which the cellular provider here (yes, that's singular) charges the customer, to the tune of (iirc) $6.95 cdn PER MONTH. I work for a retailer that activates phones for the cell provider in my region, and I can't remember a single instance in which a customer actually wanted this feature.
While I agree with you regarding hypocrisy among some MS-haters, you're forgetting something kinda relevant here: many of us signed up for Hotmail LONG before MS took over. I personally have an active account from back in at least '96 (MS announced the buy-out in January '98). It might not make a huge difference, but it does shave a hair from the head of the hypocrisy ogre.
That account that I've had for all these years, by the way, is almost completely useless due to the volume of spam it receives. I can't remember the last time I logged in and DIDN'T find a junkmail folder with a triple digit quantity of messages. This, despite my best (read: futile) efforts to unsubscribe from the various lists that I stupidly signed onto back when I was a total n00b. I guess the best lessons are hard learned, eh?