That's what is so sad about the whole thing. Netflix had a handy villain in the need to eliminate streaming as a freebie, but their horrific PR made them look like they were just increasing prices for no reason (I saw a *lot* of people online who believed that). Doing that and trying to split the service at the same time only compounded things. It's definitely going to show up in business school texts as a case study.
Eh? My iPad has a Netflix app. Android has it, too. Hell, that's one of the big things about Netflix- it's ubiquitous. My XBox, PS3, Wii, iPad, Mac and AppleTV all have Netflix apps.
I maintain one DVD out with my Netflix streaming. Sometimes the DVD rental the only way to get certain things, which is why I laugh in the face of anyone saying "discs are dead, grandpa!" It's not a tech issue but an IP one.
All I want is a flat rate, one stop shop for streaming anything ever made. Completely possible techwise, utterly undoable from an IP standpoint. iTunes works well enough with my AppleTV, but sometimes the cost of a series is more than buying used DVDs (or even Blu-Rays) on amazon. It's variable enough that I have to check every time.
I'm lucky enough to know people with similar tastes who like to buy DVD box sets, and I can borrow/copy a lot of stuff.
Or he could keep doing what he's doing: employing highly educated people who probably pay a lot of taxes.
Cripes, is it such heresy to question the quality of some oft quoted government statistic?
It's the same with unemployment numbers which horribly under-report the situation. Late last year there was a report of unemployment going down, but all the stories openly admitted that was because a large chunk of folks were simply not being counted anymore. Who even knows what the real number is anymore?
I tried to start Moogle, where all search items and images were redone in the style of the Final Fantasy series, but people attacked me and chased me into the hinterlands. I was not at all happy with that response.
Eh, I always liked the idea of special ops against the terror cells. Right after 9/11, some politician talked about how we'd come out of the night, out of the dark, and they'd never know when we'd strike against them next. I clearly recall reading it, but the Internet gives me no love on searches, so not sure who it was. Anyway, I liked the sound of that because at the time I was worried we'd get involved in more big, old style bogged down warfare. (And everyone called me a big pessimist for it, herp derp.)
Find 'em, target 'em, and go in nice and private like. The President or Congress or the DOD would never say anything about it publicly. No crowing over victories, no saber rattling, nothing. Terror camps and groups would just start being put down or disappearing. Have the ops teams clean up after themselves, or maybe even use different, atypical equipment each time. Keep the bad guys confused. Yeah, maybe it's all fantasy and I'm describing something impossible, but I guess the drones are a step toward what I thought we'd be doing at the start. Maybe.:-\
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
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Ha!
I still can't believe they did that.
Depends on what they have. iTunes is the last resort if all other avenues fail. What's so confusing?
Er, I use ModelSim on a Linux cluster almost every day. You mean the VHDL/Verilog simulator, right?
As for the GP: Yeah, yeah, blah blah Kool-Aid yadda yadda stop liking what I don't like. To quote Vonnegut, "And so on."
Do you realize that comparing OS choice to slavery makes the geek community look like a pack of lunatics to the outside world? Please stop. KTHX.
Besides, Top Chef For Geeks was Good Eats. Alton Brown regularly explained the science behind cooking.
Wait, I thought that was Walking Dead?
Bah ha ha ha ha ha! Ballmer! Ha ha ha ha!
That's what is so sad about the whole thing. Netflix had a handy villain in the need to eliminate streaming as a freebie, but their horrific PR made them look like they were just increasing prices for no reason (I saw a *lot* of people online who believed that). Doing that and trying to split the service at the same time only compounded things. It's definitely going to show up in business school texts as a case study.
Eh? My iPad has a Netflix app. Android has it, too. Hell, that's one of the big things about Netflix- it's ubiquitous. My XBox, PS3, Wii, iPad, Mac and AppleTV all have Netflix apps.
I maintain one DVD out with my Netflix streaming. Sometimes the DVD rental the only way to get certain things, which is why I laugh in the face of anyone saying "discs are dead, grandpa!" It's not a tech issue but an IP one.
All I want is a flat rate, one stop shop for streaming anything ever made. Completely possible techwise, utterly undoable from an IP standpoint. iTunes works well enough with my AppleTV, but sometimes the cost of a series is more than buying used DVDs (or even Blu-Rays) on amazon. It's variable enough that I have to check every time.
I'm lucky enough to know people with similar tastes who like to buy DVD box sets, and I can borrow/copy a lot of stuff.
So greater knowledge and understanding are not practical results? Huh.
How come no one ever blames the estimates for simply being wrong?
OK, now they'll be paying *you* a courtesy call. Ya *had* to go blabbing!
Yeah, I know, but I figured the virus payload is limited and would just play the "Born In The USA" bit over and over. :-)
As for the others, you're over thinking it. :-D
When I first heard it on the radio as a kid a million years ago I thought on "done dirt cheap" they were saying "thunder chief".
Thought the song was about a train or the F-105 something.
That might violate the Geneva Conventions.
No worries. The Men In Black have already paid the industry lawyers a little visit. A courtesy call, if you will.
What other songs could the virus rock out with?
"Stranglehold"
"Eve Of Destruction"
"Dogs Of War"
"Born In The USA"
Pretty much anything off Dark Side Of The Moon
That's why God gave us hand car wash places.
The one I got to has free wi-fi and vibrating recliners.
Or he could keep doing what he's doing: employing highly educated people who probably pay a lot of taxes.
Cripes, is it such heresy to question the quality of some oft quoted government statistic?
It's the same with unemployment numbers which horribly under-report the situation. Late last year there was a report of unemployment going down, but all the stories openly admitted that was because a large chunk of folks were simply not being counted anymore. Who even knows what the real number is anymore?
I tried to start Moogle, where all search items and images were redone in the style of the Final Fantasy series, but people attacked me and chased me into the hinterlands. I was not at all happy with that response.
Something about a Gorge of Eternal Peril or something.
Eh, I always liked the idea of special ops against the terror cells. Right after 9/11, some politician talked about how we'd come out of the night, out of the dark, and they'd never know when we'd strike against them next. I clearly recall reading it, but the Internet gives me no love on searches, so not sure who it was. Anyway, I liked the sound of that because at the time I was worried we'd get involved in more big, old style bogged down warfare. (And everyone called me a big pessimist for it, herp derp.)
Find 'em, target 'em, and go in nice and private like. The President or Congress or the DOD would never say anything about it publicly. No crowing over victories, no saber rattling, nothing. Terror camps and groups would just start being put down or disappearing. Have the ops teams clean up after themselves, or maybe even use different, atypical equipment each time. Keep the bad guys confused. Yeah, maybe it's all fantasy and I'm describing something impossible, but I guess the drones are a step toward what I thought we'd be doing at the start. Maybe. :-\
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
I'd like to get that printed on the Moon.
Ooo! Good catch. Forgot that one, too. Fanboi labels for all who dare not agree!
And your insult to nerds
Oh, please. The geekverse has become an intellectual cesspit.
Oh, yeah! I forgot that one! "Argh! Strawman! Grrr!"
Things are a tad different now.
*cough*ponies*cough*
True dat, but it's the measure of the man whether he chooses to destroy or not.