As soon as they get on the phone, ask to speak to a native English speaker. You have to wait a little longer, but this has never been a problem for me.
I imagine that if you were killed while playing "NPC", you'd be respawned and get to attack again. The number and locations of respawns would be dependent on the specific level.
And this is why Blockbuster Online is so much better. I can return my 3 movies in-store, and pick out 3 new ones on the spot, as well as knowing that the distribution center ships my next 3 queued movies as soon as I return them in-store, rather than waiting for them to come back to the distribution center. So turn around time for the in-the-mail-movies is half that of Netflix, as well as allowing me to get the 3 extra movies in store every time I go in to return the mail movies. I've gotten 12 DVDs in a week from Blockbuster Online and usually get 9 a week if I'm doing alot of movie watching.
I agree. I also live in a densely populated college town, and I have 8 Mbps which I push to its limits every day and night and it gets pegged at 7 Mbps when I do speed tests. GP must live in a shit situation.
The reason that Netflix is doing this is because Blockbuster Online lets you return your from-the-mail movies in-store for free new ones which you can watch while you wait for your next batch to come in the mail. On top of that, as soon as you exchange them in-store, they ship out your next ones, instead of waiting for them to get to their distribution center. I LOVE this and it makes Blockbuster Online an order of magnitude better than Netflix. Netflix is throwing whatever they've been working on at their customers ASAP before they lose customers in droves as more people become aware of how great the Blockbuster policy is.
Prior to this, there was basically no reason to choose Netflix over Blockbuster. With my $18/month 3 DVD plan, I could get 3 DVDs on Monday, exchange them in store on Wednesday for 3 more movies, and depending when on Wednesday I dropped them off, by Thursday or Friday I'd have 3 more movies in the mail, which I could exchange over the weekend for new ones and rinse and repeat. You can easily have 9-12 DVDs a WEEK from Blockbuster with the in-store exchange policy, a 3 DVD plan, and my distribution center is only an hour away.
Is Asurian the company you're dealing with? Because Asurian has charged me $6/month for maybe 7 years now, from Verizon through to my switch to T-mobile.
When did this happen? My experience was over the last couple months and I could only wish that it had been as easy as yours. How much was the deductible? Maybe their policies have changed?
A single movie taking up 2GB??? The movies I rip and format for my fiance's iPod take up ~500MB, and if I wanted to I could compress them more. They look great on the iPod screen, not great on a TV screen running off the iPod, but still watchable.
I love my T-mobile service, but I only pay $6 a month for unlimited data on an unlocked PEBL and then our family plan pays $10 a month for unlimited texting for upto 5 phones ($2 a phone if you have 5, we have 3, so it's $3.33 each). That's on top of the actual voice plan.
That really pisses me off. If it's being used with Cingular, it should be able to be used with T-mobile (my carrier) as well. They run the same sort of network. I love T-mobile, have always gotten 150% from them in terms of customer service, and can never see myself switching away (after 3-4 years of a horrible Verizon experience). T-mobile, in my experience, is very open and I'm surprised that Cingular was chosen over them. Hopefully, Apple will expand the phone to T-mobile soon after releasing it, or it will at least be unlockable. Currently, I can use any unlocked SIM-card phone with T-mobile, not just the ones they sell. Currently, I'm using a Motorola phone I bought online from Europe, which is not available in the US, and it works perfectly with my T-mobile voice and data plans. Let's hope the iPhone is similarly capable.
Why is $600 for a bleeding edge phone a good price but $600 for a bleeding edge console is a rip off?
I personally don't think that $600 for a console is too much, but my guess would be that people thinking along those lines are basing their thoughts on pricing history of smart phones versus consoles. Smart phones have been priced at around $600 for years now.
Asurian (spelling?), the company who does cell phone insurance, is facing class action lawsuits because their insurance is ridiculous. After factoring in what you pay monthly along with the deductible, you end up paying full price for a "new" refurbished phone. I myself had to deal with the company and jumping through their hoops until I realized that for only $25 more than the deductible, I could order a brand new PEBL online, in a color not offered in the United States, and fully unlocked already. I dropped the insurance claim and stopped paying the monthly fee for it and I'm sorry for anyone else who has to deal with their bullshit.
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As soon as they get on the phone, ask to speak to a native English speaker. You have to wait a little longer, but this has never been a problem for me.
I imagine that if you were killed while playing "NPC", you'd be respawned and get to attack again. The number and locations of respawns would be dependent on the specific level.
My unlocked phone (non supported by Tmobile), works fine with T-mobile and MMS. Message me and we will figure out what's missing.
I voted Nader so don't blame me.
What's wrong with it being his side? He didn't claim it was your side, just that it was his and his side's side.
Heh I'm so happy I didn't have parents like you when I was a wee lad myself.
You still get those coupons, but it's only one a month now, on top of each in-mail movie counting as a coupon too.
I concur.
I don't think the average consumer remembers nor thinks anything about rootkits when considering the PS3.
And this is why Blockbuster Online is so much better. I can return my 3 movies in-store, and pick out 3 new ones on the spot, as well as knowing that the distribution center ships my next 3 queued movies as soon as I return them in-store, rather than waiting for them to come back to the distribution center. So turn around time for the in-the-mail-movies is half that of Netflix, as well as allowing me to get the 3 extra movies in store every time I go in to return the mail movies. I've gotten 12 DVDs in a week from Blockbuster Online and usually get 9 a week if I'm doing alot of movie watching.
I agree. I also live in a densely populated college town, and I have 8 Mbps which I push to its limits every day and night and it gets pegged at 7 Mbps when I do speed tests. GP must live in a shit situation.
Blockbuster Online is a MUCH better deal than Netflix, as I wrote in another post in this discussion.
The reason that Netflix is doing this is because Blockbuster Online lets you return your from-the-mail movies in-store for free new ones which you can watch while you wait for your next batch to come in the mail. On top of that, as soon as you exchange them in-store, they ship out your next ones, instead of waiting for them to get to their distribution center. I LOVE this and it makes Blockbuster Online an order of magnitude better than Netflix. Netflix is throwing whatever they've been working on at their customers ASAP before they lose customers in droves as more people become aware of how great the Blockbuster policy is.
Prior to this, there was basically no reason to choose Netflix over Blockbuster. With my $18/month 3 DVD plan, I could get 3 DVDs on Monday, exchange them in store on Wednesday for 3 more movies, and depending when on Wednesday I dropped them off, by Thursday or Friday I'd have 3 more movies in the mail, which I could exchange over the weekend for new ones and rinse and repeat. You can easily have 9-12 DVDs a WEEK from Blockbuster with the in-store exchange policy, a 3 DVD plan, and my distribution center is only an hour away.
My DVD player never cared if I burn Video CDs or Super Video CDs so I always went with SVCDs since they were super :)
If I have enough stuff to fill up a DVD, I'll do that, otherwise a CD is fine.
I usually rip a movie into AVI format between 700 and 800MB so that I can fit it on a Super Video CD.
Um, I checked the first 3 links which all supported what he (truthfully) stated.
Is Asurian the company you're dealing with? Because Asurian has charged me $6/month for maybe 7 years now, from Verizon through to my switch to T-mobile.
When did this happen? My experience was over the last couple months and I could only wish that it had been as easy as yours. How much was the deductible? Maybe their policies have changed?
What kinda phone is it?
A single movie taking up 2GB??? The movies I rip and format for my fiance's iPod take up ~500MB, and if I wanted to I could compress them more. They look great on the iPod screen, not great on a TV screen running off the iPod, but still watchable.
I love my T-mobile service, but I only pay $6 a month for unlimited data on an unlocked PEBL and then our family plan pays $10 a month for unlimited texting for upto 5 phones ($2 a phone if you have 5, we have 3, so it's $3.33 each). That's on top of the actual voice plan.
That really pisses me off. If it's being used with Cingular, it should be able to be used with T-mobile (my carrier) as well. They run the same sort of network. I love T-mobile, have always gotten 150% from them in terms of customer service, and can never see myself switching away (after 3-4 years of a horrible Verizon experience). T-mobile, in my experience, is very open and I'm surprised that Cingular was chosen over them. Hopefully, Apple will expand the phone to T-mobile soon after releasing it, or it will at least be unlockable. Currently, I can use any unlocked SIM-card phone with T-mobile, not just the ones they sell. Currently, I'm using a Motorola phone I bought online from Europe, which is not available in the US, and it works perfectly with my T-mobile voice and data plans. Let's hope the iPhone is similarly capable.
Why is $600 for a bleeding edge phone a good price but $600 for a bleeding edge console is a rip off?
I personally don't think that $600 for a console is too much, but my guess would be that people thinking along those lines are basing their thoughts on pricing history of smart phones versus consoles. Smart phones have been priced at around $600 for years now.
Asurian (spelling?), the company who does cell phone insurance, is facing class action lawsuits because their insurance is ridiculous. After factoring in what you pay monthly along with the deductible, you end up paying full price for a "new" refurbished phone. I myself had to deal with the company and jumping through their hoops until I realized that for only $25 more than the deductible, I could order a brand new PEBL online, in a color not offered in the United States, and fully unlocked already. I dropped the insurance claim and stopped paying the monthly fee for it and I'm sorry for anyone else who has to deal with their bullshit.
...and didn't come to an agreement.
Cisco Sues Apple for Trademark Infringement. From the article: "Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel, Cisco. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.