Hastings said the company has no specified limit on rentals, but "`unlimited' doesn't mean you should expect to get 10,000 a month."
Well, der, no one wants 10k movies a month.
But, if Netflix had a point they didn't really want people going over, why not just advertise X movies per month, instead of unlimited? According to the articles, most people don't rent more than 11 per month. Set the limit higher than that, but at a point where they can make the profit they are aiming for with throttling.
They don't end up looking like buttholes if they are just honest about it up front.
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Baldur's Gate would have been a much better game if it had more basketball and football in it.
I knew that had to be on there. It was pretty fun for a mindless hack 'n slash and came out during a lull in the CRPG business.
Best title evar: Zombies Ate My Neighbors. luh dat
Seeing as the word is Yiddish, which is written with the Hebrew alphabet, there isn't really any definitive spelling in the Roman alphabet.
I agree. We always spell it J-E-W-I-S-H- -H-A-T
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Hastings said the company has no specified limit on rentals, but "`unlimited' doesn't mean you should expect to get 10,000 a month."
Well, der, no one wants 10k movies a month.
But, if Netflix had a point they didn't really want people going over, why not just advertise X movies per month, instead of unlimited? According to the articles, most people don't rent more than 11 per month. Set the limit higher than that, but at a point where they can make the profit they are aiming for with throttling.
They don't end up looking like buttholes if they are just honest about it up front.