Xander ,'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I don't even have a VCR hooked up in the house any more. I do have a nice JVC S-VHS VCR, but it's down in the garage with all my other spare audio and computer gear, and rental stock.
I hooked mine up a few weeks ago when S. got the hankering to watch one of his old MST3K tapes. I spent the rest of the evening muttering about "we could maybe, you know, digitize?"
My VCR is still connected, mainly because I think it's going to try and kill me if I disconnect it. It's looking shifty.
Allyson, I tried to reply, and I got a delivery failure message. Is AOL kerfucked?
I have no idea how much of the Olympics I'll watch. Probably have it on in the background for part of the time...
I'm going to try to watch curling and the speed skating, and of course, the HOCKEY!
My pretty much perfect Saturday just got more perfect because a tv repair guy is coming at 10am. WHEE!!
Also, I HAVE ICE CREAM AND IT IS NOT MAKING ME SICK!!!
I don't have Netflix, so I don't remember if this has been discussed: 'Throttling' Angers Netflix Heavy Renters
SAN FRANCISCO -- Manuel Villanueva realizes he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up for Netflix Inc.'s online DVD rental service 2 1/2 years ago, but he still feels shortchanged. That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays to rent up to three DVDs at a time would amount to an even bigger bargain if the company didn't penalize him for returning his movies so quickly.
Netflix typically sends about 13 movies per month to Villanueva's home in Warren, Mich. -- down from the 18 to 22 DVDs he once received before the company's automated system identified him as a heavy renter and began delaying his shipments to protect its profits.
The same Netflix formula also shoves Villanueva to the back of the line for the most-wanted DVDs, so the service can send those popular flicks to new subscribers and infrequent renters.
It's come up before--it's something that Netflix cops to in their terms of service. Annoying, but it's what he agreed to.
Hmmm. Today it rejected email from my agent as spam.
I think aol is blocking the whole world.
I really need a new ISP and DSL.
It's all very expensive though, yeah?
Well, that's a relief. Just came from a way better performance review than I honestly deserved. Go me?
It's all very expensive though, yeah?
Probably not much more than you're currently paying for AOL.
It's all very expensive though, yeah?
Available for Allyson:
EarthLink High Speed DSL InternetDownstream speed of up to 1.5 Mbps $21.95/month for the first 12 months Monthly Charge: $ 39.95/month thereafter Term Commitment: 12 months Early Termination Fee: $149.95 Activation Charge: $ 99.00 One-time Fee Discounts: $ -99.00 Total One-time Fees: $ 0.00
Probably more expensive than AOL, but if you just want a different provider, you can get their dialup for $9.95/month for the first six months.
And I just picked them out of a hat--no comparison shopping performed.