I dunno, tommyrot -- they're damned smart dogs. Who's to say this isn't his way of protesting being left in the truck? Is "bad dog" really a sufficiently nuanced response to an act of political speech?

Netflix guilt--I have it.

Netflix guilt actually poses a danger to the company. If customers decide they’re not getting their money’s worth, they might cancel their subscriptions altogether or at least downgrade them.

I cancelled after keeping the same movie for four months (forget what it was). I felt like I was done.

Yeah, I've been sitting on Hustle & Flow since before the Oscars. I was certain enough to return Crash unwatched, but I'm sure I'll get around to this one.

The longest I held onto a movie on purpose was the theatrical release of Fellowship of the Rings. I grabbed that as soon as it came out, and held onto it until the extended movie came out, which I then bought. Didn't bother for the final two movies, since I ended up buying my own copy of Fellowship, and just bought instead of rented.

Subtitled movies may sit for a while, because I don't just have to be in the mood for the movie, but I have to be in the mood to just sit there and do nothing but watch for two hours.

If customers decide they’re not getting their money’s worth, they might cancel their subscriptions altogether or at least downgrade them.

Er, how is this specific to Netflix? I mean, I cancel magazines when I feel I'm not getting my money's worth anymore too.

I don't get how he is calculating the cost of keeping a movie out. His starting point seems off. He says this "Trexel, I could tell, was a kindred spirit. She likes movies and is on the eight-film-a-month plan ($48 a month)." I assume he means 8-at-a-time? Because paying $50 for a total of 8 films seems pretty stupid. I looked on Netflix and there is not any plan listed involving 8 movies (but I think there used to be).

Of course, I don't really understand keeping something for two years and not watching it either.

If customers decide they’re not getting their money’s worth, they might cancel their subscriptions altogether or at least downgrade them.

My deciding factor is "how much would this film be costing me in late fees." Hell, I ended up paying late fees on the movies I watched right away. So I'm still committed to Netflix. Even though I sent Hotel Rwanda back unwatched because I knew I couldn't take the film, emotionally.

I've sat on a few things for a while and never watched them. I've also misplaced a dvd and so never returned it. I finally found several months later behind the piano. But I was continually watching and returning other discs so I didn't feel so bad about it.

The fact that I can sit on a movie until I actually feel like watching it is why I have Netflix. I can either factor things as how many movies I can have at a time, or how long I can have movies. Both are valuable in their own ways.

Okay, now I need to get to that work task that involves aggregating information from a sequence of e-mails. I hate doing that with Notes, since it's a tabbed interface.

My deciding factor is "how much would this film be costing me in late fees." Hell, I ended up paying late fees on the movies I watched right away.

Hell, I end up paying late fees on library DVDs--and the library is across the street! So if that "8th" DVD slot being taken up for a few months allows you to cycle through your other 7 more rapidly, I'd say you are probably getting your money's worth.