Sounds like time to switch to a database.
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
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Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2011 3:43:18 pm PDT #17857 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 2:00:34 pm PDT #17858 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I asked the resounding stupid question here about "Where is Google chat?" on my Android devices. I have been using it a bit clumsily on my tablet (sorry, Perkins), but I just went into it on my phone and it only lets choose my primary phone's GMail address, even though I have three installed (G+ points to a different one, for instance). On the tablet, I get a choice. Am I again missing something obvious?
I know I'm missing something obvious in that I can't get it not to vibrate to notify me of new mail. I swear I've been into the right settings to turn it off, but still three pulses when new K9 mail comes in, and a couple other notification services. Bothers me.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 2:55:13 pm PDT #17859 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Other beef: Printing. What's with that? My HP C6200 is too old to print to? That's not fair. That strikes me as a lack of willingness to support, rather than a straight up technical limitation. That's my last remaining serious beef with the tablet, that I have to go through a computer to print anything I generate off of it.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 3:18:07 am PDT #17860 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
netflix is spinning off its dvd rental side into a new company called Qwickster. Netflix itself will be only streaming media.
I don't know what this will do to those of us sharing accounts.
I don't know what netflix is doing anymore.
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 3:57:41 am PDT #17861 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
netflix is spinning off its dvd rental side into a new company called Qwickster. Netflix itself will be only streaming media.
That reminds me, I should cancel my Netflix account.
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2011 4:36:10 am PDT #17862 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What services are you using to consume media these days, Jess?
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 4:39:10 am PDT #17863 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - Ethan's job, mostly. If we've gone through everything on the Tivo, there's always a stack of DVDs to watch. I can't remember the last time I fired up Netflix streaming, and I haven't seen a DVD from them in months.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2011 4:41:52 am PDT #17864 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, is Netflix's only strong point w/r/t DVD rentals the fact that they have a large catalog? Because -- and I know I'm not the first person to say this -- I can rent Thor from RedBox for a buck.
But the flip side, I assume, is that RedBox is just new(ish) stuff? So if I wanted, say, S1 of a TV show, Netflix Qwickster would be the way to go?
Gris - Sep 19, 2011 4:45:21 am PDT #17865 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I'm working my way through Friends via Neflix DVD. RedBox can't do that. But honestly, I'm probably not going to keep two separate accounts to do that, and the streaming is more valuable to me. This split is a mistake.
I also made a mistake and bought some Netflix stock a month ago; I thought they were going to recover from the fallout of the price drop and Starz going away. I think this means I'm wrong. Oops.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 4:49:29 am PDT #17866 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I believe Redbox focuses on current releases, and I guess it isn't available everywhere (I have no idea where I would go for Redbox around where I live).
Netflix's catalog is pretty deep on the DVD side, their streaming is great for tv releases, but if I want to say, watch "The Sound of Music", I pretty much can't do that streaming.
I can't watch "The Wire" streaming.