Signe
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Except for the lawyers, I don't think people generally make money off of class action suits, do they? It's all about the principle, no? (and the lawyers)
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shiznitz
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Right. If the lawyers got the same per capita as the plaintiffs, there would be no class action lawsuits. Total lawyer payouts should be capped at some multiple of the average per capita restitution, say 10x.
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HaemishM
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Suddenly, I'm starting to get throttled out the ass. In the last week, I've seen my queue go from mostly "Now" to Short or Long Waits, with the new shit going to VERY LONG WAIT.
I'm really starting to lean towards Intelliflix. Is the service as fast?
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Viin
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I checked my queue just now, to see what it said. Everything for me is Now with Long Wait for 40-year old virgin. Maybe yours is just jacked up?
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Signe
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Netflix Sux.
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shiznitz
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I too have recently experienced a decrease in "now." 40-yr old virgin has been long wait for almost 2 months.
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I have never played WoW.
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Strazos
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All you guys waiting for 40 Year Old Virgin are not missing much.
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Fear the Backstab!
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"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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HaemishM
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That's what they kept telling the virgin, but you know virgins.
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schild
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All you guys waiting for 40 Year Old Virgin are not missing much.
You're wrong again. Not only is the movie fantastic, the ending is just about the most spectacular thing ever captured on film. Noob. |
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Strazos
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You're wrong again. Not only is the movie fantastic, the ending is just about the most spectacular thing ever captured on film. Noob.
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You're wrong again. Not only is the movie fantastic, the ending is just about the most spectacular thing ever captured on film. Noob.
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MrHat
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My blockbuster queue is getting low, I need some movies to rent.
Help me out!
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Signe
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I think you should rent 40 Year Old Virgin.
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MrHat
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I think you should rent 40 Year Old Virgin.
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So you are saying you have also lived it?
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Miasma
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Netflix is suing Blockbuster to shut down their online service. They are claiming they have patents for online movie rentals. These absurd tech patents have to be stopped. The second patent, issued on Tuesday, "covers a method for subscription-based online rental that allows subscribers to keep the DVDs they rent for as long as they wish without incurring any late fees, to obtain new DVDs without incurring additional charges and to prioritize and reprioritize their own personal dynamic queue -- of DVDs to be rented," the lawsuit said. How the hell can you patent that? I'm going to go out and patent the idea of "exchanging an abstract monetary construct in return for goods and services", then everyone who dares to use money is going to get a tersely worded cease and desist until I get paid.
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Krakrok
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Netflix is now sueing Blockbuster for having an online DVD rental. Netflix claims to have a patent on it or some shit. Evil.
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Margalis
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I hear that somebody is suing somebody over something.
Anyone else hear that? If so, post below!
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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schild
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I hope they only go after Blockbuster. I've hated blockbuster for a long time. But if the go after the little companies they had best be ready for backlash from every hippie in San Francisco. If only they can work up the energy to get off the couch.
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Nevermore
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So now it's possible to patent business models? Best thing that could happen from this is all these ridiculous patents are voided.
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Over and out.
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Signe
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That would be nice. Patenting a process without having developed a tangible product or anything of your own, just seems wrong to me. It's like sending that bloke to jal because he didn't believe in the holocaust or bits of it or something. I forget. All I know is that is sounds weird for someone to be punished for believing in something or someone to patent how to do something.
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tazelbain
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Business patents are wrong even if they are used against a company I don't like. Like 95% of software patents, they are trivial inventions.
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HaemishM
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Netflix just tread into Raging Douchebag territory. Fucktards.
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Mr_PeaCH
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In related news, we just got notified by Blockbuster that our fees are being bumped $3 (from 14.99 to 17.99 iirc) but that we will maintain the same level of service which is key for us. New Blockbuster subscribers can choose 2 movies at a time for the old fee price or 3 at a time for the new and they get an e-coupon which they can print out and take in to a brick-and-mortar Blockbuster for free movie rentals (2 per month I believe). But our 'grandfather' clause means that our 2 e-coupons are good for movies OR games and getting two free game rentals a month along with our movies will keep us happy Blockbuster campers for as long as that gravy train runs and fuck the extra $3.
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Mesozoic
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I recently started Netflix for the wife and I, but I'm not sure that we fall into the same viewing habits as most of you. Our interests lean towards foreign and indy films and we're not looking for more than about 1 movie a week. The only reason we joined at all was to bypass the local Blockbusters and its collection of inane movies. Difficult to find titles of actual artistic merit in the hick villages surrounding Baltimore.
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