"By starting your Netflix membership, you are expressly agreeing that we are authorized to charge you a monthly membership fee at the then current rate... [...] Please note that prices and charges are subject to change with notice."
Besides, I'm not really sure you can term it as a "contract." It's not as though customers agree to stay with Netflix for any set length of time they way they would with a cellphone carrier. And cell carriers can unilaterally change the terms of their contracts; they just have to let customers out of their contracts on request after said changes are enacted. If you want out of your Netflix "contract," cancel your account.
Besides, I'm not really sure you can term it as a "contract." It's not as though customers agree to stay with Netflix for any set length of time they way they would with a cellphone carrier. And cell carriers can unilaterally change the terms of their contracts; they just have to let customers out of their contracts on request after said changes are enacted. If you want out of your Netflix "contract," cancel your account.
Does he spend a lot of time describing food and heraldry, and talking about sex in quasi-pornographic terms? 'Cause if not, it's not a G.R.R.M. joint in my opinion.
Alright, I'll admit it: like others, I love the story and hate the writing. But I can't very well wait 5-10 years for HBO to adapt this one, so I guess I'll be picking it up this week.
Alright, I'll admit it: like others, I love the story and hate the writing. But I can't very well wait 5-10 years for HBO to adapt this one, so I guess I'll be picking it up this week.
You seriously stared at it for 5 minutes and couldn't tell you were looking at two front pages? 5 whole minutes?
Funny, I've been a Sprint customer for over a decade and have never encountered any of the problems you listed. Either you've had really bad luck or I've had really good luck.
Oranges are orange.
Actually, it's "Mall of Millenia." And as someone who's known how to spell "millennia" since he was 7 or so thanks to Captain Han Solo, I cannot express how much that annoys me.
Sigh. Why on Earth would you think that anyone can get away with copyrighting something that includes someone else's (or in this case, a company's) pre-existing copyright and/or trademark as an integral part?
Was the article somehow unclear that hotspots are a new feature for iPhones? Seemed crystal to me, but I guess everyone has different levels of perception. Anyhow, yes, iPhones now have hotspots AND Netflix. Just like Android.
I mean, Android has a Netflix app, doesn't it? No? Well, at least you can tether an iOS device that does get Netflix...
I mean, Android has a Netflix app, doesn't it? No? Well, at least you can tether an iOS device that does get Netflix...
Who said you were advocating piracy? Not me. Yep, just re-read what I wrote and at no point did I suggest that you're a piracy-advocate. Though the fact you were so quick to assume I was calling you out as such might give some people pause to wonder...
But I digress. All I was saying, via sarcasm, is that no one man or woman is allowed to change the laws to their liking (at least not in a government that uses checks and balances). You can say emulation (or skate boarding, or sex with underage girls, etc.) isn't a crime all you want, just like you can say night is day and the moon is square and your average cat is bigger than a Buick, but no amount of words can wish fantasy into reality.
Point being, emulation is in fact a crime. You might not agree with the various copyright & trademark laws that make it a crime, but it's still a crime no matter how noble your intentions.
But I digress. All I was saying, via sarcasm, is that no one man or woman is allowed to change the laws to their liking (at least not in a government that uses checks and balances). You can say emulation (or skate boarding, or sex with underage girls, etc.) isn't a crime all you want, just like you can say night is day and the moon is square and your average cat is bigger than a Buick, but no amount of words can wish fantasy into reality.
Point being, emulation is in fact a crime. You might not agree with the various copyright & trademark laws that make it a crime, but it's still a crime no matter how noble your intentions.
Sweet, I didn't realize that private citizens are allowed to determine what is and isn't a crime as far as their country's legal system is concerned. Henceforth, murder is not a crime! My boss better watch his back.
Oh sorry, didn't realize you were just out to write a bunch of long paragraphs and generally act like a jerk. Go on and be a stick in the mud my man, carry on!
Of course it was sarcasm, using a very obvious example to highlight the fact that it's ridiculous to think that people/companies who are good at one thing aren't going to have success when they try something different. Glad to see that you've seemingly stepped away from that position because, frankly, it was a rather untenable.
And for my money, RDR was at least twice as good as any GTA game to date. And I *LOVE* GTA with a passion. So thank god R* stepped away from the tried-and-true path.
And for my money, RDR was at least twice as good as any GTA game to date. And I *LOVE* GTA with a passion. So thank god R* stepped away from the tried-and-true path.
Yeah, or like those Grand Theft Auto people trying something new with Red Dead Redemption. Anyone who got excited about that was a fool! Fortunately you and me are a couple of smart cookies and know that companies and people should never, ever branch out from the very first thing they got known for. High five, bro!
For what it's worth (and don't ask me for a link, I haven't figured out how to link through time and space yet), I remember reading an interview back in the day with someone in a position to know who said that the Die Hard movies were originally planned as an homage trilogy to '70s disaster films. DH = Towering Inferno, DH 2 = Airport, and DH 3 was originally supposed to = Poseidon Adventure, but they wound up passing on the script and it got turned into Steve Seagal's Under Siege.
But whoever it was that was interviewed could've been full of B.S., who knows.
But whoever it was that was interviewed could've been full of B.S., who knows.
If you don't understand why "weeks" is possessive in that sentence, then you need to get out of the correcting-other-people game, or at least stop doing it in a public forum. It's kind of like a doctor performing surgery while simultaneously admitting that he doesn't understand what the tubes connected to the heart do.
[FWIW: Long-time professional writer/editor who has never made a "corrections" post in his life. That said, I have sent a few discreet emails to alert authors to mistakes; they'll likely see the email long before an article comment and it avoids embarrassment for everyone involved.]
[FWIW: Long-time professional writer/editor who has never made a "corrections" post in his life. That said, I have sent a few discreet emails to alert authors to mistakes; they'll likely see the email long before an article comment and it avoids embarrassment for everyone involved.]
Yeah, and Jimmy Fallon's Taxi was obviously a remake of Taxi Driver. They both have taxis, amirite?
One of the nicer apartments had a computer in it.
Humor is about the most subjective thing there is. Kind of naive to assume that someone who has a differing taste in humor from yourself is in fact lacking a sense of humor.
Exactly. With all due respect to the author of this post, being an outright asshole is never a hallmark of master-level trolls. It's only the amateurs who do that. So I can't agree with the idea that only assholes deserve the troll label.
Arkham Asylum is one of the few games from recent years that I continue to play on a regular basis, just because the combat is so much fun. Excited to hear that they've made it even, well, more fun.
