Fezmid
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I haven't been around here in forever, but back in the day, I was a big DirecTV advocate. Then they were bought out by AT&T and it all started going downhill. Then they were divested and it got a tiny bit better, but not really. And then they lost Sunday Ticket, and that was the final nail in the coffin. I cancelled DirecTV.
Not sure if any old-timers will remember me or not, but I figured I should login and share because, well, why not.
For anyone interested, I basically cut the cord a couple of years ago, and have been keeping DirecTV purely for Sunday Ticket, suspending the account in the offseason. I use my own home Plex server and OTA Antenna to save shows, plus some streaming services to fill the gaps. Here's the article I wrote on the topic:
https://www.neowin.net/news/synology-plex-and-hdhomerun-how-to-cut-the-cord-forever/
RIP, DirecTV, it was a fun 24+ years...!
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Brings us back to - You go out to dinner with wife and spend 200 dollars, the guy that serves you gets a $40 tip. Next morning you go out for breakfast and spend $30 and you give the girl a $6 tip. Not very fair system because the girl the served you breakfast ran a round just as much as the guy that served you the night before.
Do they really though? Aren't you more likely to order appetizers, drinks, and/or dessert at dinner than you are at breakfast or lunch? Dinner is usually (not always) a longer experience for me than the other two, especially if I'm spending $200 on the meal.
I'm not disagreeing with the premise (the dinner wasn't 5 times more demanding than the breakfast/lunch), but dinner serving appears to be more work to me.
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We need to straighten this thing out. What made you feel threatened?
Focus on the libelous and defamatory comment instead. That way there's no misunderstanding, as it's clear as day.
But yes, I realize that the King of the site doesn't have to actually follow the rules, that part's clear as day for me.
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Your take on money is about as worthwhile as your take on electronics. Which is to say worthless.
I doubt there isn't a take a penny dish you haven't dived into.
Why the personal attack, yet again? I thought the rules of the board forbid that.... Hmmm....
http://forums.twobil...tion=boardrules
Do NOT post:Personal or harassing threats
Libelous or defamatory information
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Emily Post vs. someone named Helena Echlin...?
Helena's books on the subject of social etiquette:
http://www.amazon.com/helenechlin
Emily's books on the subject of social etiquette:
http://www.amazon.co...ps,k:emily post
Who wins?
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I really hope when she's evicted that Julie drops the bomb on her.
Unfortunately if she lasts much longer in the house, that won't happen because she'll be going to jury. Those people usually get boring interviews when kicked out to avoid contamination.
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Everybody gets a drumstick
But you didn't cook it, someone else did.
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That's nearly 2 pints...yes!
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didn't say i used conventional (ie. legal) avenues
So $8 is too much for you to pay?
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i have it downloaded...gonna start in on it this weekend
Downloaded? Isn't it a Netflix streaming exclusive?
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So Cugalatonydanza didn't get it.
Apparently not. I found it pretty funny tho.
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Mythbusters.
Specifically, any episode where Kari Byron handles an automatic weapon.
I really liked the "movie guns" episode where they tried shooting locks off of doors, tried using a couple of machine guns to make a hole in the floor for a quick escape, etc. Pretty cool.
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Why was Zimmerman driving so fast? Was it a race?
I see what you did there!
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That's exactly it, I totally agree...and if Helen were using her political/whiner abilities in order to actually strategize a win on Big Brother, I'd appreciate her more than I do. But she uses those abilities simply to guilt trip and demonize those who are attempting to do wtf they are there to do...so now she's got her group of sympathizers who want to have the nail parties, sleep all hours of the day, do endless yoga all throughout the house, etc, etc, etc joining her in this indifference to Big Brother...it's absolutely maddening to me as someone who has watched and enjoyed every single episode of this show over the years to have these people attempting to sterilize things.
Something has got to stir up this pot before it's too late.
Helen seems very smart -- I bet that she's doing it on purpose and that IS the strategy. If it works, great. If it doesn't, she'll adjust. I think you're selling her short. Does it make for interesting TV? Not really. But it's still smart.
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Oh my list was by no means comprehensive. I am surprised you didn't add SDS to the polite list
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Millbank was very impolite to me once.
(It was a misunderstanding.)
Yeah, but you're on the rude list, so you must've had it coming. Even a saint has his limits.
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How'd you forget Millbank in the polite category?
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That would explain a lot...I've just never seen a cast like this before.
It's almost like CBS said, "Crap, it's almost summer, and we haven't picked people for Big Brother yet!"
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who cast this damn season???
I don't know if this is true or not, but I read on Jokers a couple of weeks ago that the casting was really bad this year. A few players (can't remember who, Jeremy was in the list I believe) were talking, and asked if they had any interviews before being selected for the show, and most (all?) of the people in the group said they hadn't... That seems weird, but could explain why this season kinda sucks compared to others.
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This guy's civil rights were violated as he was targeted based on his race. I bet Holder will be all over it:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/28/us/dc-robbery-hate-crime/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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And also, how can BB Australia have HD cams for their show, yet the American version is still in the dark ages with the SD? Pretty lame, BB...
Agreed here - it's utterly ridiculous. Is BB the only show on a major network that isn't in HD yet?
I don't understand what you mean about Helen though. She's been controlling the game - not sitting around and whining like you said. She just roped Aaryn in and forced her to nominate who she wanted. Isn't that the very definition of gameplay?
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Well, so much for that...Elissa has succeeded in annoying the hell out of me now, as well. I've never seen a cast on BB in all these years where I either disliked or was annoyed by every single cast member.
You don't like Amanda? She's playing the game (albeit a bit forcefully at times).
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Like BPA, I've been using eBay since almost day 1. Nowdays though, I almost never use them and would never sell anything of value on the site. Why? The rules flipped so far from favoring the seller to favoring the buyer that buyers are now ripping people off. True story: I had a really nice negative scanner I sold on eBay for about $1200. Tested it before shipping, it worked perfectly. I shipped it to the guy who mails me a week later and says it doesn't work. I tried troubleshooting with him, but it was obvious that he was just stalling. He told me that the scans came out with a line down the middle, so I asked him to email me an example -- he took a picture of the picture from his screen. Mmmmkay. When I asked him to email me the actual photo, he said he didn't know how.
A day before the one month timeline was up, he asked for a refund, went through the dispute process on eBay, and shipped it back to me. The thing worked perfectly, he was just renting it for a month. When reading up on eBay's rules, I found that it's a common scam - and that I actually was lucky to get the product back, because many people were scammed by getting a box of rocks back. As long as the buyer can prove they shipped SOMETHING back to you (and that you signed for it), they get all of their money back and the seller has no recourse.
The guy made one mistake - he forgot to get delivery confirmation. I was so tempted to screw him over and say I never received the package, but I decided to take the high road.
Never again will I sell anything of value on eBay.
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I'm always amazed by the variety of cards in the sysadmin day section of the Hallmark store. Nearly as many options as there are for "guy who cleans the urinals in the airport" day.
Be careful. Urinal cleaning guy can't read your private emails, Facebook posts, etc, etc...
End of an era.... I cancelled DirecTV!
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No -- it's all legit. I have an HDHomeRun which I plug an antenna into. That basically takes the local channels I can get over the air and lets me watch them anywhere. I then feed that into a Plex server (running on a Synology NAS for storage) so I basically have unlimited local DVR capacity. I also ripped all of my DVD/Blu-Ray/4k disks and saved those on the Plex server as well, so I can stream both the local channels and my movies anywhere in the world.
And we have a few streaming services (Netflix, Disney+, etc) to catch other shows we want to see.