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rudeguy

rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
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Hmmm

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Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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www.anyf.ca
I got a radio rating thing in the mail not too long ago with a Toonie in it. I figured "cool, may be worth doing considering they're basically paying me" Then about 20 pages folded down like an accordion and hit the floor. Yeah a 2 hour survey is not worth 2 dollars, sorry. Kept the $2 and the rest went in the recycling. :p
 
rh71

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
52,844
1,049
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between netflix and torrents, I can't remember the last time I sat through commercials for a tv show. It'd be next to impossible to go back. Well, actually I do watch some HGTV once in a while and when commercials come on, all the other channels are showing commercials too... at that point I basically lose interest.
 
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Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,719
13,851
126
www.anyf.ca
I sometimes contemplate canceling my Cable TV. It's like 60 bucks a month and I hardly watch TV, and half the time when I do, it's a repeat.

I need to see if there's a module in XBMC that allows me to queue up a bunch of stuff (like days worth) so I can start and pause at any time and it remembers where it was at. Instead of watching TV I could basically just turn that on. It's nice to have the TV going while I'm eating or something, but it's rare I actually watch TV, to watch TV. I'll sit down to watch a movie here and there though.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
47,351
14
61
rh71 said:
between netflix and torrents, I can't remember the last time I sat through commercials for a tv show. It'd be next to impossible to go back. Well, actually I do watch some HGTV once in a while and when commercials come on, all the other channels are showing commercials too... at that point I basically lose interest.
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Stealing is not cool
 
AnonymouseUser

AnonymouseUser

Diamond Member
May 14, 2003
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rudeguy said:
Stealing is not cool
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No, it's not.

Winston Groom's price for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump included a share of the profits; however, due to Hollywood accounting, the film's commercial success was converted into a net loss, and Groom received nothing.[7] That being so, he has refused to sell the screenplay rights to the novel's sequel, stating that he "cannot in good conscience allow money to be wasted on a failure".
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IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,091
34,387
136
Note to self: open any junk mail from Nielsen even though I don't have a TV.
 
AnonymouseUser

AnonymouseUser

Diamond Member
May 14, 2003
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NutBucket

NutBucket

Lifer
Aug 30, 2000
27,154
635
126
rh71 said:
between netflix and torrents, I can't remember the last time I sat through commercials for a tv show. It'd be next to impossible to go back. Well, actually I do watch some HGTV once in a while and when commercials come on, all the other channels are showing commercials too... at that point I basically lose interest.
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rudeguy said:
Stealing is not cool
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rh71 said:
meh, I pay my cable bill just the same. I just don't watch it.
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Isn't this always an interesting argument? If he subscribes to cable why does it matter if he just downloads it? What's all that different between downloading it and saving it with a DVR? Funny how technicalities work.
 
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