Four thumbs up for three idiots. It was very good movie for the Maker movement. On Apr 1, 2013 7:43 PM, "Sarbajit Roy" <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Bruce > > If you liked 3 Idiots, you may enjoy its even better "prequel" - Munna > Bhai MBBS. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374887/ > > Sarbajit > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Bruce Sherwood > <bruce.sherw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Despite all this, we experience a very low fraction of unreadable DVDs >> from Netflix. Presumably DVD players vary in their ability to deal with >> flaws. Also, more and more we along with everyone else streams when >> possible, so the DVDs we order are often the less popular kind and so have >> not had a lot of use. >> >> An example I'll recommend is the superb "3 Idiots", a fairly recent film >> from India that is just wonderful along many dimensions. Read the >> description somewhere. I've heard it's being remade in many countries >> including the US (the original is in Hindi with much admixture of English, >> but with excellent subtitles). It includes two of India's biggest stars, >> and they're terrific. >> >> Bruce >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> One thing to consider is that as time goes on, the disc population >>>> 'ages' - probably discs are only replaced when they are completely broken, >>>> or enough people complain. >>>> -Arlo James Barnes >>>> >>>> I think there may be a little more going on than this. It feels like >>> a soft "tragedy of the commons". >>> >>> Disc-based Netflix is going on at least 8 years old now, it seems >>> unlikely that the halflife of discs being shipped around and handled by >>> random people is more than months, rather than years. >>> >>> I think the *only* way discs get retired is if they are reported >>> nonfunctional by a customer. I don't think there is anything more than >>> casual inspection happening at the remailing centers (our closest may be >>> ABQ?). >>> >>> It seems likely that something more subtle (or blunt?) is going on. >>> Perhaps many people are depending mostly on streaming movies (as we are) >>> and many may not bother to report a bad disc and simply return it in >>> frustration. A positive feedback loop could emerge with the more bad discs >>> they find, the more likely they will just send the movie back without >>> watching. >>> >>> Another aggravator may be if the remailing centers have changed their >>> inspection and possible automatic cleaning policy. I would imagine that >>> they might have a process for very simply cleaning the DVDs when they come >>> in or before they ship out. >>> >>> It seems likely that the "tragedy of the commons" may be a hard one to >>> resolve. >>> >>> - Steve >>> >>> ==============================**============================== >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe >>> http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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