That's why I'm glad I actually had to get cable, despite my many issues with
Comcast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2...@yahoo.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:09:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Actually I have a 1.5 mbps setup...and yes, distance from the hub is my
problem...
--- On Sat, 6/6/09, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 12:37 AM
Anyone in the area with a standard broadband (1.5 mbps) connection and a
wireless access point? You could try to ride their signal, although frankly too
much distance could degrade the speed until it's not much faster than your
current setup. If you're in an apartment, someone next door, upstairs, or
downstairs could possibly work. You could test it out, see if if works, then
pay them a small amount each month. It's done all the time in big cities...
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:00:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Oh god no! With upload and download speeds around 330kbps, I suffer
enough!
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> wrote:
From: Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 11:45 PM
So are you on dialup now?
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:17:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
I got sick of them...Now I have no cable TV and DSL internet...I just wish it
was faster, but I'm not being robbed....Well, that is after I threatened to
cancel when they jacked it up to where it was more than I was paying with
Comcrap...Yes. ..They all want to play games...
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mr. Worf <HelloMahogany@ gmail.com> wrote:
From: Mr. Worf <HelloMahogany@ gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:42 PM
If I had kept HBO and Showtime on my tvs it would have cost $170 a month! That
is without internet! This is totally crazy. They should change their logo to a
skull and crossbones! Such a waste of money. Hell, for $50 a month I can get 8
movies at a time from Netflix. Or get internet from someone else and download
everything.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multicultur
aladvantage. com > wrote:
I have a ritual with Comcast. We had phone, internet and cable for $100. They
jacked it up to $250, so I threatened to leave. They tried to lets see what we
can get rid of pitch. I told them I did not have to, because I could have the
same elsewhere and I thought they have deceptive practices, so they put me at
$108, Six months later pretty much the same thing happened, but this time they
split my special rates up so that one changes in 6 months and the other changes
in 9. They figure when I come back, they will be able to better manage me, but
I’m going to just dump them and try direct Tv and separate my internet and
phone with Quest or somebody
I HATE Them
I’m sorry http://comcastmustd ie.com/ thinks they have accomplished their
mission. They are just sneakier
From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com ] On
Behalf Of Mr. Worf
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:07 PM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
I would love to cut off my cable. They are really seriously trying to rip us
off here in California. Its about $100+ a month just for digital extended
basic.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:52 PM, C.W. Badie < astromancer2002@ yahoo.com >
wrote:
It is a cable company here in Chicago...the only competition against Comcrap on
the southside... I'd have their service now if I didn't owe them money...long
story so don't ask...
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net > wrote:
From: Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:11 AM
What is WoW?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com >
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:59:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Hey, thanks to Martin and Keith, sites like Hulu and Fancast were places I
turned to catch up with episodes of shows from the Sci-Fi Channel after Comcrap
dumped it into their digital money pit.....Hey guys, as of Mid-March, I have
been Comcrap-free! Granted, I'm on DSL and steaming videos sucks on this P4,
but I hope Advanced TV comes to my part of town this winter or I can switch to
WoW, Comcrap's competitor.. .
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Augustus Augustus <jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com > wrote:
From: Augustus Augustus <jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com >
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 5:17 PM
continue.... ......... ......... ..
the should have gotten the rights 2: firefly and continued it. that was a great
show!
here is a question, whatever happened 2: surface & invasion? they did one
season, and then done. i especially like invasion.... .now that i am ranting,
what about threshold? and daylight? still a little miffed about the early
cancellation of SG:A too. hell, SG:1 also! heck, they could have continued
Enterprise and did a couple of DS9 made 4 tv movies too! sorry about the rant,
but it slipped out.
Fate.
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com>
wrote:
From: Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com>
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:42 PM
In addition to Dresden add Farscape, Eureka, and Battlestar.
I never saw all of Dresden. I will have to check it out
From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On
Behalf Of Augustus Augustus
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:23 AM
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Martin,
i really missed the Dresden Files. that was one that was kool that scify messed
up on.
Fate.
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ lycos.com > wrote:
From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ lycos.com >
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 8:16 AM
Keith, there was a web site that had those last three in their entirety. The
place was shut down the day after I found it, the old story about rights and so
on. :-(
Myself, I've only used Hulu a few times, my last visitt not for myself, but for
a dear friend who missed an ep of NCIS she really had her mind set on viewing.
I went there to obtain and send her the link to it. Before that, it was to
catch up on 'The Dresden Files".
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
Date : Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:26:29 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net >
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Wow, this is pretty cool! Frustrated at having missed back-to-back eps of
"Legend of the Seeker" yesterday, I went to the series' website to watch it
online. As I clicked on one of the eps, I noticed that it was a Hulu feed.
Hulu, perhaps you've heard of it? :)
I haven't done much with it past glancing at a few things. Not currently owning
a nice widescreen computer monitor or flatscreen TV, I never much saw the need
to watch programs on my 14" laptop screen. But I have to admit, the speed with
which "Seeker" streamed surprised me. And the clarity--wow! Even on my old IBM
T42 laptop running pokey WinXP, the picture looked great. Intrigued, i then
navigated to the Hulu website. Wow.
One reason I haven't been as much of a You Tube nut as some people--such as my
brother, who's always on me for not watching movies there--is that a lot of the
stuff on You Tube is not all that great quality. I especially hate going full
screen with an animated clip, only to get a pixelated, blurry image. Other
sites like Apple have great looking trailers, but sometimes the download speed
is a bit slow. Hulu impressed me by offering the best of both aspects. I found
myself going to the Animation section (of course), and was greeted with a
wealth of choices. Too many to mention them all, but not everything I could
want (no old Looney Tunes or Popeye, Felix the Cat seems to be the inferiour
version from the late 20th Century). But still, enough things to keep me very,
very happy. Let me mention just a few things that caught my eye:
Exosquad!
http://www.hulu . com/exosquad? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
The late great cartoon that showed Americans could actually make a good,
serious 'toon. Fifty-one eps (a handful are missing). Makes me very, very
happy! I will note the quality isn't the greatest--not that it's bad, but the
series itself never had the sharpness and beauty of something like Robotech or
any other Japanese 'toon. But still, it looks the same on Hulu as I remember it
on broadcast TV. If you've never watched this show do yourself a favor and
check it out.
Rocky and Bullwinkle
http://www.hulu . com/rocky- and-bullwinkle- and-friends? c=Animation-
and-Cartoons
The classic, satirical 'toon from the '60s, which even includes great stuff
like Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman! Haven't seen yet if my fave, Fractured
Fairy Tales, is included as well. But with thirteen twenty-two minute eps, I
think it must be there. Talk about a blast from the past!
Speed Racer
http://www.hulu . com/speed- racer?c=Animatio n-and-Cartoons
The Monster Car! The Great Race! The Supersonic Car! All the great,
horribly/amusingly dubbed episodes you remember loving as a child. I don't care
how many times I see 'em (and I own several), hearing that theme, watching that
cool car jump across a chasm or roll along the bottom of a lake, and listening
to the characters' hyper speech--it's still great fun!
Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids
http://www.hulu . com/fat-albert? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
This 'toon is like a snowy day in January: too cool for school!
And even....
Bravestarr
http://www.hulu . com/bravestarr? c=Animation- and-Cartoons
the adventures of Marshall Bravestarr, the Native with animal-based powers who
protects the people of the planet New Texas. Like Exosquad and many
American-made 'toons of that time, it's not exactly the sharpest, finely
detailed cartoon around, but it has nice pastels. And I still get a kick of of
"Equestroid" Thirty-thirty speaking fondly of his beloved gun Sarah Jane!
Now, if only they could pick up eps of the awesome 'toon "The Real
Ghostbusters" , "Battle of the Planets", and "Starblazers" , I'd be ecstatic!
http://www.youtube . com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
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