RE: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

[Chris Reeves]

Their settlement is genious.  They upgrade your service 1 level for 1 month
(free).  But you must remember to discontinue the extended service the next
month, or you will be charged the higher rate and keep the new plan ;) 





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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rls
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:41 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

Well you were luckier than I,

Had them send the wrong DVD, notified them, they never bothered to resend
the movie upon notification as they once did - Next I got a notice from them
that I SENT THEM the wrong DVD, then I waited 2.5 weeks to finally get the
movie. 

They also had dragged out their normal return of a DVD to about a week and a
half - that's the way its been for the past 2.5 months. I complained twice,
never got a reply. - So I cancelled - maybe do the blockbuster if they have
the 3 months for 9.95 promotion still - or better yet see what it would take
to mount an HDTV anntenaes and record the shows that I would care to watch
for viewing when I had nothing better to do.

Bob

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:03 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

Consider yourself lucky, then. I had service for approximately 2 years, and
I consistently watched them sit on my discs for 1-2 extra days. When the KC
distribution center became operational, my transit times improved, but that
was when I really started to notice them not processing my returned discs. I
finally got sick of it and switched to Blockbuster...but they're even worse,
heh. I've had more discs broken and incorrect in 2.5 months with Blockbuster
than I had in >2 years with Netflix.

Greg

- Original Message -
From: "CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement


> I'm not sure I buy that.  I normally go through about 20-30 movies a 
> month, and have for the last three years.  Outside of some films being 
> "out of stock" I always get very quckly.. (though I can't understand 
> how "Lord of the Beans" already has a long wat ;(
>
> -Original message-
> From: "Greg Sevart" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed,  2 Nov 2005 11:39:36 -0600
> To: "The Hardware List" hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
>
>> The problem here isn't so much that the subscriber was upset that 
>> DVDs took
>>  >1 day to arrive as it is that Netflix, through an established, 
>> automated business process, willfully added delays in processing to 
>> heavy renters in an effort to improve their profit margins. If a 
>> subscriber rented more than x movies a month for y months, then they 
>> would start to add one or two days of processing time before shipping 
>> out the next disc. This, as I am sure you can agree, is clearly 
>> wrong, and validates claims of deceptive marketing.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "hwg" 
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:54 AM
>> Subject: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
>>
>>
>> >I just got an email about this today:
>> >
http://netflixfan.blogspot.com/2005/11/netflix-proposes-settlement-in-chavez
.html
>> >
>> > What the hell is this world coming to?  Someone was outraged that 
>> > they couldn't literally rent "unlimited" DVDs and they sometimes 
>> > took longer than 1 day to arrive?  Gimme a break.  No wonder we 
>> > can't get any real problems solved.
>> >
>> > I have been a Netflix customer for 5 years and have never, ever had 
>> > anything to complain about.  In fact, I am happier with their 
>> > product than many other companies out there.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
> 

RE: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

[Wayne Johnson]

At 08:51 AM 11/3/2005, Chris Reeves typed:

Their settlement is genious.  They upgrade your service 1 level for 1 month
(free).  But you must remember to discontinue the extended service the next
month, or you will be charged the higher rate and keep the new plan ;)


I cancelled with them just a few weeks ago & got the announcement 
from them as well. It'll be interesting to see when they give me my 
free month. It'll also be interesting to see if I get the 3 a month 
or 4 a month plan since I've had both levels of service of the years.



--+--
   Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
 

RE: [H] Replacing capacitors

[Thane Sherrington (S)]

At 01:12 PM 29/10/2005, nobozoz wrote:

For optimal low-frequency power bypassing performance, you want the lowest
ESR from DC to about 100 kHz from your aluminum electrolytic caps. At
mid-frequencies, the tantalum chip caps kick in. At high-frequencies, the
ceramic chip caps take over. At the highest frequencies the power and
ground-planes, feedthroughs, trace sizes and spacing take over. More than
you wanted to know, eh?


More than I can understand anyway. :)  Thanks for this information, 
though.  How do I tell what capacitor has the lowest ESR at 100kHz?  I 
assume I look at impedence @ 20C/100kHz and ripple @ 105C/100kHz, but I'm 
not sure what a "good" number is.


If I read the articles correctly, then I assume that the higher the mA 
ripple and the lower the mOhm impedence the better.  I have yet to find 
ratings like the Rubycon below.  The best I've found so far is 68mOhm and 
755mA on a 1000uF 6.3V Nichicon capacitor from Mouser.  Would that be 
sufficient, if the Rubycon is the one to go with, or should I keep looking?


T


Capacitors on motherboard, Rubycon ZA-series 1000uF 6.3V. This capacitor
has max ripple current at max operation temperature (105C,100kHz) of 1650mA
and impedance of 24mOhm (at 20C, 100kHz)

Re: [H] Securing IE

[Thane Sherrington (S)]

At 08:12 PM 02/11/2005, warpmedia wrote:
1. DrpoMyRights is not a perfect solution, it only protects if launched 
with that shortcut.


Yeah, but I can only do so much for end users.

Best solution for IE6 is to change all protocol defaults to Restricted 
Zone & use a 3rd party App like AdIEFltr to whitelist into the Internet 
zone. Caveat: it costs money, requires users to "get it" concerning 
machine names + domains, and can require extensive testing to get all a 
given sites URL's whitelisted.


Well, it's end users, so you know that it's got to be simple, or they won't 
use it.  So I think DropMyRights might be the best solution for IE users.


Better solution is FF & NoScript and then some sort of FF extension to 
launch IE using DropMyRights shortcut for the FF challenged sites.


Yeah, FF and NoScript is probably the best way to go, but once again, 
NoScript requires thought and education, and I find those are two things 
most users don't want to deal with.


T  

RE: [H] How dumb are some "audiophiles"

[Chris Reeves]

http://www.eminent-tech.com/main.html


CW 





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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of warpmedia
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:05 AM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] How dumb are some "audiophiles"

Think J-Lo bathing in Fiji bottled water...

Brian Weeden wrote:

> I'm guessing that most of their sales come from people with a lot of 
> money but who are ignorant of technology or science.  They simply 
> think that the more something costs the better it must be.  And with 
> the thousands of rich entertainers, musicians, business execs, and 
> other non-tech people it is probably a very lucrative market.

[H] OT - Too windy for windows today

[Brian Weeden]

Well it is a bit windy today here in Colorado Springs.  How windy?  I
work in Cheyenne Mountain and the current count is 53 cars with 1 or
more windows blown in.  Including a brand-new Escalade missing 3. 
Only upside is that the gov't will cover the insurance since you were
at work but still sucks.

Gusts up to 70mph are blowing off roofs and flipping over semis all
over the place.

--
Brian

[H] New Firefox extension

[Brian Weeden]

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1419

Allows you to open a tab in Firefox that is actually an IE tab.  For
those occasional sites that are MS-only.  Very cool.

--
Brian

[H] Nero 7.

[Bobby Heid]

Anyone tried it out yet?  Their upgrade price for me was something like $51.

Bobby

Re: [H] Nero 7.

[Veech]

huh...  I've seen it advertised for $30 at some places, after rebates... 
Fry's I think, Best Buy also?


- Original Message - 
From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: [H] Nero 7.


Anyone tried it out yet?  Their upgrade price for me was something like 
$51.


Bobby

Re: [H] OT - Too windy for windows today

[Thane Sherrington (S)]

At 03:27 PM 03/11/2005, Brian Weeden wrote:

Well it is a bit windy today here in Colorado Springs.  How windy?  I
work in Cheyenne Mountain and the current count is 53 cars with 1 or
more windows blown in.  Including a brand-new Escalade missing 3.
Only upside is that the gov't will cover the insurance since you were
at work but still sucks.

Gusts up to 70mph are blowing off roofs and flipping over semis all
over the place.


Whoa.  That must be something to see.  In northern Cape Breton, they have a 
wind they call the Suwet (south west) that takes roofs off houses and wraps 
car doors backwards against the car, if one opens the door into 
it.  Apparently, when it starts blowing, everyone goes indoors and stays 
there until it's over.  I think it's about 120kph, so it must be similar to 
what you are seeing.


T 

Re: [H] New Firefox extension

[Thane Sherrington (S)]

At 03:43 PM 03/11/2005, Brian Weeden wrote:

Allows you to open a tab in Firefox that is actually an IE tab.  For
those occasional sites that are MS-only.  Very cool.


Doesn't appear to work for the one page I still use in 
IE.  www.ingrammicro.ca  Oh well.


T 

Re: [H] OT - Too windy for windows today

[Al]

Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> Gusts up to 70mph are blowing off roofs and flipping over semis all
> over the place.

Very windy up here in Boulder too.

Al

RE: [H] Nero 7.

[Chris Reeves]

I'm using it.  Have been for a while.  Some of the new features (BootDVD
creation, better DVD UDF support, etc.) come in very handy; better support
for XP64 is also nice.. (including much better support on Dualcore
processors in Nero Recode).

CW 





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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:55 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: [H] Nero 7.

Anyone tried it out yet?  Their upgrade price for me was something like $51.

Bobby

Re: [H] Netflix Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

[Brian Weeden]

And the kicker in all this?  It is going to cost Netflix upward of $10
million broken down as follows:

- Original claimant gets $2,000
- All Netflix users affected get a free month upgrade
- The lawyers get $2.5 million

Ah yes, the American legal system at work.

http://www.sfist.com/archives/2005/11/02/finally_we_got_us_some_class_action.php

--
Brian

Re: [H] Securing IE

[joeuser]

Exactly. So these wizbang complex methods work fine for us but not our 
users. Therefore dropmyrights is effective enough without making 
computing to difficult.


Thane Sherrington (S) wrote:


Yeah, but I can only do so much for end users.



Well, it's end users, so you know that it's got to be simple, or they 
won't use it.  So I think DropMyRights might be the best solution for IE 
users.




Yeah, FF and NoScript is probably the best way to go, but once again, 
NoScript requires thought and education, and I find those are two things 
most users don't want to deal with.


T 



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RE: [H] How dumb are some "audiophiles"

[Julian Zottl]

That new subwoofer is apparently real, who knows...  Reviews from the trade 
shows are starting to creep up.  I really have to wonder though...
_
Julian Zottl
CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC
Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff 
the right packets



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Reply-To: The Hardware List 
Date:  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:19:07 -0600

>http://www.eminent-tech.com/main.html
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of warpmedia
>Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:05 AM
>To: The Hardware List
>Subject: Re: [H] How dumb are some "audiophiles"
>
>Think J-Lo bathing in Fiji bottled water...
>
>Brian Weeden wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing that most of their sales come from people with a lot of 
>> money but who are ignorant of technology or science.  They simply 
>> think that the more something costs the better it must be.  And with 
>> the thousands of rich entertainers, musicians, business execs, and 
>> other non-tech people it is probably a very lucrative market.
>
>

Re: [H] Stressing a GPU

[Harry McGregor]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 11:05 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have been trying to troubleshoot an issue with my rig for a few days now.
> 
> I am starting to lean towards it being my 7800GT dying :( Have run Prime95
> for over 24 hours (on both cores) and its fine. Yet games crash
> intermitently (had 4 hangs in 2 hours last night) and this happens with both
> WinXP and WinXP64.

Ok, so you have stress tested the CPUs, have you tested the memory?

Harry

> Does anyone know of an app that does nothing else but stress the GPU? 3D
> Mark is way too intensive on all the other components in the PC for me to
> draw many conclusions from.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jason Tozer

Re: [H] OT - Too windy for windows today

[JRS]

Cool..  Hows'  the SG doing?  Can we get tours?  :)



>>Well it is a bit windy today here in Colorado Springs.  How windy?  I
>>work in Cheyenne Mountain and the current count is 53 cars with 1 or
>>more windows blown in.  Including a brand-new Escalade missing 3. 
>>Only upside is that the gov't will cover the insurance since you were
>>at work but still sucks.
>>
>>Gusts up to 70mph are blowing off roofs and flipping over semis all
>>over the place.
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[H] Q4 Timedemo ?

[FORC5]

anyone know how to run timedemo in Q4 ?

thanks


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[H] Good DVD+R DL media for <$2/disc

[Greg Sevart]

Microcenter currently has the Verbatim DVD+R Double Layer media in a 10pk 
for only $19.99.


Best deal I've seen on quality DL media yet.



Greg

RE: [H] New Firefox extension

[Mark Dodge]

I keep getting a not valid install file.
I have the 1.5 beta and it is supposed to be compatible 


Mark Dodge
MD Computers
360-772-2433 
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:44 AM
To: hwg
Subject: [H] New Firefox extension

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=14
19

Allows you to open a tab in Firefox that is actually an IE tab.  For those
occasional sites that are MS-only.  Very cool.

--
Brian

[H] Is ther DVD+Rw DL media

[rls]

I cannot remember my last coaster - that said I really don't want to try
this stuff till I can run a few RW versions so if something messes up I am
not out a couple of bucks.

Somewhere I got the idea that this stuff is rewriteable, but then when I
'assume' it seldom works out that way - 

Can someone enlighten me?

Thanks

Re: [H] Good DVD+R DL media for <$2/disc

[Jin-Wei Tioh]

At 07:44 PM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
Microcenter currently has the Verbatim DVD+R Double Layer media in a 10pk 
for only $19.99.


Best deal I've seen on quality DL media yet.

Greg


Thanks, already guilty of clearing them out of 15 packs :P

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Re: [H] Is ther DVD+Rw DL media

[Winterlight]

At 09:45 PM 11/3/2005, you wrote:

I cannot remember my last coaster - that said I really don't want to try
this stuff till I can run a few RW versions so if something messes up I am
not out a couple of bucks.
Somewhere I got the idea that this stuff is rewriteable,
Can someone enlighten me?
Thanks


not yet!