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Yeah I can see the value merely for the 2 day shipping. In fact I was going to get it when they had a 3 day sale and offered it for $70. Last minute I cheaped out and decided not to.
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How dare you accuse them of pushing people to their subscription service!
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Chris Maunder
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Now I feel all guilty 
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So young yet so cynical, Nish!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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With less and less competition they get to call the shots.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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A bit odd when you consider that their Amazon Prime Video really sucks.
Almost everything is for a fee - sometimes extraordinarily high fees,* at that. Frequently dated, even then.
After an assortment of free trials I found Hulu Plus to be my best choice for my cable-cutter video streaming. That, and a mind boggling amount of free services.
I must say, my US$7.99/mo fee is hugely cheaper than what the cable TV would cost.
* E.g., Foyle's War jumped from free to US$7.99/episode.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: and a mind boggling amount of free services.
What additional free services does Hulu Plus offer?
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I meant streaming free services - not HuluPlus, per se. HuluPlus, itself, is vast. So are many of the other subscription sites, so that's not a particular reason for subscribing.
I picked HuluPlus because it satisfies My/Mrs. TV series needs. Almost everything we watch is available the next day and for about five weeks more. I'm much less interested in movies. As they get older movies turn up free, soon enough, and the existing libraries are amazing.
Eventually, entire seasons are added and you can start from beginning watching something new, catch up, and then follow in almost real-time.
To get an idea of the vastness, check out Roku streaming stations. Roku, as a company, are crappy, but the availability of streaming stations is currently the largest.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Ive being seeing this more and more: you go to a site and you want to zoom in (you want to see more detail in a diagram, yo left your glasses upstairs etc) and you can't. You pinch, you zoom, and nothing.
I've seen this on sites that previously allowed zooming. It's weird
Someone actually went to the trouble of dis log zoom. It rarely affects layout (it's a viewport zoom, not a texts or element resize). There's nothing to be gained. Yet it seems to be more and more prevalent.
Anyone have any ideas on why?
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Chris Maunder
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I don't think it's intentional, seems to be bugs in their responsive sizing code.
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Not sure. You need to explicitly screw around with the viewport settings.
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Chris Maunder
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If you've been watching The Flash you'll know that Zoom is very bad 
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Flash is bad. (bad as nuclear waiste) 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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You didn't pay for access to
the premium site?
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I'll give you a point for that one.
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Chris Maunder
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Obvious.
Marketing demands it looks as they designed it. Zooming is not allowed, as it breaks the design.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Have you tried changing your default font size to 72?
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...I should be back here on my way to getting pissed.
About 25 minutes ago we ticked over to the 25th Anniversary of my Mother dying from Melanoma. It's also exactly a month till she would have turned 66.
Bought a six pack of Zywiec Polish Porter[^] plus a single of Little Creatures Pale Ale 568mL[^] for tonight.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What? Out of Penguin Piss? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Johnny J. wrote: What? Out of Penguin Piss?
Yep. Haven't brewed a keg for about 15 months.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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