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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever. -
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.Maybe we should be stockpiling their DVDs so that if they do stop selling them, we can sell them on ebay as collectors items, lol.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.Maybe we should be stockpiling their DVDs so that if they do stop selling them, we can sell them on ebay as collectors items, lol.
And control the world supply, so we can hold them back to up the price! Just like disney has always done.
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I'm excited to never have to see another Disney movie "in the way" on Netflix! THis will literally make Netflix better for me!
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Russian spy sub crew prevented nuclear accident at cost of their lives
Submarine was on "combat training mission" with civilian expert aboard for equipment test.
On July 1, 14 Russian sailors—most of them senior officers with ranks equivalent to captain, commander, or lieutenant commander in the US Navy. -
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
Disney is only around because of smart business acquisitions. If they hadn't bought the competition out, they'd be a faded memory now.
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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
Disney is only around because of smart business acquisitions. If they hadn't bought the competition out, they'd be a faded memory now.
I'm sure there's some truth to that. Though I really doubt they would be only a faded memory.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
I saw I hate football all the time - and so do many other people I know. While I do agree the social pressure is/was there, but it's definitely lessening on a great many things.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
I saw I hate football all the time - and so do many other people I know. While I do agree the social pressure is/was there, but it's definitely lessening on a great many things.
In some ways, but not that much I don't think. American Football maybe, but not sports overall I don't think, just the one specific one out of a pool that seems to hold pretty steady.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Or people will simply buy the movies and not worry about the renting version. They can buy on Walmart's Vudu streaming service, at least for now. I suppose the question is - Will Disney stop allowing people to buy movies from Vudu once their subscription service goes live?
If they do, I'll just buy the DVDs and put them on my Plex server.
If they keep offering those.
If they quit offering physical media and their streaming is crap, well, I got other things I can spend my money on.
That's already my position. I generally avoid movies made by Disney. I would love if their stuff didn't just disappear from Netflix, but just disappeared
I'm not saying that they've never made something good, just that I'd be fine giving it all up, forever.You are in a very small minority that feels that way.
I wonder if that is true. Or maybe Disney fans are the minority, but so vocal and it is not socially acceptable to not like it, so we think everyone does, but in reality, perhaps a lot of people don't. The problem is, Disney fans are insanely vocal, and generally easily offended. So it's a lot of social pressure that if you don't like Disney franchises that you are expected to not mention it. Much like not liking franchise sports. Loads of people think that they are silly, but there is a huge social pressure to not point out the logical flaws in the games.
I saw I hate football all the time - and so do many other people I know. While I do agree the social pressure is/was there, but it's definitely lessening on a great many things.
In some ways, but not that much I don't think. American Football maybe, but not sports overall I don't think, just the one specific one out of a pool that seems to hold pretty steady.
Tying all sports together like this is like tying all movie/tv entertainment together - not really a fair comparison.
Sure neither are being dropped en masse, that wasn't my point. My point is that people are separating themselves from the herd and choosing what they do and don't like, and bowing at least a bit less today to general peer/societal pressure, i.e. everyone must love the mouse.
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Florida headteacher removed from post for refusing to call Holocaust a fact
The headteacher of a US school has been sacked after telling a parent he would remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust happened.
William Latson wrote in an email he could not say "the Holocaust is a factual, historical event". -
Nanda Devi: Video reveals last moments of Himalayan climbers
Indian authorities have released a video showing the final moments of a team of climbers whose bodies were recovered in the Himalayas.
The clip shows four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian slowly making their way up an unnamed peak in sunny weather.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida headteacher removed from post for refusing to call Holocaust a fact
The headteacher of a US school has been sacked after telling a parent he would remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust happened.
William Latson wrote in an email he could not say "the Holocaust is a factual, historical event".A brand new WTF moment....
Then I recall. Florida... nevermind.
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BBC News - Ross Perot, billionaire and ex-presidential candidate, dies at 89
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Nepal court jails ex-UN official for child abuse
A former UN official has been jailed in Nepal for sexually abusing children.
Peter John Dalglish, 62, from Canada, was detained near Kathmandu in 2018 and convicted last month.
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US family blames cruise company for toddler's death
The family of a toddler who died after falling 11 storeys from an open window on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has blamed the company for the accident.
Chloe Wiegand fell after her grandfather put her on the railing of a children's play area, believing there was glass there, the family claims.
