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Re: learning Unix, was progress in e-mail, such as AOL [message #353259] |
Sun, 24 September 2017 06:49 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 10:40:34 +0000, Huge wrote:
> On 2017-09-23, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > In these days of search engines and hyperlinks organization isn't a
>>>> > big deal.
>>>
>>>> Try looking for a movie to watch on YouTube and try that one again.
>>>
>>> Hell, try looking for a movie to watch on Comcast or Netflix, where
>>> you're paying for the privilege.
>>>
>>>
>> At least they group them, as does Amazon: comedy, romance, war,
>> thriller,
>> etc. YouTube is just a jackdaw's nest.
>
> Netflix has a search engine. Their list of content is publically
> searchable. The real problem is that most of the movies are shit. I
> watched 3mins and 27 seconds of "Wonderwoman" last night; utter shit.
> And about an hour of "Wolverine"; gave up when we decided we didn't GAS
> about the characters and were sick of endless chase sequences. Watched
> "American Gangster" a couple of nights ago. Made it to the end, but it's
> w-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y too long. Ditto "American Sniper" one day last
> week.
We recorded the first story of 'Strike' from TV and watched all three
episodes over the last three nights. I thought that was good. Still have
a two-parter to watch.
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