| Re: learning Unix, was progress in e-mail, such as AOL [message #353292] |
Sun, 24 September 2017 11:45  |
Peter Flass
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> 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.
>
>
Youtube is even worse. I like old movies, so I might enjoy some of the B+W
stuff, but you get a lot of "trailers", some scenes, someone's video
_About_ movies, etc, mixed in with a few movies in many languages. There
may be a way to filter, but I haven't found it. I'd like to be able to
filter on full-length movies in English, maybe older than a certain date.
Re: length. I've gotten so I watch a movie spread out over two nights.
Amazon, at least, has a "resume" feature to pick up where I left off. I no
longer have the patience or attention span to spend two or more hours
watching a movie.
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Pete
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| Re: learning Unix, was progress in e-mail, such as AOL [message #353297 is a reply to message #353292] |
Sun, 24 September 2017 12:06  |
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Originally posted by: JimP.
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:45:49 -0400, Peter Flass
<peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> 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.
>>
>>
>
> Youtube is even worse. I like old movies, so I might enjoy some of the B+W
> stuff, but you get a lot of "trailers", some scenes, someone's video
> _About_ movies, etc, mixed in with a few movies in many languages. There
> may be a way to filter, but I haven't found it. I'd like to be able to
> filter on full-length movies in English, maybe older than a certain date.
>
> Re: length. I've gotten so I watch a movie spread out over two nights.
> Amazon, at least, has a "resume" feature to pick up where I left off. I no
> longer have the patience or attention span to spend two or more hours
> watching a movie.
I search on band name or movie name. Then click on ones in that list.
Neat to see the 1940s through 1960s music available.
A few years ago I found Nelson Eddy and Janette McDonald singing
'Indian Love call'. She is a trapper living in a log cabin, and he is
the Mounty. I remember the movie where she was dressed as a Native
American and he was a Mounty singing the same song.
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Jim
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| Re: learning Unix, was progress in e-mail, such as AOL [message #353317 is a reply to message #353297] |
Sun, 24 September 2017 13:43 |
Peter Flass
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JimP. <solosam90@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:45:49 -0400, Peter Flass
> <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Youtube is even worse. I like old movies, so I might enjoy some of the B+W
>> stuff, but you get a lot of "trailers", some scenes, someone's video
>> _About_ movies, etc, mixed in with a few movies in many languages. There
>> may be a way to filter, but I haven't found it. I'd like to be able to
>> filter on full-length movies in English, maybe older than a certain date.
>>
>> Re: length. I've gotten so I watch a movie spread out over two nights.
>> Amazon, at least, has a "resume" feature to pick up where I left off. I no
>> longer have the patience or attention span to spend two or more hours
>> watching a movie.
>
> I search on band name or movie name. Then click on ones in that list.
> Neat to see the 1940s through 1960s music available.
That assumes you know what you want, or at least have something in mind,
and you still turn up a lot of crud to wade thru.
I know no one makes the effort to index anything any more (anyone remember
how Yahoo started?) but having uploaders supply some tags, even using
checkboxes on the upload form, would be a big step ahead.
>
> A few years ago I found Nelson Eddy and Janette McDonald singing
> 'Indian Love call'. She is a trapper living in a log cabin, and he is
> the Mounty. I remember the movie where she was dressed as a Native
> American and he was a Mounty singing the same song.
--
Pete
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