Having never heard of Jeri Ellsworth (yes, I know), and now having read about and GIS'ed her, I would take someone with the brains of Jeri Ellsworth and the looks of Jeri Ellsworth. Yummy!
And, many viewers would be happy to pay a reasonable price to download the episodes legally and watch on day of release, if they don't have the appropriate cable subscription. They would much rather go the legal route if were available - and pay money to do so. But that's not being offered as an option.
It's not an excuse for breaking the law, but HBO could stop trying to turn back the tide and instead benefit from it instead...
Yep, I'm actually posting this from a Systen76 'Pangolin Performance' laptop. Highly recommended, good customer support (via a System 76 section on the 'Official' Ubuntu forums). Bought it with 8.04 installed, have since upgraded to 10.04.
Can I listen to stuff on Youtube... log into Facebook & Gmail, run Java based applications or run virtual machines from a GUI-based player?
I'm kind of a nerd, but once I get my computer how I like it, I stop playing with it and start using it...:D
I have a System76 laptop too. In fact I'm posting from one. Recommended, in terms of 'just works', 'out of the box'... I think too they are a little pricey though.
Support is good. They have a dedicated, responsive end-user support team for their hardware.
I liked the companion cube at the end, though. And I agree with other posters, would have been nice to see *how* she figured out where the portal gun was from the writing on the wall. Maybe that comes in the full-length release...