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Comment Sadly true (Score 5, Interesting) 208

I commute into a major US city every day and just today noticed someone reading an actual newspaper on the train. I can't even remember when the last time I saw that. Between me with my book and him with his newspaper, we really stood out among the rest of the passengers. If newspapers and books aren't for commuters, who are they for? And commuters have left them by. Sadly, I think this is an accurate assessment..

Comment Bad tactics (Score 0) 460

I dropped Netflix when they wanted to increase my $9 grandfathered plan to $36. They didn't give a crap that I had been a loyal customer since 1992... . So they deserve it. The customer isn't always right, but you have to ease them into your new business model. They don't understand that. The corporate culture there is too arrogant.

Comment Re:Great advice (Score 1) 248

The police won't give a shit, most burglary goes unpunished even if you give them evidence.

+1 on that. My house was broken into a couple years ago and my laptop stolen. I had Prey installed, so I was able to give the police a picture of the thief from the laptop camera and the thief's IP address with the street address associated to their account. The response was "That's nice." They never did anything. Later, I even found out the guy's name, what kind of car he drove, and that he was committing other burglaries (I left Prey running for a few weeks after the theft and got all kinds of pics and screen caps). I gave it all to the police. They still did nothing. I gave up and wiped the machine remotely. The guy's probably still out there. At least where I live, the police are not interested in theft not matter how much you evidence you give them.

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