Negative Indications

I saw this piece on CNN and just felt awful.

A good way to judge a person is how they treat animals. Most people don’t place the same value on the life of a dog when compared to the life of a person, but animal cruelty can often be a sign of something much worse.  A person who would do such a thing to a dog, is really only a hairs breadth away from committing a similar act on a human being.  This man needs to go away for a loooooooong time, not just as punishment for what he did to the dog, but also for the protection of what ever community he may live in.

UnBox by Amazon

Damn what a fucked up service.

My advice..  Well, pending my confirmation from their customer service on my particular issue, I would say stay away.  Its quite un-evolved, especially for those of you who might expect Apple’s level of service when it comes to serving media.

What drew me to it? The TiVo functionality.  What else?  I was thrilled that it was possible for me to rent/buy amovie, and have it in my living room in such short order. but nooooooooooo…..

My first download, Borat, went just fine.  Ordered it, downloaded it to the TiVo, watched it.  Laughed my ass off (good movie).  The second movie… ‘Man of the Year’… would not download to my TiVo at all, even after repeated attempts. not only this, but apparently you cannot download TV shows to your TiVo.  I bought 2 seasons of one of my favorite series, and not only couldn’t i DL to my TiVo, but the first one was incomplete.

My advice is to avoid this service.  Its a joke… for the moment.  It could well improve, given i know its a glorified beta, I full well understand that it takes some time to work the kinks out. But, Amazon, if you are listening, ‘DRM’ does not mean ‘fuck your customers over’.

Look. I’m an IT guy.  I know it isn’t that difficult.  Just do it right.