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J. David Blackstone has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and nine years of experience at a wireless telecommunications company, where he learned Perl and never looked back. J. David has an advantage in that he works really hard, he has a passion for writing good software, and he knows many of the world's best Perl programmers.
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I'm starting to think that I'd really like to live without television as we know it.
Awhile back, I lamented the loss of Sailor Moon from broadcast television in my area. Now, today I received my first Sailor Moon DVD. (Yes, I like the DIC dubs. Knowing me, isn't that what you'd expect?
The arrival of this disk has prompted me to make a decision: I am finally going to buy a DVD player.
Didn't I read something awhile back looking for ideas that could allow television to survive without advertising revenue? I'm at the point where, having identified a series I like, I'd rather just buy the whole thing on DVD and be done with it. No ads, no Tivos (considered that, too). Just let me pay for the show. Sure, Sailor Moon is cheap because it's old, but the same is true for anything else for sale. Buying something newer (like, say Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alas, rather than allowing the market to evolve and take its course, we'll probably have laws passed to ensure evil people like you and me don't steal from our gracious providers of entertainment (oh, what would we do without them?) by skipping commercials.
--Donald E. Knuth
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Unfortunately, Blockbuster has only the first season, even though the second season has been out for ages and the third just came out. I've been trying to decide whether Netflix is worth it.
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I'm pretty sure you can sign up for a 2 week free trial too.
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