I wonder what his stats and graphs will look like on the site I started: http://feedfliks.com
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#12I wonder what his stats and graphs will look like on the site I started: http://feedfliks.com
You actually get a plug in the article itself. Cool site by the way. IIRC, it was made in one of those quick-sprint exercises, no?
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#14This is the kind of guy I hope to be in my middle age. Given his antics probably won't actually result in a quicker turnaround, but I love the idea of sending the DVDs back on the same truck they came on just for the hell of it. I also like the idea of the contest the author proposes, although I'm sure Netflix wouldn't want to publicly encourage piracy. Great article, made me smile.
Absolutely. There is a real beauty in quirkiness.
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#15Is this not a form of piracy?
It's obvious he's doing this as a hobby. Legal? I'm sure it's on the threshold. This is where an inflexible legal system shows it's age.
He isn't hurting anybody, he's obviously having a great time. Netflix is making money/building loyalty from him. (They are building loyalty with all of us when we read this story.) The movie companies aren't suffering. It's a triple win.
But in a court of law, it's likely that he would be slapped.
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#16Netflix uses an algorithm to slow down people like this.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_422313.html
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I agree, the premise that Netflix wants you to return the DVDs as quickly as possible so that they can send it to someone else is wrong. At any given time, you're going to have N DVDs out, and Netflix doesn't have any reason to particularly care whether they're the same N DVDs each day or N different DVDs. When I return two DVDs to Netflix on the same day, I usually send them in one envelope in the hopes that th…
Interesting... I noticed a couple years ago that if I put the DVD in the return envelope backwards (and the bar code couldn't be seen thru the little window) it took longer to mark those movies as returned (I'd get the email at 3, 4, 5 PM instead of 7 or 8 AM) and it often led to an extra day of waiting. I now take care to always have them in the right. You haven't noticed any extra delay by doubling them up?
Did you read the article about the Netflix processing center? There isn't any automation on the envelope side, rather there are teams of people opening them up and pulling the discs and the sleeves.
I think the barcode window is entirely for outgoing routing.
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#18Netflix uses an algorithm to slow down people like this. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_422313.html
The only thing about that is that I really don't see the value of Netflix in getting new movies fast, I personally like the back catalog aspect. Like, I've been going through all the Miyazaki films, and there's a lot of independent movies, and cornball sci-fi movies. Heck, the watch instantly feature is awesome for that too.
I love Netflix.
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#19I wonder what his stats and graphs will look like on the site I started: http://feedfliks.com
Well since you asked, let's see if can't get this for you :). Also I found your site through Netflix itself which I take to mean that they don't wholly disapprove of such a venture. Did you have to get your app concept cleared with them at all?
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
You actually get a plug in the article itself. Cool site by the way. IIRC, it was made in one of those quick-sprint exercises, no?
No, not exactly quick-sprint :-)
My apologies, I had this confused with Qflip.net, from the Rails Rumble 08 competition, not even close to the same idea. I guess my memory is not as sharp as I would hope.