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I know how it happens, too. It's a trap. They're deliberately designed not to give you your merchandise "every once in a while", so people try to get it, and end up toppling it over on themselves.

Oh, and another one -- Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex -- though I'd have to rewatch the whole series to be sure, as I do remember some that were weaker than others, but I don't remember thinking any of them were out-and-out bad. Mediocre, yes; that one "caught in a theater vortex" one was a little out there, as was the adventures of the killer robot one, but certainly not bad. There were only two seasons, right?

Thank you, Todd.

Did I forget Spaced? Yeah, I definitely have to add Spaced. Was going to make the techno phone ring my ringtone for a while. Also: Archer.

Well, no, I took it as a fundraiser -- I mean, they will raise some money, won't they?

Condolences, dude. I'm glad you still have the others, that will help. But having it happen like that without warning is tough.

This is all kinds of wonderful, particularly her covers of "Mother's Talk" and "A Criminal Mind", but I really like everything, including the single for "The Art of War".

Yes. And seconds would be called Off Beats.

That's fantastic.

Great retardation, why would you steal Beatses?

I think you're making up rules -- no-one said the episodes had to air. So shows like Action! (with Jay Mohr) that were cancelled after only a few episodes that already had an entire season in the can, they still count. I should probably add that to my list -- that was a great show. Sure, it deteriorated late in the season (nothing could match the brilliance of the first couple episodes, though the "nude scene" episode was awesome, and the NDE episode was great and...and...and...), but it had great moments all the way up until the very end. So: no bad episodes.

That's funny, they were just in Stereophile or Absolute Sound -- are you sure it's that bad? They certainly learned their lessons from Vapour Trails on Snakes & Arrows -- although it was compressed, it wasn't brickwalled, it was just compressed. Which is appropriate for a rock & roll record, IMHO.

So you've just identified the next Google software that Apple will drop from their iOS... (They just announced that they're dropping YouTube.)

We're playing with ourselves?

Wait, you want multiple nodes to be able to play into the distribution system? I think your big problem is going to be the software -- not sure how it handles being dynamically played into "collaboratively", I.E. the resource contention problem (you only ever want one person to be able to play into it at a time, neh?). Basically, the play device isn't going to matter, so you could probably get away with iPads, iTouches, laptops, ultrabooks, netbooks, etc. Playback is entirely different and well-formed at this point -- Roku, Squeezebox, etc. all have plenty of such devices.

Unholy carp, those are real.

Seriously.

Yeah, I have to add Black Books to my list.

Me, personally, I think it's crucial. I tuned my Sunfire Jr. by hand...er...by ear, rather... when trying to integrate it with my Spendor S3/5's. I really want that again.

I thought the JH13pro was active...?

Actually, even though Dollhouse had better episodes and worse episodes, I would hardly say any of them were 'bad', so I'll stand by ... well, everything Whedon has ever done: Buffy Angel Firefly Dollhouse Fawlty Towers Twilight Zones (not just the original series, I like prety much anything put out under this name) Outer Limits (ditto) At this point I should add my qualification: notice, they did not say, 'mediocre'. They said, out and out, 'bad'. That said, I'm not sure I've seen any other shows in their entirety. Saturday morning cartoons, perhaps? Batman Castle (yes, it's just a procedural, but damn, it's the best procedural I've ever seen) Driftwood Veronica Mars Mongrels Archer Deadwood Sports Night Liquid Television (yes, really) Aeon Flux (technically, not its own show) Beast Wars Backyardigans (what can I say? I love childrens' television and movies) Reboot Pee Wee Herman's Playhouse (yes, really -- stands on its own) ...which puts me in mind of: I'm surprised no-one has said Six Feet Under yet. (haven't seen it, myself)

Tritters. I missed this thread due to be being on sabbatical when it was posted. Please do post moar impreshunz.

Just post it, dude.

Happy Birthday! (party favour noise)

Wind made of dust.