From: Netflix To: FastLaugh Subject: Qwikster to dumpster, DVDs shackled to Netflix.com Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 Dear Subscriber, Reed was way too fucking embarrassed to send you another email himself. And besides, after that last one when he announced Qwikster, the Netflix Board of Directors refused to even let him see this one before [...]
From: Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix To: FastLaugh.com Subject: An Explanation and Some Reflections Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 Dear Netflix Subscriber, I fucked up. Big time. Now, with Netflix’s stock tanking and subscribers fleeing, I’m forced to do damage control since my board of directors and our PR folks told me I [...]
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Posted 19 September 2011
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Tagged: AOL, Borders, DVD, Elmo, investor, joint, Los-Gatos, mail, Netflix, postal-service, Qwikster, red-envelope, Reed-Hastings, Sesame-Street, Steve-Jobs, stockholder, streaming, Twitter, USPS, video-game
Windows 7 SP1 beta leaked, OS tweaks coming late 2010 April 8, 2010 by shf REDMOND, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — With the launch of Windows 7 now several months old, and nearly one-third of users having reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7 claiming that the process is buggy, it’s time to get ready for a [...]
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Posted 08 April 2010
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Tagged: 62%, advanced degree, advanced settings, beta, bugs (computer), calculations, coding, compromised machine, computer science, computers, critical Windows 7 bugs, fixes, golden ratio, Graham's number, hack, hard drive, installation, inverse golden ratio, iPad envy, irrational mathematical constant, mathematics, mean derived value, Microsoft, operating systems, physics, Pi, registry hack, Service Packs, software, software upgrades, Windows 7, Windows 7 SP1 beta, Windows 8, workarounds
Y2K redux, Sony’s PlayStation 3 units crippled by 8001050F error likely due to calendar rollover screw up March 1, 2010 by shf FOSTER CITY, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Demonstrating a cautionary tale of the extraordinary power being ceded by humanity to advanced technology, and being wielded by seemingly innocuous calendar bugs to thoroughly disrupt daily life [...]
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Posted 01 March 2010
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Tagged: 2010 Prius, 8001050F error, 999, abacus, advanced technology, apoplectic, Attila the Hun, automobile recalls, beads, boredom, botch job, brake problems, brakes, calendar bugs, calendar error, calendar glitch, calendar reset, Calendar rollover problems, catapults, cautionary tale, complacency, computer programmer, corrupt data, crusader, dependency, derision, disruption, distribution errors, dolls, drawbridges, dumbass, edge of the world, electronics, embarrassing meltdown, expiration date, explorer, explorer’s ship, falling off the edge of the world, fat PS3, fiasco, firmware, firmware update, Flash Flood, frequent crusader miles, GPS, hacker, hacking, havoc, Heavy Rain, hysteria, internet, Japan Inc., knights, leap-year, leap-year calendar glitch, log on, logging in, malfunctions, mass hysteria, mead, Medieval Express cards, meltdown, merchants, missing data, moats, Mr. Barbarian, navigation, navigation systems, online gaming, parts shortages, party like it’s 1999, payroll error, peasant, pillories, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Network, prince, Prius, PS3, PS3-exclusive game, PSN, racks, recalls, redux, revolt, ritual sacrifice, robots, rollover, screw ups, seemingly innocuous calendar bugs, shipping errors, shortages, singing, slim line PS3, slim PS3, songs, Sony, Sony's PlayStation 3, startup routine, sundial, synchronization problems, tech savvy, technicians, technologist, technology-dependant world, timers, toy stalls, Toyota, toys, trained technician, troll, trophy data, trophy-sync check, Twitter, user base, vehicle recalls, vulnerability, window of vulnerability, Y1K, Y2K, Y2K consultant
Tehranosaurus Wrecks Twitter by shf December 18, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) – Iranian Cyber Army 1, Twitter 0. Twitter challenges rematch, proposes best two-out-of-three.
Octopus has got a lovely bunch of coconuts December 15, 2009 by shf SYDNEY (FASTLAUGH.com) – Marine biologists in Australia revealed a stunning discovery this week – an octopus in Indonesia that gathers coconut shells for shelter and then later reuses them as a form of currency for bartering in the underwater economy prevalent in [...]
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Posted 15 December 2009
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Tagged: animal, Australia, barter, biology, cephalopod, coconut, coleoidea, crabs, currency, economy, evolution, financial system, fish, Future Biology, Indonesia, invertebrate, marine biologist, nap, ocean, Octopus, scallops, shell, shelter, shrimp, tool
Windows 7 installation bug resolved December 10, 2009 by shf REDMOND, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — With the launch of Windows 7 now several weeks old, nearly one-third of users have reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7, claiming that the process is buggy. The most common gripe is that the half-day upgrade process gets to the [...]
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Posted 10 December 2009
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Tagged: 62%, advanced degree, advanced settings, Bro, bugs (computer), calculations, coding, computer science, computers, critical Windows 7 bugs, fixes, golden ratio, Graham's number, hack, hard drive, installation, inverse golden ratio, irrational mathematical constant, mathematics, mean derived value, Microsoft, operating systems, physics, Pi, registry hack, software, software upgrades, Windows 7, workarounds
Google claims naming rights to still nameless decade December 9, 2009 by shf MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) – With only three weeks remaining until the end of the 00′s, Americans are still clueless when it comes to agreeing what to call the past decade despite having had ten years to figure it out. The Zeroes? [...]
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Posted 09 December 2009
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Tagged: 1970s, 2000, announcements, anthropology, assertions, Aughts, catchphrase, cluelessness, decade, end of decade, extortion, eye wear, forgetfulness, Google, indecision, labels, leaks, linguistics, nameless decade, naming rights, NYC, Ohhhs, Phil Ology, professor, short attention span, slogan, Teens, The Me Decade, The Twoogles Decade, Times Square, Tom Wolfe, UC Berkeley, Y2K, Yahoo!, Zeroes
Google announces bid for Voice of America November 26, 2009 by shf MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) – Following months of speculation after the Obama administration’s unprecedented bailout of the U.S. economy, and the U.S. experiencing an increasingly testy financial relationship with its Chinese bankers, it was announced late yesterday that the administration will immediately begin [...]
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Posted 26 November 2009
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Tagged: bailout, broadcasting, China, foreign debt, Google, news, Obama, programming, science, technology, U.S. economy, Voice of America
