Sunday, 02 July 2006

We were just at the local Blockbuster grabbing a few DVDs, and I noticed the late returns policy on a sign proclaiming an end to late fees:

Rental product kept more than 7 days after the due date is converted to a sale. Sale may be reversed by returning the product within 30 days of the sale date and paying a $1.25 restocking fee. Franchise restocking fees may vary.

So this pretty much means that I can rent a video for 36 days plus the original rental period for the cost of the initial rental plus $1.25 (and some forward and reverse credit card transaction shenanigans). I don't see the point in them referring to rentals as "overnight" or "three nights" or "weekly" any more.

Wacky.

The state of Flash on Linux is starting to irk me, specifically the fact that what's available for Linux seems to be trailing 2 versions behind what's available for Windows.

Case in point: Kynan blogs about the Transformers movie. "Yay" I go, and scoot off to check it out, only to discover that it requires Flash 8, and points me off in that direction. If only a version greater than 7 was available to download, I would.

Sigh. I'm due for a reboot into Windows soon so I can download the exercise data off my watch, so maybe I'll remember to visit the site then...