Amazon charges different people different prices for the same thing; RealPlayer messes with their customers; Netflix slows down service to you if you return movies in a timely manner; credit card companies penalize people for paying their cards off every month; Sony messes with their customers' computers. what is this? why are all these comp... wait, what? netflix does what??

yes, it's true -- if you are a good person who consistently returns your movies in a timely manner (e.g. for kindness, "let's get them back in the mail so the next person will be able to see them", or for excitement, "let's get these back so our next movies will be sent right out to us"), your strategy may be doing you harm.

check this out -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11262292/ -- if you return your movies faster than netflix allows, they will slow down your queue or even rearrange it to suit themselves. *those damned mba's are at it again*

i have reviewed my good feelings about netflix and decided they don't deserve my good will. henceforth i will simply view them as a means to an end -- not a decent entity which has my devoted loyalty.

Google, on the other hand, has shown us that it is classy, as well as in a class by itself. they have my loyalty -- at least, until they drop their ethics and start grubbing around with the bottomfeeders.

i feel -- disgusted
but i'll feel better by listening to The Egg playing Venice Beach