Dear Bruce If you liked 3 Idiots, you may enjoy its even better "prequel" - Munna Bhai MBBS.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374887/ Sarbajit On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Bruce Sherwood <[email protected]>wrote: > Despite all this, we experience a very low fraction of unreadable DVDs > from Netflix. Presumably DVD players vary in their ability to deal with > flaws. Also, more and more we along with everyone else streams when > possible, so the DVDs we order are often the less popular kind and so have > not had a lot of use. > > An example I'll recommend is the superb "3 Idiots", a fairly recent film > from India that is just wonderful along many dimensions. Read the > description somewhere. I've heard it's being remade in many countries > including the US (the original is in Hindi with much admixture of English, > but with excellent subtitles). It includes two of India's biggest stars, > and they're terrific. > > Bruce > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> One thing to consider is that as time goes on, the disc population >>> 'ages' - probably discs are only replaced when they are completely broken, >>> or enough people complain. >>> -Arlo James Barnes >>> >>> I think there may be a little more going on than this. It feels like a >> soft "tragedy of the commons". >> >> Disc-based Netflix is going on at least 8 years old now, it seems >> unlikely that the halflife of discs being shipped around and handled by >> random people is more than months, rather than years. >> >> I think the *only* way discs get retired is if they are reported >> nonfunctional by a customer. I don't think there is anything more than >> casual inspection happening at the remailing centers (our closest may be >> ABQ?). >> >> It seems likely that something more subtle (or blunt?) is going on. >> Perhaps many people are depending mostly on streaming movies (as we are) >> and many may not bother to report a bad disc and simply return it in >> frustration. A positive feedback loop could emerge with the more bad discs >> they find, the more likely they will just send the movie back without >> watching. >> >> Another aggravator may be if the remailing centers have changed their >> inspection and possible automatic cleaning policy. I would imagine that >> they might have a process for very simply cleaning the DVDs when they come >> in or before they ship out. >> >> It seems likely that the "tragedy of the commons" may be a hard one to >> resolve. >> >> - Steve >> >> ==============================**============================== >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe >> http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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