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[raincitygirl]

Would anybody like a slightly used domestic shorthair cat? Because she is working my last nerve. Yesterday she managed to jump on the kitchen counter and knock a full plate of food to the floor, breaking the plate and scattering my dinner all over the linoleum. AND she knocked over her water bowl, walked through the ensuing puddle of water, and then tracked muddy paw prints all over the bed sheets, which meant I had to strip the bed. She's not usually LIKE this. I want my normal cat back, not Ms. Klutzy McClumsyson.

Does anybody on my f-list/dwircle have any experience with buying movies and TV shows on iTunes, rather than buying physical DVDs and Blu-Rays? I am running out of bookshelf space on which to put my plentiful collection of geeky media. If you buy the thing on iTunes, do you have to watch it on your laptop screen, or can you hook up your laptop to your television? And if the latter, how difficult is it to do, on a technical level? What are the pros and cons of having media stored digitally rather than physical discs? Thank you in advance for your expertise and advice.

I feel gross and don't wanna go to work. I'm going to drag my carcass there, but I intend to bitch about it.

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[madripoor_rose]

From what I understand, the problem with digital media is that you don't own it. You're renting the right to view it. There's some kind of locking code? that only lets you download the file so many times, and the way devices brick/need upgrading, the files themselves get corrupted...

I'm somewhat suspicious of the concept. Especially having videotapes in decent working order from the late 80s, and yet I hear people having problems with downloads constantly. I suppose it would save room for something you might watch once or twice, but I personally wouldn't trust it for fannish archiving something you plan to keep for years.

Sorry to hear yMW is being a brat-cat.

[raincitygirl]

I see. I didn't realize that you're basically leasing the digital media from iTunes, rather than owning it. Yeah, not going there.

She's gotten over being a brat-cat by now, but she was being very bratty while the incident lasted.