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Yea, he's on my "family" plan because he's broke and I am nice- but is wearing me out about getting an iPhone. I won't let him add one to our plan because it would take him from $9 a month (which I am paying) to $40 a month.
 
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So you'd get him off of your plan, shut him up about the iPhone, and Id get $200?

Sounds like a win/win situation!

Just be sure to let him know it's a 2 YO 3G though.
 
[quote name='manthing']So you'd get him off of your plan, shut him up about the iPhone, and Id get $200?

Sounds like a win/win situation!

Just be sure to let him know it's a 2 YO 3G though.[/QUOTE]

He won't care as long as it's not a first gen./EDGE. He just can't swing a data plan, and unless you BYOP* it's mandatory from AT&T.

*I need to make sure that is still the case (that you can add your own iPhone w/o a D.P.)
 
[quote name='h3llbring3r']*I need to make sure that is still the case (that you can add your own iPhone w/o a D.P.)[/QUOTE]

That's interesting, I didn't know that option was available. Let me know if it still is when you find out please.
 
[quote name='munch']I'm pretty sure Hellbringer just did the equivalent of a cock block.[/QUOTE]
Apologies man, but if you want- you take the phone and let my brother call you and whine about it several times a week.
 
[quote name='h3llbring3r']He won't care as long as it's not a first gen./EDGE. He just can't swing a data plan, and unless you BYOP* it's mandatory from AT&T.

*I need to make sure that is still the case (that you can add your own iPhone w/o a D.P.)[/QUOTE]

I'll have a first gen/EDGE one needing a new home soonish. Not that it helps your brother...
 
h3ll:

I think every iPhone needs a D.P.(hehe) nowadays on ATT, and has been so since the 3G release.

I know people were able to use the GoPhone service with the first gen iPhones.

He'd probably have to look into T-Mobile to get a plan w/o a data plan, though he'd only be able to use EDGE speeds.
 
I just called, you can BYOP sans data plan for almost any smart phone EXCEPT the iPhone, where a data plan is contractually required because of the way VM, mobile APP . . .etc. works on it now.

Munch, all you bro-

Edit: Yep, just read your post. Same applies to blackberries too.
 
I just bought Mad Men season 3 on BluRay and then noticed that my Prime trial expires in about 6 hours. Sounds like a good final use of free 2 day shipping.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Afternoon is the new morning?[/QUOTE]
[ insert racist joke here ]
 
I think I might be, but I thought it would have been done by now. (At work.)

If I still am, it should be done soon.

I was going to PM you before I left, but I had to leave right when I got out of the shower.

Yes. I am wet and naked right now.
 
I didn't realize until just now that Target also has the Toy Story blu rays for super cheap.

Going to go now and hope I can score them.
 
[quote name='Rocko']I didn't realize until just now that Target also has the Toy Story blu rays for super cheap.

Going to go now and hope I can score them.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure you know, but just incase you don't, there's two 10.00 coupons out there for the movies.
 
My target was sold out of part 2. Going to go to another target out of town in a bit.
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Taco Bell is no longer selling the chicken soft tacos. No reason to go anymore.
 
[quote name='DT778']Taco Bell is no longer selling the chicken soft tacos. No reason to go anymore.[/QUOTE]
Those things are perrty good.
 
:) @ David Mamet.

“TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT

GREETINGS.

AS WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS SHOW, A RECURRING PROBLEM BECOMES CLEAR.

THE PROBLEM IS THIS: TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DRAMA AND NON-DRAMA. LET ME BREAK-IT-DOWN-NOW.

EVERYONE IN CREATION IS SCREAMING AT US TO MAKE THE SHOW CLEAR. WE ARE TASKED WITH, IT SEEMS, CRAMMING A SHITLOAD OF INFORMATION INTO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

OUR FRIENDS. THE PENGUINS, THINK THAT WE, THEREFORE, ARE EMPLOYED TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION — AND, SO, AT TIMES, IT SEEMS TO US.

BUT NOTE:THE AUDIENCE WILL NOT TUNE IN TO WATCH INFORMATION. YOU WOULDN’T, I WOULDN’T. NO ONE WOULD OR WILL. THE AUDIENCE WILL ONLY TUNE IN AND STAY TUNED TO WATCH DRAMA.

QUESTION:WHAT IS DRAMA? DRAMA, AGAIN, IS THE QUEST OF THE HERO TO OVERCOME THOSE THINGS WHICH PREVENT HIM FROM ACHIEVING A SPECIFIC, ACUTE GOAL.

SO: WE, THE WRITERS, MUST ASK OURSELVES OF EVERY SCENE THESE THREE QUESTIONS.

1) WHO WANTS WHAT?
2) WHAT HAPPENS IF HER DON’T GET IT?
3) WHY NOW?

THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE LITMUS PAPER. APPLY THEM, AND THEIR ANSWER WILL TELL YOU IF THE SCENE IS DRAMATIC OR NOT.

IF THE SCENE IS NOT DRAMATICALLY WRITTEN, IT WILL NOT BE DRAMATICALLY ACTED.

THERE IS NO MAGIC FAIRY DUST WHICH WILL MAKE A BORING, USELESS, REDUNDANT, OR MERELY INFORMATIVE SCENE AFTER IT LEAVES YOUR TYPEWRITER. YOU THE WRITERS, ARE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE EVERY SCENE IS DRAMATIC.

THIS MEANS ALL THE “LITTLE” EXPOSITIONAL SCENES OF TWO PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD. THIS BUSHWAH (AND WE ALL TEND TO WRITE IT ON THE FIRST DRAFT) IS LESS THAN USELESS, SHOULD IT FINALLY, GOD FORBID, GET FILMED.

IF THE SCENE BORES YOU WHEN YOU READ IT, REST ASSURED IT WILL BORE THE ACTORS, AND WILL, THEN, BORE THE AUDIENCE, AND WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE BACK IN THE BREADLINE.

SOMEONE HAS TO MAKE THE SCENE DRAMATIC. IT IS NOT THE ACTORS JOB (THE ACTORS JOB IS TO BE TRUTHFUL). IT IS NOT THE DIRECTORS JOB. HIS OR HER JOB IS TO FILM IT STRAIGHTFORWARDLY AND REMIND THE ACTORS TO TALK FAST. IT IS YOUR JOB.

EVERY SCENE MUST BE DRAMATIC. THAT MEANS: THE MAIN CHARACTER MUST HAVE A SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRESSING NEED WHICH IMPELS HIM OR HER TO SHOW UP IN THE SCENE.

THIS NEED IS WHY THEY CAME. IT IS WHAT THE SCENE IS ABOUT. THEIR ATTEMPT TO GET THIS NEED MET WILL LEAD, AT THE END OF THE SCENE,TO FAILURE - THIS IS HOW THE SCENE IS OVER. IT, THIS FAILURE, WILL, THEN, OF NECESSITY, PROPEL US INTO THE NEXT SCENE.

ALL THESE ATTEMPTS, TAKEN TOGETHER, WILL, OVER THE COURSE OF THE EPISODE, CONSTITUTE THE PLOT.

ANY SCENE, THUS, WHICH DOES NOT BOTH ADVANCE THE PLOT, AND STANDALONE (THAT IS, DRAMATICALLY, BY ITSELF, ON ITS OWN MERITS) IS EITHER SUPERFLUOUS, OR INCORRECTLY WRITTEN.

YES BUT YES BUT YES BUT, YOU SAY: WHAT ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF WRITING IN ALL THAT “INFORMATION?”

AND I RESPOND “FIGURE IT OUT” ANY DICKHEAD WITH A BLUESUIT CAN BE (AND IS) TAUGHT TO SAY “MAKE IT CLEARER”, AND “I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM”.

WHEN YOU’VE MADE IT SO CLEAR THAT EVEN THIS BLUESUITED PENGUIN IS HAPPY, BOTH YOU AND HE OR SHE WILL BE OUT OF A JOB.

THE JOB OF THE DRAMATIST IS TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. NOT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT JUST HAPPENED, OR TO*SUGGEST* TO THEM WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

ANY DICKHEAD, AS ABOVE, CAN WRITE, “BUT, JIM, IF WE DON’T ASSASSINATE THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE NEXT SCENE, ALL EUROPE WILL BE ENGULFED IN FLAME”

WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID TO REALIZE THAT THE AUDIENCE NEEDS THIS INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE NEXT SCENE, BUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRITE THE SCENE BEFORE US SUCH THAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

YES BUT, YES BUT YES BUT YOU REITERATE.

AND I RESPOND FIGURE IT OUT.

HOW DOES ONE STRIKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN WITHHOLDING AND VOUCHSAFING INFORMATION? THAT IS THE ESSENTIAL TASK OF THE DRAMATIST. AND THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IS WHAT SEPARATES YOU FROM THE LESSER SPECIES IN THEIR BLUE SUITS.

FIGURE IT OUT.

START, EVERY TIME, WITH THIS INVIOLABLE RULE: THE SCENE MUST BE DRAMATIC. it must start because the hero HAS A PROBLEM, AND IT MUST CULMINATE WITH THE HERO FINDING HIM OR HERSELF EITHER THWARTED OR EDUCATED THAT ANOTHER WAY EXISTS.

LOOK AT YOUR LOG LINES. ANY LOGLINE READING “BOB AND SUE DISCUSS…” IS NOT DESCRIBING A DRAMATIC SCENE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR OUTLINES ARE, GENERALLY, SPECTACULAR. THE DRAMA FLOWS OUT BETWEEN THE OUTLINE AND THE FIRST DRAFT.

THINK LIKE A FILMMAKER RATHER THAN A FUNCTIONARY, BECAUSE, IN TRUTH, YOU ARE MAKING THE FILM. WHAT YOU WRITE, THEY WILL SHOOT.

HERE ARE THE DANGER SIGNALS. ANY TIME TWO CHARACTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.

ANY TIME ANY CHARACTER IS SAYING TO ANOTHER “AS YOU KNOW”, THAT IS, TELLING ANOTHER CHARACTER WHAT YOU, THE WRITER, NEED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT.

DO NOT WRITE A CROCK OF SHIT. WRITE A RIPPING THREE, FOUR, SEVEN MINUTE SCENE WHICH MOVES THE STORY ALONG, AND YOU CAN, VERY SOON, BUY A HOUSE IN BEL AIR AND HIRE SOMEONE TO LIVE THERE FOR YOU.

REMEMBER YOU ARE WRITING FOR A VISUAL MEDIUM. MOST TELEVISION WRITING, OURS INCLUDED, SOUNDS LIKE RADIO. THE CAMERA CAN DO THE EXPLAINING FOR YOU. LET IT. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERS DOING -*LITERALLY*. WHAT ARE THEY HANDLING, WHAT ARE THEY READING. WHAT ARE THEY WATCHING ON TELEVISION, WHAT ARE THEY SEEING.

IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA.

IF YOU DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF THE CRUTCH OF NARRATION, EXPOSITION,INDEED, OF SPEECH. YOU WILL BE FORGED TO WORK IN A NEW MEDIUM - TELLING THE STORY IN PICTURES (ALSO KNOWN AS SCREENWRITING)

THIS IS A NEW SKILL. NO ONE DOES IT NATURALLY. YOU CAN TRAIN YOURSELVES TO DO IT, BUT YOU NEED TO START.

I CLOSE WITH THE ONE THOUGHT: LOOK AT THE SCENE AND ASK YOURSELF “IS IT DRAMATIC? IS IT ESSENTIAL? DOES IT ADVANCE THE PLOT?

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY.

IF THE ANSWER IS “NO” WRITE IT AGAIN OR THROW IT OUT. IF YOU’VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME UP.

LOVE, DAVE MAMET
SANTA MONICA 19 OCTO 05

(IT IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THE ANSWERS, BUT IT IS YOUR, AND MY, RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW AND TO ASK THE RIGHT Questions OVER AND OVER. UNTIL IT BECOMES SECOND NATURE. I BELIEVE THEY ARE LISTED ABOVE.)”
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http://www.movieline.com/2010/03/david-mamets-memo-to-the-writers-of-the-unit.php[quote name='Rocko']I didn't realize until just now that Target also has the Toy Story blu rays for super cheap.

Going to go now and hope I can score them.[/QUOTE]You should get that Blu-ray player that Amazon has on sale for $60 today.
 
I lived off the 7 layer burrito when it was $0.99.

I got that $60 Blu Ray player. It'll hold me over until Netflix ones get cheaper.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']I just saw them on a fiesta platter banner on Monday.[/QUOTE]

Maybe it was just the one located on the north side of my city.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']I'm sure you know, but just incase you don't, there's two 10.00 coupons out there for the movies.[/QUOTE]
Yep, just printed them. :]

[quote name='Mojimbo']You should get that Blu-ray player that Amazon has on sale for $60 today.[/QUOTE]
Tempting, but not only is it expensive to buy all of the movies I love and own on blu-ray again, but when I go to UF in August I'm not only going to be strapped for cash and rather busy (I'd imagine), but I'm only going to have like a 24 inch TV or so. So I mean I feel like it'll kind of be a waste when that's my only TV for most of the year for the next 4 years.
 
[quote name='JohnnyFoxDarko']Sean has taught me many lessons about life and i'm achieving those goals![/QUOTE]


I hate these old men!
 
Mamet is awesome, but that letter is crazy.

I still need to see Spartan, especially since it has Val Kilmer in it.
 
I saw the chicken soft tacos when I was at TBell last night.

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I'm so excited about the HTC EVO 4G I'm in a TMobile store right now, playing with its cousin phone the HD2.

:oops:

It's really embarassing that TMo and HTC are using preinstalled copies of Michael Bay's 2 Transformer 'films' as a selling point.

:???:
 
[quote name='manthing']

I'm so excited about the HTC EVO 4G I'm in a TMobile store right now, playing with its cousin phone the HD2.

[/QUOTE]


Did you see that deal Wal Mart had on the HD2 on SD?
 
[quote name='Rocko']I didn't realize until just now that Target also has the Toy Story blu rays for super cheap.

Going to go now and hope I can score them.[/QUOTE]

All the Targets around here have nothing but the dvd case sized ones. Hoping to go to another one tomorrow to see if they restocked on bluray cased one for the 2nd movie.
 
I know I am late to the discussion but is it not possible to have an iPhone and just insert the SIM card and use it as a phone? I am using an old Blackberry that way. I don't have the online features enabled and can only get up to EDGE.

It would be great to use it as a phone and an iPod without worrying about the online and data plan crap.

[quote name='corrosivefrost']I'll have a first gen/EDGE one needing a new home soonish. Not that it helps your brother...[/QUOTE]

If it is possible to use the iPhone as a regular phone, then you can slide it my way if you want.
 
My Target had plenty of both the DVD and Bluray cases. $18 and change for both.

My friend is going to have a blu-ray filled birthday. Benjamin Button, Whip It, and both Toy Stories, and those are only the ones I know about.
 
One of my friends just told me he was playing SOCOM. I told him "I didn't know you had that." His response, "Had what? What are you talking about?"
 
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I still think Smogitup should be in charge of all SOCOM related CAG topics. I stand by my man, man.

Why do all Magic Hat seasonal drinks taste the same?
 
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