Posted by Niemadre on 04/14/07 20:15

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:23:59 -0400, Derek Janssen <ejanss@comcast.net>
wrote:

>MassiveProng wrote:
>
>> "Scott269" <bulldog269@hotmail.com> wrote in news:1176576407.070081.189740
>> @l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>>Ok, this really bugged me so I have to ask. For those of
>>>you out there with Netflix, can you only rate with whole stars
>>>(5,4,3,2,1) or can you also use half star ratings for the yellow
>>>stars?
>>>(1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, 3,3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2, 5). I've been a member for a
>>>year and a half and have always only been able to do whole stars.
>>>I've
>>>read articles where people complain they want half stars.
>>>
>>>Then a guy at work says he signed up for Netflix last week and can
>>>rate
>>>with half stars. I didn't believe him. He showed me his screen and
>>>sure
>>>enough, he can do half stars! We're both using XP with IE 6.0.29 so
>>>it
>>>shouldn't be because of a different setup...unless its something to
>>>do
>>>with having the latest Flash or Java or something?
>>>
>>>I don't care that much about the star ratings, but as a computer
>>>question, I'm just trying to figure this out. Maybe new members are
>>>given the ability to rate with half stars now but not old members?
>
>Can't use half stars either, and I'm a longtime customer on Netscape--
>Even my loyal Netflix Freak v2.0 can't do the half-star ratings...Sounds
>like a glitch, but a pretty lucky one.
>
>> Shut the hell up, use Blockbuster, it's better.
>
>(Uh, don't mind him, Scott, he's using
>- Troll Career Builder #2, "Attack Newbies if you're losing business
>with the regular customer base", and
>- MP Default Response #3, "My tech-geek lore is better than YOUR
>tech-geek lore!")
>
>Derek Janssen (is it really a bad thing to be predictable?...Umm, yes.)
>ejanss@comcast.net

Yea!

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