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I've been enjoying the heck out of downloading TV episodes via BitTorrent using the Suprnova.org tracker. Its nice being able to go back and watch old episode of Chapelle's show, or perhaps even downloading an entire series run in a compact 5GB file. But this item seems a little over the top. Arguing that trackers should publish RSS feeds, Scott Raymond first asserts that BitTorrent and RSS are two solutions in search of a problem, and then outlines a pressing problem:

I am addicted to the show Alias. I watched the first couple episodes of season two as it aired, and I was hooked...

But it gets worse. I go out on Sunday nights, when Alias airs, and I don’t want to give that up. That’s why God created the VCR, I know, but to compound the problem, I don’t have TV. I don’t want to have TV, because I love the feeling of superiority that I get by not having it.

Um, I think the idea of rss-ifying Suprnova or whatever is a great idea, but I'm not sure if his "problem" is a problem that merits his solution. I mean, is it really worth reworking software when all he needs to do is go out and drop $200 on a TV receiver?

In related news, which I'm sure is only interesting to other RTF students, my dad informed me that Dollar Tree stores are selling DVDs for, well, a dollar, so I went by the store at 71st and Mingo on a lark, and picked up bunch of old episodes of TV shows on DVD for a buck a piece. Old TV is often hard to come by, so I was please to grab some "Beverly Hillbillies," "Dick Van Dyke," and "Dragnet." I passed on "Ozzie and Harriet" and "You Bet Your Life."

Posted by McChris at June 10, 2004 04:12 PM
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