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Watching My Neighbors Watch On-Demand TV

Posted by kdawson on from the video-voyeurs dept.

Josh Levin, Slate Magazine writes "I have a magical box that allows me to watch other people watch TV — their movies, their sports, their cartoons, and their hour-long procedural dramas. And sometimes, usually around 11:30 on Friday nights, their soft-core pornography... I solved the mystery by consulting online message boards. At techie sites like AVS Forum, other voyeurs described their adventures in freeloading. I was intercepting video-on-demand channels through the power of my Samsung's QAM tuner."

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  1. Ah, sweet serendipity by Tim+C · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As I read the summary on the front page, what should be the fortune in one of the boxes on the right?

    What PROGRAM are they watching?

    What program indeed?

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    It's official. Most of you are morons.
  2. Article split into 3 pages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I read as far as the end of the first page, when I saw that the article was unnecessarily split into 3 pages I closed the tab, end of story. I just can't be bothered.

  3. you .ofail it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lube is wiped off And mortifyiNg That supports dev(elopment model BSD's acclaimed problem; a few numbers. The loss disgust, or been *BSD is dead.

  4. do77 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    have 4n IRC client