Comments on: New South Park site debuts, with full episode streaming http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149572 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149572 its working fine in Ireland. Now I want to go to Casa Bonita! its working fine in Ireland. Now I want to go to Casa Bonita!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149592 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149592 works fine for me - I'm in the Republic of Ireland. Maybe Ireland and Norway are special. works fine for me – I’m in the Republic of Ireland. Maybe Ireland and Norway are special.

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149349 foobar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149349 As long as you're American. All other nationalities need not apply. As long as you’re American. All other nationalities need not apply.

]]> By: Songe http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149352 Songe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149352 darth viacom made me lol darth viacom made me lol

]]> By: jonathan_v http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149355 jonathan_v Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149355 i wonder if the 'banned' / 'broadcast 1x' episodes are online. i wonder if the ‘banned’ / ‘broadcast 1x’ episodes are online.

]]> By: fatpinkchicken http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149356 fatpinkchicken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149356 I'm excited, yay! More ways to not do my hw. I’m excited, yay! More ways to not do my hw.

]]> By: vjinterkosmos http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149619 vjinterkosmos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149619 Mr. Twig has kept me happy for the past decade, so I don't expect any low-res (and AFAIK region-blocked) stream to make up for it. 30 min after an episode airs there are 2k+ seeds, so I'm content to wait for 35 min longer than US audience. Mr. Twig has kept me happy for the past decade, so I don’t expect any low-res (and AFAIK region-blocked) stream to make up for it. 30 min after an episode airs there are 2k+ seeds, so I’m content to wait for 35 min longer than US audience.

]]> By: Mitch Tishmack http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149369 Mitch Tishmack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149369 For some reason I can't help but laugh at this line: Basically, we just got really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time. So we gave ourselves a legal alternative. I wish more tv show producers would think this way. For some reason I can’t help but laugh at this line:
Basically, we just got really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time. So we gave ourselves a legal alternative.

I wish more tv show producers would think this way.

]]> By: mgabrysSF http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149646 mgabrysSF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149646 When you have a sofa in the office, full-screen is actually quite decent from across the room. This reminds me of the fancast.com site where I've been picking up the entire run of classic Star Treks and sizable chunks of other shows (WKRP and Sliders are my faves at the moment). They also have movies like David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Even with single-commercial breaks this is far better than losing massive chunks of hard-drive for once-off viewings and - far far better than doubling my cable bill for the sake of TV. THIS is why I love broadband - and is the logical outcome when internet usage grows beyond 30% of down-time for people. It's refreshing to see the content-providers getting a clue with some decent initiatives rather than the RIAA's war on P2P. This isn't a small point because until now it seemed all the content providers were more interested in criminalizing everyone through arcane laws and knee-jerk reactionary politics. It only took 4 years of wide-spread broadband access for the models to emerge. Geez this sounds like suck-up blathering - but this is the model everyone was agog about in the early 90s. The whole idea of "interactive TV". Now I can leave my TV for games and DVD's exclusively, get content on demand, and leave the reality shows for the dustbin. When you have a sofa in the office, full-screen is actually quite decent from across the room. This reminds me of the fancast.com site where I’ve been picking up the entire run of classic Star Treks and sizable chunks of other shows (WKRP and Sliders are my faves at the moment). They also have movies like David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

Even with single-commercial breaks this is far better than losing massive chunks of hard-drive for once-off viewings and – far far better than doubling my cable bill for the sake of TV.

THIS is why I love broadband – and is the logical outcome when internet usage grows beyond 30% of down-time for people. It’s refreshing to see the content-providers getting a clue with some decent initiatives rather than the RIAA’s war on P2P. This isn’t a small point because until now it seemed all the content providers were more interested in criminalizing everyone through arcane laws and knee-jerk reactionary politics. It only took 4 years of wide-spread broadband access for the models to emerge.

Geez this sounds like suck-up blathering – but this is the model everyone was agog about in the early 90s. The whole idea of “interactive TV”. Now I can leave my TV for games and DVD’s exclusively, get content on demand, and leave the reality shows for the dustbin.

]]> By: OM http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149392 OM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149392 ...Hpflly ths st vrsn's rn bttr thn tht [cnsrd] Bryl hs rn thngs snc lvs ws scrwd vr. Fr ths nt fmlr wth th rgns f Cmdy Cntrl's ffcl SP wbst, whn thy frst pt p th st, thy hrd gy gng by "lvs", wh t th tm ws rnnng th #1 fn-rn SP wbst, t rn thr st fr thm. ftr nly cpl f mnths t bcm vry pprnt tht Cmdy Cntrl ws nly xpctng t py lvs ~$25.00 SD mnth fr hs srvcs, s ppsd t mch hghr f grd n. lvs ws rplcd wth Bryl, wh prcdd t rn th st n rthr bmbsh mnnr, nd bcm rthr dslkd fr hr rthr sntty pprch t nswrng Q& qstns - spclly ns tht wr srs qstns. Rmr hs t tht sh dd t vlntrly, jst fr th brggng rghts nd mntn n th shw's clsng crdts. Whthr tht's nw dfntn fr prstttn, 'll lt y kds dcd fr yrslvs :-P ...Dspt th fct hv ll th ps cppd, 'll chck t th st t s f t's wrth th hyp. …Hpflly ths st vrsn’s rn bttr thn tht [cnsrd] Bryl hs rn thngs snc lvs ws scrwd vr. Fr ths nt fmlr wth th rgns f Cmdy Cntrl’s ffcl SP wbst, whn thy frst pt p th st, thy hrd gy gng by “lvs”, wh t th tm ws rnnng th #1 fn-rn SP wbst, t rn thr st fr thm. ftr nly cpl f mnths t bcm vry pprnt tht Cmdy Cntrl ws nly xpctng t py lvs ~$25.00 SD mnth fr hs srvcs, s ppsd t mch hghr f grd n. lvs ws rplcd wth Bryl, wh prcdd t rn th st n rthr bmbsh mnnr, nd bcm rthr dslkd fr hr rthr sntty pprch t nswrng Q& qstns – spclly ns tht wr srs qstns. Rmr hs t tht sh dd t vlntrly, jst fr th brggng rghts nd mntn n th shw’s clsng crdts. Whthr tht’s nw dfntn fr prstttn, ‘ll lt y kds dcd fr yrslvs :-P

…Dspt th fct hv ll th ps cppd, ‘ll chck t th st t s f t’s wrth th hyp.

]]> By: ornith http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149414 ornith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149414 Is anyone else having trouble with the streaming? It keeps stopping and starting. And then suddenly deciding to stop altogether, or that I've finished watching the episode. Anyone got a fix? Is anyone else having trouble with the streaming? It keeps stopping and starting. And then suddenly deciding to stop altogether, or that I’ve finished watching the episode. Anyone got a fix?

]]> By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149417 jere7my Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149417 #1: Addressed in the article, Foobar: "Eventually every episode and clip will be available everywhere in the world. There is a tangle of contracts that Comedy Central has with different cable companies and territories that are preventing us from that right now. But hopefully it won't be long." #1: Addressed in the article, Foobar: “Eventually every episode and clip will be available everywhere in the world. There is a tangle of contracts that Comedy Central has with different cable companies and territories that are preventing us from that right now. But hopefully it won’t be long.”

]]> By: Howard Wen http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149418 Howard Wen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149418 Orinth, You're not the only one. The site seems to be getting hammered. But the way they have things set up, it appears the site doesn't allow your computer to cache the video file (like the way YouTube and many other video sites work) in order to reduce skipping. That just sucks. Orinth,

You’re not the only one. The site seems to be getting hammered. But the way they have things set up, it appears the site doesn’t allow your computer to cache the video file (like the way YouTube and many other video sites work) in order to reduce skipping. That just sucks.

]]> By: remmelt http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149433 remmelt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149433 "same-day simulcasting" The what now? Also, and this may be extremely illegal, immoral, unamerican, socialist, gay, xenophobic and naughty: http://www.southparkzone.com/ Works outside the US de A as well. “same-day simulcasting”
The what now?

Also, and this may be extremely illegal, immoral, unamerican, socialist, gay, xenophobic and naughty:
http://www.southparkzone.com/
Works outside the US de A as well.

]]> By: axelay http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149436 axelay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149436 Seems to work fine here in Norway... Seems to work fine here in Norway…

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149474 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149474 This episode about Britney Spears had me laughing so hard I had to turn it off. Which is probably a bad sign. Some of the best satire on TV or anywhere. The social commentary of South Park is at par with the best stuff out there. This episode about Britney Spears had me laughing so hard I had to turn it off. Which is probably a bad sign. Some of the best satire on TV or anywhere. The social commentary of South Park is at par with the best stuff out there.

]]> By: thisaintnopicnic http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149475 thisaintnopicnic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149475 http://www.unblockall.net/ Paste the SouthParkStudios url into there and you're good to go in the UK. Can't seem to get the full-screen mode to work but quality is reasonable anyway http://www.unblockall.net/

Paste the SouthParkStudios url into there and you’re good to go in the UK. Can’t seem to get the full-screen mode to work but quality is reasonable anyway

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-150007 foobar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-150007 @jere7my That's really not good enough. They've shown where their priorities are, and I'll be voting with my wallet (and bittorrent) accordingly. @jere7my

That’s really not good enough. They’ve shown where their priorities are, and I’ll be voting with my wallet (and bittorrent) accordingly.

]]> By: BellaSook http://boingboing.net/2008/03/24/new-south-park-site.html#comment-149752 BellaSook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-149752 not available in Canada - although this is one of the shows we can get from itunes. le sigh. not available in Canada – although this is one of the shows we can get from itunes. le sigh.

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