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Post number 867

luke — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:30:29 -0800

Well, this won't last long. It appears to be streaming video of every single Simpsons episode. Ay, carumba!

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:54:36 -0800

wow, I'm furiously downloading as fast as I can. Each episode is going about 50kb/sec, so this should take a while...

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:02:35 -0800

Maybe we should be coordinating our efforts or something. I've just snatched Season 2, for example, and may try to get the first few seasons before the later ones...

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:07:01 -0800

BTW, is free.fr a DSL provider? Just trying to determine how quickly Fox can take it down...

By: corpse

corpse — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:35:59 -0800

Yes, i am downloading very slowly, all you high bandwidth kids should put up some ftps.

By: jkottke

jkottke — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:37:36 -0800

And please, for the love of god, no posting this to Slashdot until we've got a library.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:38:49 -0800

Free enterprise strikes again... ;)

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:41:02 -0800

hahaha. I'm working on season 11, and going backwards. You will all get ftp access to my fat pipe when I'm done.

By: corpse

corpse — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:00:55 -0800

Sadly, they don't seem to have my favorite episode, Deep Space Homer.

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:07:27 -0800

My d/l rate was 30MB/sec this morning. Now it's 3MB/sec. The word is spreading.

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:09:13 -0800

(That's megabit, of course.) And now my connections are timing out. Thanks a lot...

By: bird

bird — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:22:03 -0800

This all reminds me of a Bloat tagline - Webloggers 2 days ahead of the rest of us. Or some such. So you're natural advantage as webloggers should be narrowing in matter of hours. Better be selective in your downloads.

By: fil!

fil! — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:42:24 -0800

Man, I was doing 9 at a time for a while, now I'm down to 2 ... so, can we set up a writeable FTP space for these episodes, so we can share the love? I'm trying to name mine well ... i.e. Simpsons - Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (2F07).rm ... I suggest something similar for organization's sake.

By: PWA_BadBoy

PWA_BadBoy — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:09:28 -0800

damnit.. i'm on cable and i'm only getting 4.5 k/sec now. we really need to coordinate efforts!!

By: jkottke

jkottke — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:40:28 -0800

Blame Luke for posting it in the first place. ;)

By: Hegemonic

Hegemonic — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:39:59 -0800

Is anyone else having trouble with the video and audio on these files getting out of sync? (I'm running RealPlayer 7 on Win98.)

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:47:37 -0800

Yup. Not all files (I've watched a couple successfully, some with that problem), but many of 'em. As if the audio is being played faster than the video, right?

By: Hegemonic

Hegemonic — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:43:28 -0800

Yes indeed. If you or anyone else finds a way around this problem, please post it here. (Well, I've already found one way around it--stopping the file every minute and 30 seconds or so, then starting it again and moving the slider back to the appropriate time. But that's just no good.)

By: Taken Outtacontext

Taken Outtacontext — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:28:50 -0800

Does anyone know the episode where the Simpson family goes to a psychiatrist for electro-shock therapy and end up zapping each other? That's a keeper!! It was an early season but I'm not sure which nor what it was titled.

By: jkottke

jkottke — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:08:40 -0800

In the spirit of this excellent Guide to Online Research, you really should go look that up yourself.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:35:26 -0800

Just as an FYI, I've got all of season 11, most of 10 and am working my way down. I'm getting seasons 1-3 today, and all of it will be online at my own ftp site. Email me if you want access to it.

By: Taken Outtacontext

Taken Outtacontext — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:42:44 -0800

Thank you Mr. Kottke. "There's No Desgrace Like Home" was the episode in the first year.

By: corpse

corpse — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:51:42 -0800

Everyone who's downloading don't forget this gem. It's the best opening sequence ever.

By: prolific

prolific — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:07:12 -0800

I'm not into the Simpsons much, but the only episode I would like to have seen, isn't on the site. Bugger.

By: dan_of_brainlog

dan_of_brainlog — Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:09:04 -0800

Which one, prolific? Not that I'd be able to help, I'm just curious.