[NSFW] The Oatmeal tries to watch 'Games of Thrones'...


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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 MB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

It's just a comic, it doesn't need to be completely accurate.

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It's just a comic, it doesn't need to be completely accurate.

Seriously, with his line of thinking I think that a cat can't survive on Lasagna and human food alone.

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Seriously, with his line of thinking I think that a cat can't survive on Lasagna and human food alone.

Sorry, a little confused. Who's line of thinking are you talking about?

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

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It's just a comic, it doesn't need to be completely accurate.

Depends on who the joke was meant for. if it was meant for the average person then sure it's fine the way it is. The average person won't care. But if it's made for a the tech community, why not get the try to be a little accurate?

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

You have issues with a joke? :p

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Great comic.

It details exactly why I don't have a Netflix, Hulu, or iTunes account. They all look like great services...until you realize that current TV shows and Movies are barred from immediate on-demand status for an arbitrary amount of time due to contracts with the publishers.

When will they learn that delaying legitimate on-demand access to content will NOT make people like me buy or rent a physical copy. All they're doing is hurting themselves, and blaming it on piracy.

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Great comic.

It details exactly why I don't have a Netflix, Hulu, or iTunes account. They all look like great services...until you realize that current TV shows and Movies are barred from immediate on-demand status for an arbitrary amount of time due to contracts with the publishers.

When will they learn that delaying legitimate on-demand access to content will NOT make people like me buy or rent a physical copy. All they're doing is hurting themselves, and blaming it on piracy.

HBO is pretty much an exception here. Almost all other shows are available on iTunes next-day. HBO has always been a premium network where the only way to watch their shows legally is to subscribe to HBO.

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Depends on who the joke was meant for. if it was meant for the average person then sure it's fine the way it is. The average person won't care. But if it's made for a the tech community, why not get the try to be a little accurate?

The accuracy of the specs is completely irrelevant. You are missing the point of the comic entirely.

The point is that as a consumer with the best intentions - I recognize that you (as a creative) have put a lot of time and money into this thing, and I want to pay you for that work - you just can't get it because of the draconian agreements and backwards business models that don't work on the internet being enforced by the old media.

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

Wow... dude...

... you make perfect sense! :shifty:

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The accuracy of the specs is completely irrelevant. You are missing the point of the comic entirely.

The point is that as a consumer with the best intentions - I recognize that you (as a creative) have put a lot of time and money into this thing, and I want to pay you for that work - you just can't get it because of the draconian agreements and backwards business models that don't work on the internet being enforced by the old media.

I got the joke and agree with what he's trying to say.

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This is probably why most people won't subscribe to these services. I would definitely subscribe, if the content were there straight away or a few days after, not months into the future. It's just stupid :(

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

................. :/ Who pays attention to that? Should you be more worried about the dudes in the blue and red suits that can "poof!" out of thin air?

New compression format, lets call is .zip2 happy now.

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

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Very Funny. But I see 2 issues with the Joke

A) the site he is download the show from looks more like one of those sponsored fake links that try to send you to fake sites and just tell you what you want to hear.

B) 2.39GB for the entire Season? I think he's getting jipped. For 720 quality it should be over 1 GB per episode. So it should be well over 13 Gigs. heck SD versions are 350 GB for 43 mins or probably 550 for HBO shows so that would make a crappy version over 7 gigs. :)

Very interesting. But I see an issue with your complaint.

A) You incorrectly stated the size for an SD version. You meant to put 350 MB, not GB. :)

B) I'm just messing with you. But it is just a joke. ;)

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