On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Doran L. Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, July 30, 2012 10:31:31 AM Eric Jacobs wrote: > > 0. Bought a 512MB Linode VPS in London: $20. > > 1. ssh -D5080 [email protected] > > 2. Added localhost:5080 as a socks proxy on my local machine. (stupidly > easy > > in os x). 3. Watched three hours of Olympic events on > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video > > > > It's a pretty sweet setup. HD content after it buffers a little. Zero > > commercials. Pretty good UI. > > That's cool, but am I the only person who cringed when I saw his example > include ssh as root? > > -- > Doran L. Barton <[email protected]> - Linux, Perl, Web, good fun, and > more! > "Man struck by lightning faces battery charge" > -- Headline seen in newspaper > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > I did almost the same thing as Eric, I just used squid instead and set the proxy in firefox on my HDTV. And now I can watch bbc channels! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
