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  • thop
    Super MURCer
    • Mar 2001
    • 2536

    #1

    sho.com

    We at Showtime Online express our apologies; however, these pages are intended for access only from within the United States.
    Why would anyone do such a thing?
    no matrox, no matroxusers.
  • KvHagedorn
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 10725

    #2
    Because they are just corporate ****oles.

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    • SitFlyer
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 2002
      • 7178

      #3
      They have a different URL for Europe: http://www.showtime-europe.com/

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      • SitFlyer
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 2002
        • 7178

        #4
        Also found: http://www.showtimearabia.com/

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        • thop
          Super MURCer
          • Mar 2001
          • 2536

          #5
          showtime-europe.com seems to be sth. else. showtimearabia.com works but doesn't have the information i'm looking for. i wonder what benefit they have from locking people out. bandwith is not so expensive i think.
          no matrox, no matroxusers.

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          • Brian Ellis
            Super MURCer
            • Sep 1999
            • 9623

            #6
            If you go to www.sho.com/index.html, you can see their home page, but none of the links can be used. As this appears to be a TV network within the USA and the site is mainly for scheduling and programme descriptions, I can't see that access from elsewhere would be important.

            What is interesting is that they do an IP lookup, presumably with an internal DNS, to determine the origin. In my case, they put on a Code: ZZCY20030824195.14.143.120, The last part is my current IP#, then ther's the date, then CY, meaning that their look-up determined the IP was in Cyprus. I don't now what ZZ means without Top. That didn't stop them putting on 3 cookies, though, into the bargain, the bastards.
            Brian (the devil incarnate)

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            • thop
              Super MURCer
              • Mar 2001
              • 2536

              #7
              Still, why they prevent access from outside the US is beyond me. It won't do any harm if someone not from outside US visits their site.
              no matrox, no matroxusers.

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              • gt40
                This space for rent
                • Sep 1999
                • 3973

                #8
                Maybe has something to do with all those canadians with pirate satellite systems???
                Or maybe they just want to conserve bandwidth.
                Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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                • Jessterw
                  Style Master, Rtd.
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 4265

                  #9
                  And here I thought it was to stop foreigners from seeing all the crap we watch on TV (that we pay extra for no less).
                  “And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'” ~ Merlin Mann

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                  • az
                    Moderator
                    • Feb 2001
                    • 9336

                    #10
                    I guess it's a legal issue.

                    AZ
                    There's an Opera in my macbook.

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