The broadcast networks are available for free over the air. There can be as many as 40 depending on where you live (though most are crap). To get USA and Syfy, though, I'd have to get the most basic cable package that's about $30/mo.

Last year's Sunday night NFL preseason game drew 8 million viewers and a 2.1 rating, about half of what the Emmys usually get. But the bigger aspect is that they probably don't expect the ratings for Monday to be much worse than Sunday since moving the ceremony from September to August (which they did in 2006 and…

The PSN outage actually helped me out in one big way. It let me get a full refund on my MLB.tv subscription after it became clear that the Twins were going to suck that year and that I didn't want to pay $120 to watch 150 games of said suckitude. So, thanks, Sony, kind of.

I think the more apt analogy is that a road near your house is under construction, with traffic backed up a mile in either direction. What's happening now is that Netflix keeps sending its trucks down that backed-up road and they're constantly getting stuck.. When you use a VPN, you're basically telling Netflix to…

Kris is right. The reason a VPN works is because you're changing the route the traffic goes down. Right now there is a bottleneck between Netflix's CDN (Level 3) and Comcast and Verizon, so traffic is going from Netflix to Level 3 to Comcast/Verizon to You and it's getting stuck between Level 3 and Comcast/Verizon.

Kluwe (to my knowledge) isn't gay, so he can't be making a hostile work environment claim based on sexual orientation (you typically need to be part of the protected class).

The kid hits the BACKside of the mound on his throw. It's total luck that he makes it into the garbage can. My entire adolescence has been destroyed.

Using those metrics, I think calling MLS a 5th tier league is about right.

If you're trying to get out-of-market networks, a Slingbox is by far your best choice. In fact, it's pretty regularly used by west coast television critics to watch shows live on the east coast.

Actually, probably not. The Supreme Court case was decided solely based on their live-watching features, not on the recording aspect.

Cable companies have to pay the networks to broadcast their channels (except for PBS, which operates under the "must carry" provision). They don't charge you just to be dicks. They charge you because the networks are charging them.

There's Waldo!

And Ride on Curlin' finished in last place. I don't see how that changes a thing that I said.

California Chrome was the only horse in the Top 6 to run the Preakness and, of the Top 3, only Medal Count ran the Derby. Not saying it was that big of a deal, but it's certainly being talked about.

And in this case, they're extra bullshit because bonus points are awarded for playing competitive games (like WC qualifiers) as opposed to friendlies, and Brazil didn't get to play any WC qualifiers.

Our photographer actually had it in his contract that we had to provide a meal for him and his assistant. That's generally what you do when you hire somebody to be in your general vicinity every moment for 8-12 hours.

I've never run track, but it seemed odd to me that the passer was carrying the baton in her right hand while the receiver was sticking out her left hand. Is that common and was it the problem?

Work (this alone should have gotten it, though school likely would have worked too)

We'll the team doesn't get a medal so the better correction would probably be "The 2012 Olympic Relay Team MEMBERS Just Lost Their Silver Medals."

It's always important to remember that your rights end where somebody else's begin. In this case, your right to freedom of speech does not trump my right to freedom of association. So if I don't want my company to associate with somebody because they're an apologist for racists, that's my right.