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Val_A | 23:09 Fri 25th Apr 2008 | Computers
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I would like to gain access to US web pages such as ABC, MTV and many others. However because i live in the UK, every-time i try to view videos or use a specific part of the web pages a message pops up telling me that i cant. I Hear that it has something to do with the IP and Proxy server setting, is this true ( if so how would i even change the settings?) , is there a way around this problem

please help

oh and to make matters perhaps a little more complicated . . . I am a Mac OS X user, the net browser that is use is Safari
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Why not just accept that you don't have the legal right to view these pages?
if you want to do it ... read up ... you are on the right lines
plenty of info out there ...
not sure what apps are available for mac though.....

and ethel is right ... it's illegal ....

lol - a little project ...
actually it's not illegal (statute) ... it breaks copywrite so it's against civil law.

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Legal , shmigal , if i wanted moral advice i would have written to a church. Keep stupid answers to yourselves please.
Synagogue, surely?
what's stupid about helping yourself?

if you'd wanted an accomplice you should have written to Fagin
"Synagogue, surely? "
LOL Ethel
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Ethel love, i wouldn't even be caught dead in a synagogue lol

and Troll if you don't have the answer then don't try and be a bloody smart ass.


Real answers only please, keep all smug comments to yourselves.




final smug answer ... I do have the answer .... actually more than one way .... it's you that doesn't. ('s why I feel smug!)

I don't have to try ... I AM a smartass .... and you are a potty mouth (and we all know what an ass does in a potty!!!)

Ethel love, i wouldn't even be caught dead in a synagogue lol</p> 'smatter you too buisy cleaning your jackboots?

Instead of whining like a lost puppy - fire up google and answer your own question... also look up anti semitism.
who's more stupid? you're the one asking for answers ...

ignorant and stupid. you're blessed with a good package. lol
I object to having to read all that nonsense. If you can't give a reasonable answer don't bother. I am sure there are a lot of people who are trying to help or gain information for themselves.
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Hugh Spencer, thank you.

as i keep saying

real informative answers only please

Private opinions and moral less is not what i am after
hugh
(I have a friend called hugh ... but his last name is janus!)

>> I object to having to read all that nonsense <<
I can see you are part of the moral majority ... the type who get so offended at having to sit through 5 hours of the most offensive .....

it depends on the question ... sensible (legal) ones ones always get an answer.... or at least an attempt at one

if someone is asking how to unlock a phone, or where to download pirated stuff ... there are plenty of forums out there that do offer such advice ... here just isn't one of them right place.

it's strange that you are offended by people who won't support or advise on these things
(strangely in the past ppl have been accused of being liars when they've said they don't use pirated software!!)

learn to use the off button! if you are offended.
and if you want to learn street smarts ... start by being smart yourself.

you don't have to read to the bottom of the page to see if it gets even more offensive (but I suspect you will!)
ACtheTROLL
Ok, if that is your reason for logging on to Answerbank then there are plenty of people who will not log in because they are not going to waste their time with such drivel. I am not adopting a moral stance, I have been around on this Earth much longer than you and I know that the written word is very powerful. Perhaps we should allocate a special section for those who compete to see how vile they can get!
Well . . . !!!!!!
"Ok, if that is your reason for logging on to Answerbank"

Hugh Spencer, ACTheTROLL has posted over 1300 answers on AB, mostly in technology and its subsections, and mostly very helpful and knowledgeable.

I can only find one answer in technology from you (though perhaps there are more) and that was an answer to your own question. I can see for myself ACTheTROLLS' reason for logging on, I'm puzzled as to what yours might be...
why hugh
is that suggestion so you can strutt your stuff?
so the menu would read technology, travel vitriol and weather. Again there are sites that accomodate that ... this isn't the place.

Normally at this point I'd pack in ... but I'm intrigued
which side of the fence are you on ?...
I've never said it's morally wrong I don't do morals ... what I said was this isn't the place...
(I think in a civil way ...)

If you don't agree ... that's ok ... we can beg to differ ....

but my interpretation of yours is that you feel that val is the injured party and deserves the instructions she requested ....
(from what she says she now wants info OR posts supporting her views).
.... despite (if we are talking morals) her having cast the first stone (perhaps another section for fishwives?)
Once she called ethel stupid ... I don't see any reason to entertain or remain civil .... (this isn't defending ethel (she would have done a good enough job of that herself if she'd chosen to retaliate).

I just don't like her "'tude"

perhaps you could research the subject and give the answer she needs - it's really quite a simple thing to do.

or maybe the off button ...
ActheTroll rocks!!!
He's ALWAYS kind, helpful and gives the most informative and helpful answers. He's also very patient - takes time to explain in details so his instructions are understandable and easy to follow! Go Trolly!!!
And back to the answer.

You could get around it by tunnelling through to a US user, with something like Tor (google it). Pretty easy to set up, even under Mac OS X. But probably impractical, as it'll be slow.

Or, if you know of a proxy server in the US (or are prepared to pay to have the privelage of using one), then you can do that (google US proxy server.

Both of these will make it out like you're in the US already.

Or, if you're just trying to watch a US TV programme, then use a torrent site to download -- thepiratebay.org for example.
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ok guys . . . its become apparent that this web page is full of useless people . . . i have solved my problem using yahoo answer ( there are people out there that use these types of pages productively)

perhaps you guys now need to solve your problems using a psychiatrist.

and Troll who "has posted over 1300 answers" now i see why your an ******* . . . hunny its time to get life you really need to get out more.

bye , thanks for nothing

P.S

TROLL said "also look up anti semitism" i know what it means Hun thats why i made the comment :-)

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