Our x-mas party is in the office on a Friday right after work this year, which is better than our usual dinner at a nice restaurant because it'll be much easier to swill a few drinks, eat some food, and get the hell out.

P-C, is your account still active? If the notice you got was just a warning, I'd say lie low for a while.

Yeah, my account is still active. It was just a warning. I'm not going to ahem anything for a month or so, just to be safe. I know exactly why I got noticed (I doubled my active seeds and left it on overnight, and apparently NBC is cracking down these days), so I know to be more careful. Thanks.

School question:

Next quarter there is a class that I would absolutely take except...it's being taught by someone I know and don't really care for. She is co-teaching with someone I don't know. Would you take it anyway because it's a class totally geared for you, or would you not due to the annoying professor?

I know exactly why I got noticed (I doubled my active seeds and left it on overnight, and apparently NBC is cracking down these days)

Heh. It was NBC for me, too. And I did the same thing -- I seeded for a much longer time than I normally do. And my Official Letter explicitly talked about uploading, but not one single word about/euphemism for/reference to *down*loading. Weird.

She is co-teaching with someone I don't know. Would you take it anyway because it's a class totally geared for you, or would you not due to the annoying professor?

Do you think you'd be able to take the class another term with a different teacher? Do they switch around? If so, I'd wait. If not, and it is knowledge you think you'd really benefit from, you may want to take it despite annoying professor. You can add/drop if it turns out she is not only annoying but impossible to deal with...? And the other teacher might be awesome?

Yeah, I'm leaning that way. I know this person through work, not school, and she thinks she is totally "mentoring" me. It's very annoying. I may have to push the ego aside and just take the class.

Vortex, thanks for the explanation. I had a suspicion it might be because of creating a record of some sort, but I keep hearing about cases where someone says they haven't gone near anyone, much less done anything restraint-worthy, when there's evidence they've been very busy.

Steph, my letter was the same. And the guy I spoke to from the cable company said the same thing.

It wasn't NBC that got me--it was about me sharing SG1. So I don't torrent that or SGA anymore. And I check to see what the production company is of anything I do want to torrent--but with so much availability for watching things online, I do it much much less.

I don't have a fulltime job which might have a holiday party, but I'm really looking forward to the krav one. Okay, last year sucked and I was incredibly headachey, but that just means the bar is set low.

BYOSlurpee in the alley behind the local convenience store?

I'm thinking we may not even get the convenience store.

I'm really looking forward to the krav one. Okay, last year sucked and I was incredibly headachey, but that just means the bar is set low.

It is all about managing expectations. It has to be better than last year. Contemplating the alternative can only lead down the dark and lonely road of holiday suckage.

And my Official Letter explicitly talked about uploading, but not one single word about/euphemism for/reference to *down*loading. Weird.

Maybe the rarional is that if you're downloading, that's just one instance of piracy. But if you upload, you are possibly aiding many people download many copies.

It makes more sense if we're just talking about, say, an ftp site. Dunno how the mathematics would work out in a torrent situation.