I just discovered something interesting. Try downloading Barack Obama’s acceptance speech on iTunes, and it starts downloading instantly. But, try downloading Sarah Palin’s or John McCain, and my computer starts thrashing and the download bar doesn’t budge.
Why would this happen? I don’t know how iTunes works; perhaps the content is downloaded from a GOP server rather than Apple. Then it’s plausible the server might be unable to handle the load. Still, I can’t see why that should make my computer start paging.
UPDATE: Apple wrote back. They gave me their standard “here’s how to download podcasts you big dummy” reply. Hrmph.
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