I got said soul for a borrowed pencil.

Shit, looks like I'm getting in on the ground floor. Five years from now, I'll either have all the minions I need, or a wealth of firstborns worth at least twice what I paid (two granola bars! Can you imagine?!)

Thanks Paras.

And I'd say yes, owning a soul trumps ownership of the firstborn. I'd sell my firstborn for a lot less than I'd part with my soul. A Hershey bar would probably do it.

Medical Education Understatement of the Day:

Thanks to all for their constructive feedback (aka criticism). I wasn’t feeling the love during the exam, that’s for sure.

-- Oncology Block Coordinator

While I'm answering questions,

Does owning a person's soul trump getting someone's firstborn?

A proxy is basically a pass-through server. Instead of connecting directly to a given website, you connect to the proxy, and it connects to the website for you. The website you're connecting to sees the proxy's IP address and not your own.

Since websites determine geographical location from IP addresses, if your proxy is based in the States, the site you connect to thinks you're in the States.

As usual, wikipedia is more thorough with the info. They also link to some lists of public proxy servers that you can use. They also link to a site with setup instructions.

Still, it's a lot to do (especially for non-tech-savvy users) just to listen to music that you might not know, but suits your tastes. (But, then, isn't that the whole problem with the modern music/copyrights/licensing environment? Too much work to do simple tasks?)

What's a proxy site?

Does owning a person's soul trump getting someone's firstborn?

I got on through a proxy site.

Speaking of music industry bullshit:

Dear Pandora Visitor,

We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.