The Wire

If you live in the UK, you can watch the first episode of The Wire streaming courtesy of The Guardian. If you live outside the UK, instead of watching the episode (you can't!), maybe you can explain to me how the internet knows where I am (or maybe I'll see if Google can tell me). UPDATE: It's in the IP address, of course....

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/-em-the-wire-em/43525/