Here is episode 2:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/14/bbc-hd-drm
TL;DR?
Cory Doctrow:
The Guardian just published an investigative piece I wrote about the
BBC's successful petition to cripple its public broadcasts with DRM.
Nearly everyone who commented on the proposal to the
On 02/06/11 16:59, Christopher Woods wrote:
Is this list still alive?
I'm here!
[and, crucially, still read this!]
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On 02/02/11 18:59, Christopher Woods wrote:
I'm trying to work out what technology to use
I have no experience in this myself but I've been impressed by the
reliability and quality of the LiveU system. Leo Laporte (and co) used it to
do walkabout live coverage of CES 2011 and it really
On 02/02/11 00:55, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
See http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/286
ooh *awesome*.
You could even make the application talk to the 3G driver
(possibly by reading /proc/whatever now and then, so that it can adapt
based on the signal strength/type). If there's packet loss you
On 02/02/11 00:55, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
See http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/286
ooh *awesome*.
You could even make the application talk to the 3G driver
(possibly by reading /proc/whatever now and then, so that it can adapt
based on the signal strength/type). If there's packet loss you
Hey guys,
Can I pick your brains please. :)
I'm trying to work out what technology to use;
Situation:
Mobile Linux computer connected via 3G/GPRS to internet.
The computer is likely to encounter fluctuating connectivity where it
connectivity drops between low GPRS signal, full HDPSA signal
Original Message
Subject: [WAUK] listen again on BBC
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:43:32 +
From: Alain Williams a...@phcomp.co.uk
Reply-To: Work Alone UK w...@workalone.co.uk
Organization: Parliament Hill Computers Ltd
To: Work Alone UK w...@workalone.co.uk
Your chance to
On 18/11/10 17:12, Ant Miller wrote:
http://digitizor.com/2010/11/15/hacked-kinect-brings-futuristic-user-interface/
10 points to the first person to link it up with compiz!
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On 18/11/10 23:47, Ant Miller wrote:
We're having a meeting next week to discuss hack demos for the maker faire and
big bang science fair in march next year, and kinect and similar are certainly
on the agenda. Anyone who fancies joining in, BBC or external, is welcome to
drop me a line,
On 21/10/10 18:34, Ant Miller wrote:
This is a community though, and a vocal one at that, so please do let us
know how you feel about this. What have we missed, how can we do it
better, what opportunities do you think we can take but may have
overlooked? For the moment we will continue to
Hi there,
We all enjoy the Backstage list and any sort of uncertainty about the
lists future isn't particularly encouraging, especially with suggestions
that it's winding down.
I've therefore setup an independent Friends of Backstage list to
ensure we can continue the conversations, questions
No worries. :)
To be fair, the idea has been around for a while for various reasons but
now seems like a good time to bring it to life.
:)
Tim
On 13/10/10 14:13, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Tim,
Thanks
On 13 October 2010 13:56, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote:
Hi there,
We all
On 11/10/10 18:36, Nick Morrott wrote:
On 11 October 2010 18:22, Alex Cockell a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
Hi Tim
I got your hash, but not the message body...
Alex,
You appear to have quoted Tim's message in your reply :)
hehe.
Sorry, about it - just been switching between mail
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On 06/10/10 20:03, Alex Cockell wrote:
Apparently the N900 is able to handle the Android feeds without hassle.
... or could we just have a non-flash based version?
I know one of the iplayer scripts is in testing-devel repository...
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 13:21, Nick Morrott knowledgejun...@gmail.com
wrote:
Accordingly, Project Canvas should publish all the application
programming interfaces (“API”s) and use unencumbered open standards
so
as to
People might be interested in this role that seems to be creating a bit
of a buzz
http://jobs.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jjid=35072aid=10281
apparently:
The D in 9D is Days condition, and as it's London, that was £37,293 -
£54,646
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On 05/07/10 10:35, Stephen Jolly wrote:
On 4 Jul 2010, at 12:35, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
Not sure whether I an is back at work, or well enough to respond,
Ian is up and about, and came into the office briefly last week to say hello
to
On 18/05/10 13:37, Peter Bowyer wrote:
Just read on Twitter that Ian Forrester is unwell - fingers crossed
for a speedy recovery.
Ian's been unwell over the past week or so and is currently recuperating
in hospital. At the moment I don't really have anything more - he's
taking it easy and will
Brian Butterworth wrote:
It's probably been banned, now.Along with TCP/IP.
Did no one tell those stupid MPs that the whole Internet is peer-to-peer?
http://meeb.org/post/505849844/i-wrote-to-my-mp-two-weeks-ago-regarding-my-shock
Considering this, probably not!
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Ian Forrester wrote:
No I'd rather you not turn this into a Party Political debate.
If you want that type of debate, I can suggest many other places.
Okie Dokie.
Sorry to cause offence.
Tim
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Sent: 06 April 2010 11:51
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Subject: Re: [backstage] TODAY: Digital Economy Bill
Flashmob, 5pm [Manchester]
Mo McRoberts wrote:
I’m fast running out of parties to vote for next month. The only party actually
voicing real dissent is the one which introduced the bill!
At risk of turning this into a party political debate, may I suggest the
Pirate Party UK?
:P
Tim
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We'll have plenty of flyers so just bring yourself and something to
censor yourself with but we'll be providing black tape in case you can't.
I'm sorry it has got to this stage, however I hope you'll join me there,
Thanks,
Tim Dobson
--
PPUK PPC for Manchester Gorton
Hi there,
I've just found out that Andrew Robinson, leader of the UK Pirate
Party[1] will be speaking in Manchester on Thursday evening.
A graphic designer by trade and a musician in his spare time, Andrew
heads up the UK Pirate party - a political party - registered with the
electoral
Nick Reynolds-FMT wrote:
Why? What can you do on a mailing list that you can't do on a message
board?
Be involved in many many of them from a standard, user customisable
(read infinitely customisable) system.
Example:
http://files.tdobson.net/ss/tbird.mail.040310.png
I currently have 100+
Ian Forrester wrote:
Alright alright! I hear you all...
So what's the first steps to make this happen? And you guys all sure you want
mailman instead of something like a newsgroup or google group?
Let the thread begin...
The previous thread was pretty conclusive;
Mailman *
Perhaps a
Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
indefinitely live BBC archive?
my daughter (age 13) asks:
why can't the BBC make some programmes available all the time?
regards
Jonathan
ie there must be a large number of programmes that the BBC creates, and
owns copyright permissions.
why aren't at least some of
Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:28, Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk wrote:
The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a
'more local' level than is currently the case.
because
(a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as
(b) I can't see
A few people seem to be getting a bit peeved by Some iPlayer
developments designed to prevent them watching iPlayer via their XMBC
media centre...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/F7331806?thread=7320127
Does this affect anyone here?
Tim
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Cheers,
Rich.
* the SI unit of caring
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Ian Stirling
backstage...@mauve.plus.com wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
Thoughts on postcard?
My postcard only has tickboxes for 'wish you were here', 'having a lovely
time' and 'Had a lovely time at iDisney', all the rest of the card
Thoughts on postcard?
Original Message
Subject: [GeekUp] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:56:22 +
From: Paul Robinson p...@vagueware.com
To: GeekUp gee...@googlegroups.com
I saw this over on the Open Manufacturing list, and figured
Christopher Woods wrote:
Nothing changes - H.264 for Internet Broadcast has been free,
but was due to require a paid license as of this year.
MPEG-LA have extended the free period for 5 years.
(The BBC probably _does_ have a license for the AVC family,
but it wouldn't affect this).
Any
Hey everyone!
We're kicking off 2010 with a game of Werewolf this Wednesday at Pure
Space near Oxford Road.
Even if you've never played before or if you think you're an expert come
on down for a bit of paranoia, mob rule and deception.
Upcoming has the details:
http://upcoming.org/event/5319362
Mo McRoberts wrote:
So, what does everyone think?
Hm...
I'm a bit concerned that they've taken what is basically general purpose
computer and said you can only do what we allow you to do.
If this was a Mac Tablet, I'm not sure I'd have an issue.
On your Mac you can run pretty much
Tim Dobson wrote:
It seems such a step backwards that the first device which will make a
real impact on the tablet form factor is going to stifle developers open
innovation and prevent consumers from getting the most out of their device.
Ahaha
This is probably the funniest thing I've seen so
People might be interested that in the ORG perspective:
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Subject: Re: [ORG-discuss] ofcom drm bbc consultation - redux
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:14:47 +
From: Jim Killock j...@openrightsgroup.org
Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list
Mo McRoberts wrote:
Hi all,
I know things are due to change on this list at *some* point (presumably
post-move!), but this has been bugging me for a while :)
I might be the only one, but I find mail-archive.com to be… suboptimal, it's
quite often incredibly slow (sometimes to the point of
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10438578-248.html
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html
http://www.youtube.com/html5
The pressure's on!
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Brendan Quinn wrote:
This is still the coolest HTML5 video demo I have seen, even though it
was made a couple of years ago... it works in FF 3.5+, and I think
Chrome and Safari now:
http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/demos/DynamicContentInjection/play.xhtml
That is pretty awesome.
I've just found out that The Open Rights Group are running an event on
the 23rd of January at Madlab in Manchester to help the campaign against
the Digital Economy Bill.
They are also holding events all around Britain so check and see where
is closest to you:
Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 20:50, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote:
2010/1/1 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net:
it was suggested initially that GNU/Linux was pretty much irrelevant
Only by ignorant assholes. :-)
Making it a “GNU/Linux” issue misses the point, really: the OS
Adam wrote:
Nokia have released the Nokia N900 phone based on their Maemo operating
system.
As it doesn't support S60 WRT that the current Nokia phones iPlayer app
is written in is there anyway i can access the iPlayer videos directly.
I can access the current videos and play them, but they
Mo McRoberts wrote:
Discuss.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/TV
Ends.
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Brian Butterworth wrote:
Hi folks,
I have some Google Wave invites left .. please let me know if you would
like one.
I also have 16 left. If you'd like one, you're welcome.
I wouldn't get excited though. I'm still not really impressed by it.
Tim
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37 minute interview with Rupert Murdoch...
Very interesting to hear his perspective on everything, however much I
disagree with it.
He calls the BBC a scandal...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7GkJqRv3BI
Thoughts? Anyone think he's got some valid points?
Tim
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This is the 'official' announcement. Please pass it on!
It's back! Manchester will be celebrating the release of Ubuntu 9.10,
Karmic Koala with a release party.
The event will be at the Pitcher Piano on Deansgate Locks from 6pm
until late on Friday 30th October. That's the day after the
Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 13:31, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net
mailto:li...@tdobson.net wrote:
http://popey.com/blog/2009/10/21/bbc-breakfast-talk-up-windows-7-dismiss-rivals/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html
I
Andrew Bowden wrote:
So it looks like mailman is the winner?
Has the backstage community ever almost unanimously agreed on
something before? It's nice for it to happen for once. :)
Err...
In that case, I think it should be a web forum :)
Microsoft *obviously* paid you to say that.
Matt Hammond wrote:
Lets not forget to include a mandatory signup for an MSN Passport or
Google account or Yahoo ID ... even just to be able to browse ;-)
I think we should move all of Backstage to Facebook!!!11
Everyone uses Facebook right!??!!?!1
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Ian Forrester wrote:
So if we did decide to switch mailing system/message board, which one would you
all prefer?
Mailman. Please.
Not google groups. Not a forum. And not Listserv.
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Mo McRoberts wrote:
Re mailman, it's okay, but remember the archives aren't the prettiest:
web developer hat
if you can tweak the HTML ever so slightly, you can add some CSS to
clean that up. The mark-up’s pretty much fine in all honesty.
/web developer hat
I'm sure there are better
Richard Lockwood wrote:
Oh - peed off doesn't come into it.
And thank you - if it does, you're a gent and I owe you a pint.
I still stand by my opinion of Google's tactics though. :-)
Yeah, I'd 100% agree there though I'd probably use less expletives to
produce the same effect.
It's a
Sean DALY wrote:
So if I understand you, let's abolish copyright, and that way
Microsoft, Adobe et.al. can just chuck their bloated old code and
incorporate formerly free software into their binaries? And charge an
arm and a leg for it as well.
No thanks. I prefer the GPL, which derives its
Rupert Watson wrote:
Tim
If you haven't watched it, I really recommend you watch Lars's demo that
is online. It is an hour and a half or so, but it gives a VERY good feel
for what they think is possible. I stuck it on the phone and watched it
on the commute. I got quite excited at some points.
Frank Wales wrote:
BA are listing 'BBC Backstage' as a children's 'Music and Stories'
selection on
their flights this month:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/ifeoutavodlisting/public/en_gb?class=wt
It's good that when we get bored of BBC backstage, we can go back to
listening to
Brian Butterworth wrote:
I can't not mention this...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep/16/wikileaks-postcode-file-free-data
...the cat's out of the bag...
Various people are speculating though that it isn't actually very useful
even if it was properly licenced. It's not
Rupert Watson wrote:
At a guess it is the parties that paid large sums of money to acquire or
create the content.
Boingboing seemed to think it was a DRM consortium that had prompted the
move.
Sent from my dog
Loving it, wish my dog could answer email for me!
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Ian Forrester wrote:
http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-
cheap-cloud-storage/
Found via Frank Wales,
Haha. So Frank reads /. too! :)
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Nico Morrison wrote:
I LIKE the idea of people writing the Linux kernel code
outside of company hours.
Does anyone do this?
From What I can see here: www.cs.tut.fi/~tta/demography.pdf
(Specifically sections 5 and 6) a few must, but a considerable number
appear to be *large* companies.
I
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Ian Forrester wrote:
Should we setup a identi.ca account too?
yes. and a group
https://identi.ca/main/register
http://identi.ca/group/new
:)
(Got my TEDxManchester ticket!)
Tim
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Phil Lewis wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone here know of any open source software solution that will
allow me to image an Ubuntu laptop on to a USB stick so that it can be
used by a technophobic teacher to rebuild a laptop when one goes bad?
The reimaging has got to be REALLY SIMPLE - e.g.:
1) Plug
Umm yeah I can probably sort of help.
One of the projects I'm working on is a customised version of Ubuntu
8.04 (LTS is a good idea!) that in theory you can use to easily install
Ubuntu server with an asterisk voip server and a web UI for configuring it.
There's some quite good wiki page on
Looks like a nice gesture here. :)
Original Message
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Video recording at Wikimania for the BBC's
Digital Revolution series
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:53:52 +0100
From: Tom Holden thomas.hol...@gmail.com
Reply-To: wikimediau...@lists.wikimedia.org
To:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
The first version of Unix I used was on a PDP11! When I started doing
system admin for Unix I learnt both System V and BSD. I used XWindows
on Sparcstations! So, I have a rather blaze attitude to new versions
of something I have known for a more than a few decades.
Please forgive me but I'm very confused about some of the points you're
trying to me and just want to clarify exactly what you mean.
Brian Butterworth wrote:
snip
So, the biggest problem for most users with non-Windows systems is that
it's not Windows.
Yup, I got all that and completely
Alex Mace wrote:
Mere users don’t stand a chance with anything Linux based. It’s far
too geeky to use still.
Well, obviously. You don't see any mere users using Android based
phones, Tivos, routers, etc, etc. do you?
My 50+ year old parents (decidedly non-geeky) parents don't seem have
Deirdre Harvey wrote:
My 50+ year old parents (decidedly non-geeky) parents don't
seem have issues with their Kubuntu machine they use for web,
email ksirtet (tetris).
My 90+ year old Grandmother (also non-geeky) also doesn't
seem to have issues with Debian + Kmail.
Did they set those
[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Alun Rowe
*Sent:* 04 August 2009 12:36
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
*Subject:* Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?
Ask a genuine user to install some software on it. I know it’s a
LOT better than it
David Greaves wrote:
I heard (from a colleague in the US) that the BBC were making a programme or
series about open source.
Anyone here know anything about it or anyone involved?
Are you aware of that BBC funded two part documentary the name of which
I've forgotten that got released under a
Brian Butterworth wrote:
3. Is there a list of backstagers to follow somewhere?
http://identi.ca/tdobson
Some dents are crossposted to http://twitter.com/tdobson
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Dave Crossland wrote:
Sounds good to me.
It is quiet on this list too, though.
Since large amounts of noise tends to directly correlate with
dissatisfaction, this is probably a reasonably good thing in general.
I dunno, maybe not...
Tim
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Anyone got any ideas here? It might be Ubuntu or Flash on Ubuntu related
but any thoughts would be welcome. :)
Original Message
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] bbc listen again anomaly
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:14:23 +0100
From: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com
Reply-To: British Ubuntu
Tim Dobson wrote:
I'll get some video up soon,
Here is some of the video I took, feel free to take a look:
http://files.tdobson.net/sailing240509/SANY0004.MP4 (700mb)
More will soon be found here:
http://files.tdobson.net/sailing240509
Gah... these uploads are hosing my ADSL... :p
Cheers
See Comments inline :)
Simon Thompson wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
I'll get some video up soon,
Here is some of the video I took, feel free to take a look:
http://files.tdobson.net/sailing240509/SANY0004.MP4 (700mb)
Is that from a Xacti?
Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1
Sanyo:
http
Tim Dobson wrote:
* I'm using Ubuntu, so my video editing options are fairly primitive.
Ian (Forrester) swears by Pihlaja - http://pihlaja.wordpress.com/
Ian would like me to out he doesn't swear by it - all he said was that
it is interesting and that he wishes it was still being developed
that much
editing, but hopefully someone else can!)
Cheers for all the really encouraging advice,
I'll get some video up soon,
Tim
Simon Thompson wrote:
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
So basically I've just acquired a small waterproof HD video camera and
I'm looking
(I was thinking capturing what is happening in the cockpit is just as
interesting as whats happening ahead of you for the most part...
I'm not really a camera geek or a lifelong sailor (yet!) but I wonder if
there's someone out there who knows a bit more in this field than me...
Cheers,
Tim
Sean DALY wrote:
Google is my friend :-)
http://www.stickypod.com/
Perhaps a bit overkill for what I want it for, but this is definitely
*the* way to go if I want to do it properly!
Wow, I'm sooo tempted... :-/
Don't know whether I should jump in or at what level I should jump in
at..
DFEY is having a Logo Competition.
Top Prize: £40
First Runner Up: £10
Brief for Entries
=
* Should be easily recognisable, visually pleasing and easily reproduced
in different mediums.
* Should echo themes of Digital Freedom, Technology, Young People and
Education.
* All
impressive stuff. :)
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] The Guardian drops Office has gone OpenOffice
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glyn Wintle glynwin...@yahoo.com
Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list
org-disc...@lists.openrightsgroup.org
I do a lot of dinghy sailing, which sometimes is really exciting and
occasionally really boring. I've been thinking a shower radio would be
worth having on my boat as I sail...
The thing is, I'm not a very good dinghy sailor, so it would need to be
100% waterproof (as opposed to splashproof!)
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Billy Abbott wrote:
I think that niche journalism is one of the first places to suffer.
That's a good point. :)
I'll have to go back on myself and say we'll just have to see...
I guess it somewhat depends what you call a blog. Basically a blog can
be pretty much any sequential line of posts
Seeing is believing but this sounds very encouraging...
I do wonder if more could be done to help them though.
Tim
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] iPlayer on Gnash Later In The Year
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:53:18 +
From: Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org
Reply-To: Open
The Werewolves are currently up three to the villagers single one win.
But its all to play for
Be part of the game, beginners to pros its all good fun.
A Social Game of Deception, Paranoia, and Mob Rule.
A social mind game for 8-25
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Andy wrote:
When is the actual platform neutral iPlayer coming out?
I was tempted to say something about this and Adobe's licencing
strategy...
But when we keep seeing token gestures, I get a bit frustrated.
Let's just say, there are ways of making things happen that I suspect
aren't
Rob Myers wrote:
Andy wrote:
To say AIR supports Linux is very misleading.
AIR undermines GNU/Linux, it doesn't support it. ;-) [also ducks]
Fairly valid point though. ;) [commando rolls to floor]
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Ian Forrester wrote:
Ian Forrester
Cheers for the awesome party Ian and his team and sponsors.
Many priceless and unique moments... :) Like deciding to put me on the
door!11 haha
Cheers everyone in the north for making it so awesome!
Tim
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Frankie Roberto wrote:
Has anyone booked a place for the Manchester do who can no longer go?
I thought I had a ticket but then realised I'd only added myself to the
event on Upcoming, and not got a ticket through Eventwax - doh!
I have heard that if there is space people without tickets will
Richard Lockwood wrote:
Dave Crossland wrote:
Just to clarify: I do not support the BNP, do not agree with their
foundational concepts, but think they have a right to exist and a
right to privacy - as MS says, privacy matters.
More than your oft-vaunted personal concept of freedom?
I don't
Paul Battley wrote:
2008/11/19 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Adobe notes that 98 percent of computers have Flash installed, and it is
becoming crucial to have it to enjoy the Internet. That is of course, unless
you own an iPhone.
This is what scares me about Flash. Adobe's gaining a
Sean DALY wrote:
This is very encouraging. Some commenters were (overly?) quick to
criticize but I hope the guys won't get discouraged over that...
I see it as progress which is moving in the right direction, and very
good work(technically and diplomatically) on the behalf of several
Wow! I noticed this a few days ago by accident but didn't investigate
properly...
I'm amazed, but very happy to see *some* steps in the right directions :)
Tim
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:06:35
Dave Crossland wrote:
2008/10/15 Phil Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yes, the fact that this will run on all the Linux PCs in
both my houseand office is a shockingly pro-Microsoft
move and must be stopped!
The fact that this will run only with proprietary software is
continuing the BBC's
Ian Forrester wrote:
If you guy's were asking the questions, what questions would you ask them.
What does freedom mean for the users and developers of web services?
What is at risk? What should the free and open source software community do to
ensure that software, and its users, stay free in
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