RE: [backstage] Press Association API?

Thanks Matt Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk work: +44 (0)1612444063 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From:

[backstage] BBC5.TV

http://bbc5.tv found via Michael I find this quite interesting... http://bbc5.tv/eyeplayer/?q=terms-conditions THE FOUNDERS OF BBC5.TV AGREE THAT AS THE BBC IS NOT ADHEREING TO FAIR EDITORIAL GUIDELINES, IT IS THEREFORE PARTIALLY DEFUNCT. THE FOUNDERS OF

[backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

So here we are, a month after Which? gave out the same dumb advice the BBC follows: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_791/7910045.stm Sensationalist pillock :) I can't wait for someone to be seriously hurt trying to drill through a hard drive. FWIW:

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM, David Greaves da...@dgreaves.com wrote: So here we are, a month after Which? gave out the same dumb advice the BBC follows:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_791/7910045.stm Sensationalist pillock :) I can't wait for someone to be

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

back in the day, before a recording session we would degauss the reels with a magic wand degausser, on the understanding that doing so to a master tape would mean a fate worse than death. I still have a little one somewhere which I would use on quarter-inch reels, I wonder if that would work on a

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

There's only one way to be sure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o 2009/2/25 David Greaves da...@dgreaves.com So here we are, a month after Which? gave out the same dumb advice the BBC follows: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_791/7910045.stm

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

Um - what are you suggesting as an alternative? Alright, even with a hole drilled through it, it's still possible to get some data back - the tinier bits you can smash your drive into, the less chance there is of anyone getting the data back in any meaningful form. It's more a question of who

Re: [backstage] BBC5.TV

OMFG - TEH CONSPIRISSY TEHEORISTS R OUT IN FORSE Arseholes. R. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote: http://bbc5.tv found via Michael I find this quite interesting... http://bbc5.tv/eyeplayer/?q=terms-conditions THE FOUNDERS OF BBC5.TV AGREE

[backstage] 4th Oekonux Conference - March 27th-29th in Manchester

Sounds like OpenTech but much more focused around free software and free culture. Its also on our backstage calendar which you can also view directly now - http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/node/11 --- Free Software and Beyond

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

Richard Lockwood wrote: Um - what are you suggesting as an alternative? Read the 2nd URL. In this day and age it *is* important to teach people about electronic security. This story completely fails to do so. Excerpt from that URL: Legitimate data recovery firms know that recovering data

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

When it boils down to it, you *can* retrieve old data from a zeroed disc. It's a case of is it worth it?. In the case of criminal investigations - maybe it is. In the case of chasing your overdraft, probably not. The problem with the BBC's story is that they fail to make this clear. Cheers,

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 19:06, Richard Lockwood richard.lockw...@gmail.com wrote: Me, I reformat them, smash 'em up with a lump hammer and stick 'em in the general metal recycling at the local recycling centre, on the basis that it's more trouble than it's worth to get data back, just to get

Re: [backstage] Programatic searching of /programmes

In case anyone was wondering I did go for parsing the results of /programmes/a-z/by and everything appears to be working fine. I ran into a slight problem where I forgot to convert HTML entities found in the page source, but tat' mostly fixed (it can't fully handle all named entities but the Beeb

Re: [backstage] BBC5.TV

On Feb 25, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Richard Lockwood wrote: OMFG Drat! I missed that - did Anthony Reorganize His Department Again ?! But four letter words^H^H^H^H^Hdepartment acronyms are good ! - TEH CONSPIRISSY TEHEORISTS R OUT IN FORSE Dw - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

Richard Lockwood wrote: In this day and age it *is* important to teach people about electronic security. This story completely fails to do so. There is something you could argue the BBC should be doing around this. There was a suggestion that Webwise 2.0 could be perfect for this... -

Re: [backstage] BBC5.TV

LOL :) On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 23:37 +0100, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: On Feb 25, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Richard Lockwood wrote: OMFG Drat! I missed that - did Anthony Reorganize His Department Again ?! But four letter words^H^H^H^H^Hdepartment acronyms are good ! - TEH CONSPIRISSY