2010/1/28 Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> > It's a piece of consumer electronics. A very powerful piece of > consumer electronics, but a piece of consumer electronics nonetheless. >
I think that's what I was getting at. Before "home computers" came along the things consumers bought were called "calculators". There's something a bit old-school about me, if I can't pick it up and start programming it, then it a "thing" not a computer. And a "thing" with DRM seems such a broken "thing" then that's my problem. "Operating System" isn't what I meant. Apologies for inflammatory language, I found out this morning someone has stolen by external terrabyte drive. Lost a decade of TV recordings... > > M. > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
