It isn't the doublespeak that bothers me, I can cope with that, I am used it it.
It is the reversal in position without any public notification that I find distasteful. Web pages get deleted and the policy changes, but no public notification is made. On 27 May 2010 08:54, Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> wrote: > > On 27-May-2010, at 08:46, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > > Mo, > > > > Dave got the beebPlayer app working OK on Android. Until the BBC > reversed the stated position and got it banned. Shouldn't be too hard... > > Yeah, in BBC Doublespeak, as we all know, “not supported” actually means > “prohibited, and we’ll take legal action if we have to”. > > For example: > > “stealing office stationery is not supported” > “the BBC currently offers no support for talent wishing to swear like a > navvy on-air” > “punching presenters in the face is not a supported use-case for production > staff” > > …this is the same world in which “content management” means “DRM”, and > “TLD” stands for “top-level directory”, after all. > > I blame John Birt. > > > - > 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
