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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
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:
http://16systems.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM, David Greaves 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 seriously hur
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
There's only one way to be sure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
2009/2/25 David Greaves
> 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 :)
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 wo
OMFG - TEH CONSPIRISSY TEHEORISTS R OUT IN FORSE
Arseholes.
R.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ian Forrester 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 THAT AS THE BBC IS
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
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Free Software and Beyond
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
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,
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 19:06, Richard Lockwood
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 my bank details, or my
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 s
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
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> 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...
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 CONSPIR
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