Re: [backstage] Programme Catalogue offline

[Mr I Forrester]

Its going to be a while but we are working on it.

I expect sometime during Jan/Feb it will be back up in some form.

Martin Deutsch wrote:

Hi folks,
The Progamme Catalogue  has
been "experiencing some technical difficulties" and unavailable for a
couple of weeks now. Much as I'm enjoying the testcard, does anyone
know when it might be back online?

Thanks,
 - Martin
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Re: [backstage] Broadcasters to launch joint VoD service

[Martin Belam]

> An excellent quote which I will endeavour to use in 2008 every time
> the zealots start drowning out the conversation.

though I suspect you will be met with similar content to almost the
first reaction to that article:

"It's sad to see that Linus Torvalds, one of the leading figures in
the Free Software movement, doesn't really care for freedom."

Damn him, and his freedom to express an opinion...


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[backstage] Programme Catalogue offline

[Martin Deutsch]

Hi folks,
The Progamme Catalogue  has
been "experiencing some technical difficulties" and unavailable for a
couple of weeks now. Much as I'm enjoying the testcard, does anyone
know when it might be back online?

Thanks,
 - Martin
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Re: [backstage] Broadcasters to launch joint VoD service

[James Cridland]

> > And more importantly, why did you just send a suspicious file in
> > you email?
> > What are you doing sending .dat files anyway?

For the record, Google Mail (or Gmail, if you're in the US)
automatically threads every message in Backstage correctly; you can
also use its excellent filters to sort mails into a particular folder;
and you can hit the "m" button, which mutes any conversation, whenever
the conversation descends into DRM (rights) and open source licences.
Highly recommended - it's what I use all the time.

The thing that reminded me to have a quick read through Backstage was
this interesting quote from Linus Torvalds, held within
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/linus-torvalds.html ...

"I dislike the frothing-at-the-mouth ideology (to me, ideology should
be something personal, not something you push on other people) and I
think it's much more interesting to see how Open Source actually
generates a better process for doing complex technology, than push the
"freedom" angle and push an ideology."

An excellent quote which I will endeavour to use in 2008 every time
the zealots start drowning out the conversation. (Curiously, it's also
applicable, with a few word changes, to religion too).

//j
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Re: [backstage] uk_rt XMLTV listings stopped updating on 19th Dec

[David Greaves]

Mr I Forrester wrote:
> Strange will email some people

Thanks - the data runs out on 31 Dec...  2008 just doesn't exist ;)

We heard via some forum somewhere that there was a server upgrade happening - I
guess something broke.

As an aside - there are a lot of MythTV users (and I'm sure others) who *really*
appreciate this service. If there's any way to pass on a "Thank You" then please
do so :)

David

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