Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Dave Crossland
On 01/10/2008, Richard P Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ian, My question... When, after waiting thirty years, will I and others, be able to truly own our digital files on computers and over the internet? Where every file is stamped with digital ownership. A stamp that is integrated to

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Sean DALY
Well, licensing refers to law, which governs the legal system, which is still mostly effective in protecting privacy, determining ownership, setting wrongs right, etc. I'm not at all sure I would want a unique identifier, even biometric, on any of my documents in this age of Google (which as far

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-10-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
IMHO, plus points for the Sony include no-light nightshot for your Blair Witch-style fun, and a (albeit low-rent) Carl Zeiss lens. The audio jack is the main selling point for me though. ...the GOP length will affect the ability to edit the output. I've never really understood GOP (I know

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-10-01 Thread Jeremy James
Simon Thompson wrote: The GOP length is the number of frames between successive I-Frames. A long GOP length will, for example, cause a delay on video appearing on changing channels on a STB or, as editing cuts can only start from an I-Frame will mean you can't do frame accurate editing. I

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-10-01 Thread Steve Jolly
Jeremy James wrote: Simon Thompson wrote: The GOP length is the number of frames between successive I-Frames. A long GOP length will, for example, cause a delay on video appearing on changing channels on a STB or, as editing cuts can only start from an I-Frame will mean you can't do frame

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 01 October 2008 01:00:18 Richard P Edwards wrote: When, after waiting thirty years, will I and others, be able to truly   own our digital files on computers and over the internet? Where every file is stamped with digital ownership. A stamp that is   integrated to all files and

RE: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-10-01 Thread Ian Forrester
Thanks Steve for clearing the whole thing up. I generally only edit the top and tail of the footage if at all, so a flash based h.264 camcorder makes sense. Having a HD camera in my bag everyday has been handy sometimes. BBC RD did some work on this a few years back - here's a white

Re: [backstage] Questions so for FOWA so far...

2008-10-01 Thread Rob Myers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ian Forrester wrote: Facebook --- 1. Given that your business is worth nothing without the trust of your community, why have you just hired someone who worked for the former US Attorney General who approved warrantless wiretapping, torture,

[backstage] Questions so for FOWA so far...

2008-10-01 Thread Ian Forrester
To All --- What does freedom mean for the users and developers of web services? What is at risk? What should the free and open source software community do to ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological environment? When will users have ownership of personal cloud

Re: [backstage] Questions so for FOWA so far...

2008-10-01 Thread Dom Ramsey
On 1 Oct 2008, at 18:26, Ian Forrester wrote: Facebook --- 1. How much data do you hold on the average user and how long do you keep it for? 2. How does it affect you and your company when 2.5 million+ people join groups protesting a redesign? Are the opinions of users important? 3.

Re: [backstage] Questions so for FOWA so far...

2008-10-01 Thread Sam Mbale
Pure science is vital. Science relies on data, also, pure science questions the same data. Data is only useful if it can be relied upon. You can collect as much data as you as you like and probably end up with useless information. Imagine if you based you theories on flawed data - result is