[backstage] BBC Trust approves Project Canvas ...

2010-06-27 Thread David Greaves
Following on from discussion last september: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/25/project-canvas-bbc-trust -- Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management

2010-06-16 Thread David Greaves
On 16/06/10 07:11, Brian Butterworth wrote: It's only on the EPG anyway, even Windows Media Centre will bypass it, as it uses the DigiGuide one. Or record the whole audio-video stream and use an edit package. Or pause/record the old fashioned way. And how long will the Radio Times XML

Re: [backstage] iPad

2010-01-28 Thread David Greaves
Dan Brickley wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: So, what does everyone think? Would make a very luxurious smart and expensive remote control, or if you stuck legs on it, a very very small multi-touch table. Apparently that's not all it does:

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer and the Nokia N900

2010-01-01 Thread David Greaves
Tim Dobson wrote: The default Maemo browser is essentially Firefox 3.5+ which supports video / (not natively H.264 though, but that's a different debate). With regards to DRM, well, I think some people are generally coming round to the idea that it may not be the be all and end all. We'll

[backstage] BBC programme about Open Source being made ?

2009-07-13 Thread David Greaves
I heard (from a colleague in the US) that the BBC were making a programme or series about open source. Anyone here know anything about it or anyone involved? David -- Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

Re: [backstage] Google Chrome OS

2009-07-08 Thread David Greaves
Ian Forrester wrote: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html Ok so what do people think? For me Google is certainly on a home run at the moment, Wave anyone? From reading the link above, it seems like it will be something like I saw at Minibar a while

Re: [backstage] Shower Radios

2009-04-22 Thread David Greaves
Some advice : Be careful! My wife said wouldn't it be nice... in a very innocent tone. Anyway, a bit later: http://www.flickr.com/photos/96141...@n00/2192513428/ She's very persuasive! David PS This is on topic as you can easily hear it in the shower too. Ian Forrester wrote: I use to

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

2009-02-26 Thread David Greaves
Mr I Forrester wrote: Richard Lockwood wrote: Actually I 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

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

2009-02-26 Thread David Greaves
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: 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 hurt trying

[backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

2009-02-25 Thread 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 :) I can't wait for someone to be seriously hurt trying to drill through a hard drive. FWIW:

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

2009-02-25 Thread David Greaves
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

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer download on Linux and Mac using AIR

2008-12-22 Thread David Greaves
Mr I Forrester wrote: No one seems to have picked up on the launch of the iPlayer download AIR application for Windows, Linux, OSX. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/introducing_iplayer_deskto.html I wonder why? maybe I should save it for a personal blog post... We can't make

Re: [backstage] not quite in the Backstage spirit?

2008-12-22 Thread David Greaves
Sam Mbale wrote: I'm a consumer of BBC content in it's various forms. It is an institution am proud to be related to since kindergarten. The BBC logo is embedded in my subconcious.. I almost had a BBC tattoo but I settled for a Blue Peter badge and a T-shirt (hinting on a free t-shirt). On

iPlayer on Linux Re: [backstage] iPlayer caching

2008-12-19 Thread David Greaves
Andy wrote: 2008/12/18 Andy stude.l...@googlemail.com: When is the actual platform neutral iPlayer coming out? Apparently this is the platform neutral version The cross-platform nature of Adobe AIR means the iPlayer will work with Open Source and Apple Mac computers out of the box on 18

Re: [backstage] Microsoft says it 'has always preferred' DRM-free content

2008-11-23 Thread David Greaves
Aleem B wrote: BBC is a public service so the issues don't really translate to Microsoft/DRM which is inclined to support DRM so it can sign deals with labels and sell their music players. Unless the BBC uses MS solutions with their DRM systems that aren't turned off. Which IIRC it did. MS

Old thread, new News... Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-09-10 Thread David Greaves
now said that traffic to the Sun-Sentinel's archive pushed the old bankruptcy article onto the most viewed section of the paper's web site. David (Who's feeling rather smug) David Greaves wrote: Peter Bowyer wrote: On 08/01/2008, Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I would

[backstage] BBC News : It's not the Gates, it's the bars

2008-07-04 Thread David Greaves
Not seen this pop up on the list: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm Not so much the message which not everyone agrees with - but I am impressed to see the point-of-view coming from a mainstream source :) David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

Re: [backstage] BBC News : It's not the Gates, it's the bars

2008-07-04 Thread David Greaves
Dan Brickley wrote: David Greaves wrote: Not seen this pop up on the list: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm Not so much the message which not everyone agrees with - but I am impressed to see the point-of-view coming from a mainstream source :) Richard Stallman

Re: [backstage] BBC E-mail: It's not the Gates, it's the bars

2008-07-04 Thread David Greaves
Fred Phillips wrote: On Fri Jul 4 08:39:26 2008, David wrote: ** It's not the Gates, it's the bars ** Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, on the departure of Bill Gates. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm Meh, doesn’t really say anything

Re: [backstage] As it's friday...

2008-06-22 Thread David Greaves
Yes monty_python_toneStop that at once. Do you hear me? shrillStop itextra_shrillNow/extra_shrill/monty_python_tone Parse error: malformed joke. David Thomas Leitch wrote: I'm sorry, but that's a bit distasteful... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer, loved by millions, disliked by a single US citizen

2008-05-07 Thread David Greaves
Richard Lockwood wrote: If you want to even it up, why not put a charge, or an annual license on each device capable of viewing BBC content? Or, more reasonably, per-person (unless you know people who watch 2 devices at once?). Or make it PAYG? With a flat fee option? Discounted with a family

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread David Greaves
Andrew Bowden wrote: The public don't know what they want! ;) Problem is they'll settle for naff quality because they don't realise exactly what kind of quality can be achieved from the technology, they merely accept the broadcasted quality because they don't believe they

Re: [backstage] DVB-H finally gets formal adoption by the EC (oh and vista SP1!)

2008-03-25 Thread David Greaves
Steve Jolly wrote: David Greaves wrote: Anyhow, personally I'm stuck until I can get a non-DRM HD signal into my Linux Myth PVR. I assume satellite isn't an option for you? Actually - brain fart... sorry ;) I'm mainly aware of the Sky HD channels which are completely OT here :) I do get

Re: [backstage] Business Reasons To Support Gnash

2008-03-05 Thread David Greaves
As an ardent FOSS supporter : Well said :) [really - no sarcasm] If only people would make real-world, rational and pragmatic arguments about FOSS then this adversarial stuff would be less strident. The argument (IMO) should be about the use of an open standard, not Adobe vs Gnash. If your

Re: [backstage] Business Reasons To Support Gnash

2008-03-05 Thread David Greaves
Richard Smedley wrote: On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 15:55 +, Jason Cartwright wrote: Pretty much all display advertising on the web is done in Flash (where rather a lot of money is spent, apparently) Yes, I'd noticed other people's computers seemed to carry umpteen more ads

Re: [backstage] What would you love to see coming out of BBC Vision in the near future?

2008-03-04 Thread David Greaves
Ian Forrester wrote: Hi All, I was hoping to get a brainstorm of ideas for APIs and Feeds you would love to play with in the near future, while focusing on Vision/TV I got most of the obvious stuff like, - A reference page or service for all programmes (/programmes in XML) - keywords

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-21 Thread David Greaves
Ian Forrester wrote: I don't know guys, it may have been said multiple times but the only winner in this battle must be the online services. However I'm still left wondering when the general public will get their head around non-physical media. People seem to like the look and feel of

Re: [backstage] BBC TWO Programme timings

2008-01-24 Thread David Greaves
Caveat: I'm an amateur in this area who knows a bit because I run a MythTV system. Be polite if you correct me. Brian Butterworth wrote: I am saying that if the BBC knows that a programme is scheduled at 2202-2232 then it should deliver that data correctly to the EPG providers.

[backstage] Lol

2008-01-23 Thread David Greaves
Probably posted before - http://lol.ianloic.com/bbc - 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/

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-08 Thread David Greaves
Peter Bowyer wrote: On 08/01/2008, Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I would rather the most read/most emailed reflected exactly what the user was doing, and wasn't most emailed stories from the last 7 days excluding the also in the news section because we are the BBC and we

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
Have you seen: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_duet.html Architecture: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Jive It's a wifi remote control (and mp3 player). Although it's not a device to use iPlayer on, it's *very* interesting from a control point of view - especially because it's 'open'.

[backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
://news.bbc.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 January 2008 11:45 To: NewsOnline Errors Subject: Feedback [NewsWatch] From: David Greaves Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Country:UK COMMENTS: Your 'most emailed' list has

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
Steve Jolly wrote: David Greaves wrote: I think someone missed the point here... Or am I wrong? If I explain that all the stories on the BBC news website are barely more than static HTML, would that explain why adding watermarks to them all would be difficult? If the site was backed

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

2007-12-29 Thread 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)

[backstage] uk_rt XMLTV listings stopped updating on 19th Dec

2007-12-25 Thread David Greaves
Hi XMLTV/Backstagers Looking here: http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/ It's clear there have been no updates since the 19th Dec. It would be awfully seasonally spirited if someone were to kick someone to kick something :) Merry Christmas - and hopefully a TV-ish New Year. David - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-06 Thread David Greaves
vijay chopra wrote: To the person who said GPLv3 is more idealistic: having reflected on it over night, I've realised that my position is in fact more idealistic than that of the FSF, and as a result GPLv3 is not (as claimed) more idealistic than GPLv2 but less so as it is more restrictive. I

Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-06 Thread David Greaves
Noah Slater wrote: On 06/12/2007, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: benefit people who won't share than prevent your code from being used by Why would you want to benefit selfish people? To do so would be truly unselfish - to turn the other cheek. To teach by example in the face of

Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-06 Thread David Greaves
vijay chopra wrote: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GPLv3 cares about making the code available and, if forced to, would rather not benefit people who won't share than allow them not to share. You care about making your code (re-)usable, but, if forced to, would

Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-05 Thread David Greaves
vijay chopra wrote: They comply with the rules, you don't like what they do, so you change the rules. There's nothing stopping you changing the rules any time you see a behavior you dislike Sounds reasonable to me :) They abided by the rules, not the spirit. Funnily enough other people do

Re: [backstage] Please release Perl on Rails as Free Software

2007-12-05 Thread David Greaves
Ian Forrester wrote: Can I just say, wow a debate on GPL v3 about a year after everyone else talked about it? :) Like good coffee, it's percolating... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] How long should copyright last?

2007-11-29 Thread David Greaves
Brian Butterworth wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/29/comment.intellectualproperty [Caveat - US-law biased] Well, if we're linking... Bruce Schneier links to a Law Review article about the a day in the life of a normal person (no p2p filesharing etc, just you or me) in

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-22 Thread David Greaves
The BBC does have to obey the law. Including copyright law. But the BBC does not have to do things that extend the law. I saw a bus shelter yesterday which had a it is illegal to smoke in this bus shelter sign on it in Churchill Square, Brighton yesterday. However, the shelter's

Re: [backstage] Muddy Boots on Backstage

2007-11-22 Thread David Greaves
James Ockenden wrote: Brian, I also missed the very subtle changes to the page- but I would say, hyperlinking scientists and headaches etc every other word is gonna give the reader sore eyes and thousands of hours of lost work as they educate themselves in mass trivia. So, if we discount the

Re: [backstage] iPlayer under wine

2007-11-22 Thread David Greaves
Stuart Ward wrote: All I just found this project on sourceforge to sort out running the iPlayer under wine. http://bbciplayerlinux.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main_Page At which point they can replace the DRM library calls with stubs and ... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-22 Thread David Greaves
Sean DALY wrote: From a technical standpoint, how simple can it be to design a DRM system compatible with the copyright law of the world's 20 biggest markets? You have got to be kidding - right? Whole chunks of the judicial system has a hard enough time determining the copyright law of ONE

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-22 Thread David Greaves
Nick Reynolds-AMi wrote: Is there such a thing as legal creep? It's either legal or it isn't. Indeed - under certain jurisdictions copying music is legal. 'Fair Use'. However the music industry would have you believe that it is always illegal. That would be legal creep - no, it doesn't change

Re: [backstage] Re: iPlayer on Vista now?

2007-11-21 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: On 20/11/2007, David Greaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MS free at home for 4 years now :) I hope one day you'll be free of all proprietary software :-) My BIOSes are closed source. So is the nvidia driver in 2 of my machines. And I have a commercial game (NeverWinter

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-20 Thread David Greaves
Brian Butterworth wrote: On 20/11/2007, *David Greaves* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: On 20/11/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/11/2007, Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-20 Thread David Greaves
Jason Cartwright wrote: Of course, this won't happen (it be being popular, IMHO), because nobody cares what format they consume their content in - they just care that it works (which MP3 does). As proved by the BBC OGG trial years and years ago. You are right. It's true that people don't care.

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-20 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: On 20/11/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/11/2007, Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You see, I just somehow knew that giving away content including music for free, forever, at the point of delivery, to anyone, regardless of whether they had

Re: [backstage] Re: iPlayer on Vista now?

2007-11-20 Thread David Greaves
Tim Dobson wrote: On 20/11/2007, Gary Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://iplayersupport.external.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/bbciplayer.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14cat_lvl1=1 That page is *very* interesting, any users of ubuntu, debian or other GNU/Linux based OS's here? /me *proudly

Re: [backstage] Re: iPlayer on Vista now?

2007-11-20 Thread David Greaves
Tim Dobson wrote: an excellent summary of a complex and political situation I run GNU/Linux too, the Debian version which also provides an alpha GNU/Hurd OS using the Debian branding. David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Fsfe-uk] Interview: Ashley Highfield on BBC's DRM'd iPlayer

2007-11-19 Thread David Greaves
davehaveyouanyideahowdifficultitistoreadyouremailstheylookquiteinterestingbutthelackofformattingandgeneralrunningtogetherrreallymakeslifedifficultforsomeofusonthelistDavid Dave Crossland wrote: On 19/11/2007, Nick Reynolds-AMi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also you can comment here:

[backstage] DRM duration?

2007-11-08 Thread David Greaves
Of course this is a blog so not exactly a reference source: http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2007/11/mlb-game-downloads-still-inaccessible.html So this DRM system seems to have lasted 2003-2006. Then a year later you lose any downloads. Yep, this is the kind of thing that makes honest consumers want

Etiquette and TCP (was Re: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails)

2007-11-08 Thread David Greaves
Brian Butterworth wrote: Yes, I am sure you do. That's your opinion. I'm sure I probably don't agree with it as I'm sure that I regard etiquette as something for Mrs Beeton and the 1950s. Uh huh. And yet you hold an attachment to a 12 year old RFC codifying behaviour in a time of 9600b

Re: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails

2007-11-06 Thread David Greaves
Matthew Somerville wrote: David Greaves wrote: You want an 8am train from Cardiff to Birmingham? http://www.traintimes.org.uk/8:00/cardiff/birmingham The requested URL /8:00/cardiff/birmingham was not found on this server. Hmm, works fine here. ;-) Ho Ho!! Been using the site

Re: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails

2007-11-06 Thread David Greaves
Brian Butterworth wrote: I've read all this with interest and it brings up some interesting points. The original subjects is with regard to emails, where there is a limit of 78 characters for some (older) systems. True - also if they are visible (and long) they can interfere with

Re: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails

2007-11-05 Thread David Greaves
Adam wrote: What does everyone else think. bbc.com/2e5u8e David PS it's smaller than tinyurl and it's a use for bbc.com too... (unless it's used internationally) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails

2007-11-05 Thread David Greaves
Martin Belam wrote: though i suspect the problem (and usage of tinyurl) is that to get one of those nice urls hooked up, you gotta email someone a request, who needs to get approval from a manager Heh, heh, that's not even the half of it ;-) Of course: *that's* why tinyurl is used...

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield speaks again

2007-11-02 Thread David Greaves
Matt Hammond wrote: On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:54:03 -, David Greaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Hammond wrote: The statements attributes to Ashley Highfield seem to talk about *users* (eg. measured as unique cookies) whereas the other numbers we're comparing against here are being

Re: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video rippers encoders and converters

2007-11-01 Thread David Greaves
Andrew Bowden wrote: I am a Linux monkey, but to be honest, I have yet to find Linux particularly good for basic video editing. There are tools out there like Kino which do work very well if you're using a DV source, but I'm generally not and I've not always had much joy with converting

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield speaks again

2007-11-01 Thread David Greaves
Matt Hammond wrote: The statements attributes to Ashley Highfield seem to talk about *users* (eg. measured as unique cookies) whereas the other numbers we're comparing against here are being described as usage and hits. Just thought I'd point it out before we get in a mess :-) Still

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield on iPlayer - 26min Interview

2007-10-31 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: On 31/10/2007, Deirdre Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: File sharing between friends is essential for friendship ??? I'll try again: File sharing is an definitive part of friendship in the 21st century, in parts of the world with high density access to computers.

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield on iPlayer - 26min Interview

2007-10-30 Thread David Greaves
I'll reverse these comments :) Andrew Bowden wrote: I have a PVR which has a USB port on it - which is great cos I can take files off the PVR if I want to and keep a copy of them. However it's nowhere near as simple as just copying the files and burning them to DVD thanks to the fact that

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield on iPlayer - 26min Interview

2007-10-30 Thread David Greaves
Andrew Bowden wrote: I'd like to, cos my TV capture card might get some Linuxy usage then. But I haven't got the time or desire to try and set it up. If you find the desire then I'll try and help. David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] An interview with Mark Taylor, Pres. of UK Open Source Consortium

2007-10-25 Thread David Greaves
~:'' wrote: David, my apologies as it seems that once again my comments lack some clarity. where are the easy-to-use tools? Ubuntu and Gnome are hardly mainstream... the most significant issue is that no open source project outside possibly wikipedia is truly popular. NB

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-10 Thread David Greaves
Mr I Forrester wrote: http://radar.oreilly.com/Picture%2052.html Full story - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/throng_unveils.html I saw this while browsing my rss aggregator. Seems like a decent design for a TV Guide. I was wondering how it would work if placed on one of those

Re: [backstage] Linux Port of iPlayer

2007-08-22 Thread David Greaves
Err. They are not 'reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, alter, modify, or create derivative works from AFAICS They are modifying Wine to correctly respond to the API calls that the iPlayer makes. Hmm... wonder what this does to the DRM David Brian Butterworth wrote:

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer Protest tommorow, Tuesday 14th, 10:30AM, White City

2007-08-14 Thread David Greaves
Ian Forrester wrote: Yep we were there along with about another 20 people. So were they making a point or trying to make a difference? David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.

Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer Protest tommorow, Tuesday 14th, 10:30AM, White City

2007-08-14 Thread David Greaves
Brian Butterworth wrote: Thanks. I thought I was being humorous - it would be deeply ironic if pictures of a protest outside Auntie's TV HQ about DRM were copyrighted... They are copyrighted. They are also licensed. Anti-DRM isn't anti-copyright. Most anti-DRM sentiment opposes the: You

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting

2007-08-01 Thread David Greaves
Christopher Woods wrote: I mean, come on, hands up who here on the list uses Linux as their primary OS. Me. And (FWIW) my wife (her choice). I'm three years sober ;) David PS We can't even dual-boot anymore. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Web Service For Terror Alert Level?

2007-07-04 Thread David Greaves
Well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3396 Or, by far and away my favourite: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1501 If you really care... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/britain_adopts.html A terror alert that instills a vague feeling of dread or

Re: [backstage] DVD Region 2

2007-06-27 Thread David Greaves
Kim Plowright wrote: Here in the US, that is not the case. It is much harder to find such DVD players. Because they contravene the DMCA act? Possible but more likely because the 'popular' stuff is released on Region 1 and the yanks (as a mass market) are so insular they think there be

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-19 Thread David Greaves
David Woodhouse wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 18:41 +0100, vijay chopra wrote: Sure I will, you can't copyright a number, and I'd like to see anyone try and sue me for posing one. We digress but I'm dubious about that argument. You can represent _anything_ with 'just a number'. I could buy

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-19 Thread David Greaves
vijay chopra wrote: On 19/06/07, *David Woodhouse* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I totally agree, however seeing as I have no intention of breaking the spirit of the law (I may be breaching a technicality) I have no qualms in using any software to break copy protection to

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-18 Thread David Greaves
Sean Dillon wrote: vijay chopra wrote: Besides, if there are meeja prima donnas and wannabe luvvies (on this list or otherwise) that believe that DRM is a long term, workable solution to this problem, then I couldn't care less if they get their egos bruised a little, and don't see why anyone

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-13 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: So you're saying that _not_ filesharing is betraying friends and neighbours? Certainly. Because it's morally correct to share something that is not diminished by sharing? Correct! So where is the balance? I believe you're referring to the commonly-held

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-12 Thread David Greaves
On 12/06/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DRM is very simple to implement, simple put an XML header at the front of the media file detailing what can or can not be done with content. Job Done. So it can be bypassed but then all software implemented DRM has that flaw there is nothing

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-12 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: Hi David! On 12/06/07, David Greaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If however you say making a copy of this DVD for your own use (eg in case of damage) is OK but it is wrong to give it away or sell it. Please don't do that. Then you are actually treating the consumer

Re: [backstage] London.pm / BBC Backstage Perl Teach-In Day

2007-05-09 Thread David Greaves
James Cox wrote: On 8 May 2007, at 15:05, David Greaves wrote: Dave Cross wrote: If you're contemplating signing up for this, then you're too late. All 50 places went in less than 48 hours. We're currently taking names for a waiting list, but I really wouldn't hold out too much hope

Re: [backstage] London.pm / BBC Backstage Perl Teach-In Day

2007-05-08 Thread David Greaves
Dave Cross wrote: If you're contemplating signing up for this, then you're too late. All 50 places went in less than 48 hours. We're currently taking names for a waiting list, but I really wouldn't hold out too much hope of many of the people on that list getting places. And they say that

Re: [backstage] London.pm / BBC Backstage Perl Teach-In Day

2007-05-08 Thread David Greaves
Dave Crossland wrote: On 08/05/07, Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And they say that Perl is dead :-) No, just braindamaged. http://www.underlevel.net/jordan/erik-perl.txt etc ;) (Ah, (criticism (from '(a lisp programmer) (- (praise indeed!))) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] TVA Feeds

2007-05-04 Thread David Greaves
Are you aware of XMLTV? Or are you especially interested in the TV-Anytime format? David Ben Hall wrote: This might sound silly to some of you on the list, but is it possible to access the TV listings data for other channels as well? Like ITV, C4, C5? Thanks Ben On 04/05/07, Dave

Re: [backstage] list test and Hack Day

2007-05-01 Thread David Greaves
Kim Plowright wrote: Dear sweet evil Jesus on a pogo stick, don't start that up again! LOLS Ah, before my time and this is the first time I'd seen this writeup (or any writeup as considered). Refers the honourable gentlemen to archive URL below. Suggests he takes a look. You know,

Re: [backstage] list test

2007-04-30 Thread David Greaves
Richard Lockwood wrote: Naaah - everyone's just drawing breath for the next round of opinionated shouting about DRM, open source, free beer or whatever... ;-) Cheers, Rich. This might help: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection Or How Microsoft destroyed the Mulitmedia PC

Re: [backstage] list test and Hack Day

2007-04-30 Thread David Greaves
Tom Scott wrote: This might help: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection Or How Microsoft destroyed the Mulitmedia PC Dear sweet evil Jesus on a pogo stick, don't start that up again! :D Ah, before my time and this is the first time I'd seen this writeup (or any writeup as

Re: [backstage] Hack day in London

2007-04-22 Thread David Greaves
Mr I Forrester wrote: Cocoon is awesome but very much ahead of its time In that case the pure XML CMS I wrote for BT using Cocoon, Velocity (and Bugzilla with XMetal as the 'workflow') back in early 2002 must have been positively visionary! Ah, good times! David - Sent via the

Re: [backstage] xmltv.radiotimes.com

2007-04-10 Thread David Greaves
Kim Plowright wrote: I've let the head of New Media at BBC Worldwide Magazines know about this, by the way. Kim Thanks Kim, much appreciated :) For information I sent an email off to Nick on another list (about Myth TV - an opensource PVR) saying: It would be interesting to know if

[backstage] xmltv.radiotimes.com

2007-04-03 Thread David Greaves
Hi I just joined the list to find out about the xmltv feed :) When I got a couple of emails I found the link to the archives. The last message about this seems to be on the 29th when the site came back on air. However, as people probably realise the data isn't being updated anymore. Does

Re: [backstage] xmltv.radiotimes.com

2007-04-03 Thread David Greaves
On 03/04/07, David Greaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a clue? Peter Bowyer wrote: No more than you I guess So for those xmltv users here on the BBC backstage I saw this message from Nick in another couple of lists and thought it worth forwarding here - cc'ing Nick out