Re: [backstage] A couple of things including Arrington

2007-02-23 Thread Andy Leighton
values in British broadcasting and in particular the BBC. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] Ad Blocking (was: HD-DVD how DRM was defeated)

2007-02-28 Thread Andy Leighton
the media owner has a CPM or CPC deal for this particular ad anyway? As a consumer of the content on the website I don't care whether the media owner has a CPM or CPC deal. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin

Re: [backstage] Flash required?

2007-03-05 Thread Andy Leighton
. No 64bit version. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

Re: [backstage] Flash required?

2007-03-05 Thread Andy Leighton
should be followed through. At the moment your description sounds a bit like a case of Oh Fred is free but he can only do Flash is one of the main deciding factors on what technology gets used. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials

Re: [backstage] Flash required?

2007-03-06 Thread Andy Leighton
with OGG. That isn't to say someone shouldn't be doing it - for the reasons David Woodhouse mentions. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

WEB API (was Re: [backstage] Noise and Signal)

2007-03-06 Thread Andy Leighton
doesn't use tables for layout, but can I also beg for more semantic style markup by using class names? It would also be nice if I could somehow get at the data by using the Web API as well. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials

Re: [backstage] BBC Archive trial

2007-05-25 Thread Andy Leighton
it twice to be precise - sent date within 6 minutes of each other. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] DRM does not work... what next?

2007-06-15 Thread Andy Leighton
on their recordings. Artists could also sell recordings themselves presumably signed although this will probably not add much to the value long-term. We could completely go over to a gift culture - there would still be plenty of people who would like to reward artists. -- Andy Leighton

Re: [backstage] DRM does not work... what next?

2007-06-15 Thread Andy Leighton
that seems to be restricted to three operating systems on four processor families. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info

2007-06-19 Thread Andy Leighton
base over and over, so keep changing the rules. What RPG is it for? What book? A lot of the old stuff is being republished as PDFs. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Links to video/audio for specific shows

2007-07-13 Thread Andy Leighton
meaningful to a human and relatively short. and because it's permanent AND on the Web, the regular old URL is even more useful than the CRID. For people with web browsers (or other tech that operates via HTTP). -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost

Re: [backstage] More iPlayer protesting

2007-08-01 Thread Andy Leighton
future usage on mobile devices? (EXTREMELY) minority OSes? I mean, come on, hands up who here on the list uses Linux as their primary OS. Me! -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Re: [backstage] iPlayer Today?

2007-08-01 Thread Andy Leighton
usually aren't based off of a Windows code-base). -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

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

2007-10-25 Thread Andy Leighton
indicates that ease-of-use to end-users isn't that much of an issue. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http

Re: [backstage] BBC tech chief: You Freetards don't matter

2007-11-07 Thread Andy Leighton
been given more thought even if the information was from people advising him. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe

Re: [backstage] What would you do? (Was: BBC tech chief: You Freetards don't matter)

2007-11-07 Thread Andy Leighton
not an insurmountable obstacle. For BBC Orchestra performances of pre-20th century works I see no reason whatsoever why they shouldn't be podcast. They are available on CD and presumably as a paid MP3 download as well. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still

Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music

2007-11-19 Thread Andy Leighton
freedom is unimportant. Well the trialed OGG streaming some five years ago. The result was there was an announcement that the BBC decided not to pursue further development and testing. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials

Re: [backstage] Adobe fuses on and offline worlds

2008-03-01 Thread Andy Leighton
, measurable and visible Linux segment of the market by the end of the year and make it more difficult to go with one size fits all solutions. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via

Re: [backstage] Web Semantics - Slicing The Cake

2008-04-01 Thread Andy Leighton
like a PC than a mobile phone. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-15 Thread Andy Leighton
to a disparity in their level of knowledge between competing solutions. That isn't to say that Huggers (or anyone else) will do that but it does require careful thought when bringing in someone who might have such an inbuilt preference. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd

Re: [backstage] BBC Look East HTML rich newsletter

2008-06-05 Thread Andy Leighton
is it? As I read email using mutt on Linux it doesn't even support html let alone css. -- Andy Leighton = [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Andy Leighton
. -- Andy Leighton = an...@azaal.plus.com The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html