Re: [backstage] iPlayer caching

2008-12-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
It also works on XP with Chrome! On 19 Dec 2008, 11:01 AM, Phil Lewis backst...@linuxcentre.net wrote: Works on my Fedora 9 i386 system albeit at a rather slow frame rate compared to similar h264 files at full screen on the same system using xine, vlc or mplayer. On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 22:57

[backstage] Re: iPlayer caching

2008-12-21 Thread Brian Butterworth
Ah, I must have missed this, but Google seem to be into ISP Edge Caching now too. Even it the WSJ can't understand it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/21/blogging-google-wall-street-journal-murdoch 2008/12/18 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv I seem to remember when I proposed

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

2008-12-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- . Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] iPlayer caching

2008-12-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw - 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/ -- Brian Butterworth

[backstage] BBC Interactive Sport listings?

2008-12-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
of schedule for Freeview 301 and 302 etc? Feliz Navidad -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

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

2008-12-22 Thread Brian Butterworth
that in fact 2008/12/22 Andrew Bowden andrew.bow...@bbc.co.uk Are you thinking of http://www.bbcpictures.com/ -- *From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 22 December 2008 08:45

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-23 Thread Brian Butterworth
archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

[backstage] problems with BBC iPlayer desktop (AIR version)

2008-12-29 Thread Brian Butterworth
takes so long, my suggestion would be to compute the CRC32/SHA1/MD5 for each 1Mb block, and for a test to be done on each block to discover the corrupt section/section and redownload them, Thanks ... sorry to moan. Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http

Re: [backstage] QR codes (as seen at /radio)

2009-01-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
? Frankie Roberto http://www.frankieroberto.com -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Travel feed data....

2009-01-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
however it is always railway service (entity reference: pti1_1) regardless of whether the node describes air, ferry or railway information. Any help / clarification on these would be most helpful. Mike -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http

[backstage] The Apple Wheel: Apple's new keyboard-free laptop

2009-01-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://ping.fm/GqIbk What can I say? B

[backstage] Is DRM on its last throes at last?

2009-01-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
manager, and mentioned the company's push for third-party accessories manufacturers to incorporate licensed authentication chips in their wares. This is a company that really loves DRM an awful lot, mainly to encourage lock-in and discourage competition. -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http

[backstage] Windows 7 beta can be downloaded now!

2009-01-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
If you want to have a look at Windows 7, you can download the beta now (it's really is working) from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx I know it's not free software, but it is free software. Ceci *n'est pas une pipe.* Brian

[backstage] BBC - a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm Does anyone have the working for this? I would LOVE to see it, given that (for a start): a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide 1) Google searches are not done on a desktop computer, they are

Re: [backstage] BBC - a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
the conflict of interest): http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/ 2009/jan/12/carbon-emissions-google Frankie -- Frankie Roberto Experience Designer, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist

Re: [backstage] BBC - a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/1/12 Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.uk -- *From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 12 January 2009 18:31 *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] BBC - a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
at the Guardian has done a reasonable job at trying to get the bottom of the figures (and notes the conflict of interest): http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/jan/12/carbon-emissions-google ... blah -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist

[backstage] BBC News has information from the US National Grandmother on digital egg sucking?

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Must be the slowest of news days ever, or is this a look, over there, bunnies! story? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7824939.stm Improper Input Validation! Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer! Incorrect Calculation! Brian Butterworth follow me

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] BBC - a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g (0.25oz) of carbon dioxide

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
four years ago. And they call themselves a forward thinking, media savvy news organisation grumblegrumblespitspit -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
I guess it would cost the viewers about £1 each to get BBC CI a new plasma... On 14 Jan 2009, 11:39 AM, r...@upyourego.com wrote: If you ever find yourself watching BBC Channel Island news at 6.30pm or 10.25 (I think Sky 988) you'll see the old BBC Spotlight Channel Islands logo burned pretty

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
of course, is that broadcast sources become the point of digitisation. Gavin On 14/01/2009 12:17, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: I guess it would cost the viewers about £1 each to get BBC CI a new plasma... On 14 Jan 2009, 11:39 AM, r...@upyourego.com wrote: If you ever find

Re: [backstage] Bad links/Broken pages in iPlayer.

2009-01-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
peace unto nation, but not if BBC Worldwide can claim it can exploit the market first). Thanks, Duncan -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/1/19 Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk On 14/01/2009 18:53, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: 2009/1/14 Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk This thread reminds me of our ongoing debate about use of the internal network in relation to the position of digital kit

Re: [backstage] If you had a ton of content to freely distribute

2009-01-21 Thread Brian Butterworth
. 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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital

Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband

2009-01-26 Thread Brian Butterworth
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[backstage] Digital Britain Interim Report is published

2009-01-29 Thread Brian Butterworth
A lot to enjoy here... Our plans for the level of service which we believe should be universal. We anticipate this consideration will include options up to 2Mb/s. http://www.dcms.gov.uk/images/publications/digital_britain_interimreportjan09.pdf Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http

Re: [backstage] Digital Britain Interim Report is published

2009-01-29 Thread Brian Butterworth
be able to get to the quality at AOL news faster... Jim On 29 Jan 2009, at 15:27, Brian Butterworth wrote: A lot to enjoy here... Our plans for the level of service which we believe should be universal. We anticipate this consideration will include options up to 2Mb/s. http

Re: [backstage] Digital Britain Interim Report is published

2009-01-29 Thread Brian Butterworth
the performance in different ways ... current coverage of DAB on local commercial multiplexes varies considerably. 2009/1/29 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv I'm quite impressed by the way that the whole DAB+ issue has become a box about the boring sounding European 'Digital Radio Receivers

Re: [backstage] Digital Britain Interim Report is published

2009-01-29 Thread Brian Butterworth
, 2009 at 16:31, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tvwrote: In the box on page 34, the second table has no headings. Nowhere does it mention the 'planned coverage' is for 2030. And best of all... N.B. Comparing analogue FM to DAB coverage is not straightforward due to the individual

Re: [backstage] OT - Mobile Broadband

2009-02-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
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[backstage] BBC iPlayer report

2009-02-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00h8ymn/Feedback_06_02_2009 starts at 23:45 Just love the human element too for the Radio 4 A to Z page. Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice

Re: [backstage] 1Xtra, Radio1 and Radio 4 currently off-air on iPlayer landing page for a few minutes?

2009-03-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Dambisa Moyo - Dead Aid

2009-03-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
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[backstage] HD iPlayer at last!

2009-03-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
difficult to determine exactly what form the HD content will take at this stage; will it be 720p or 1080p? Will it be download-only, or streaming? http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?entry=bbc_iplayer_to_go_hd Good news! Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web

Re: [backstage] HD iPlayer at last!

2009-03-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
)1612444063 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -- *From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 10 March 2009 09:19 *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* [backstage] HD iPlayer at last! The BBC

Re: RE: [backstage] HD iPlayer at last!

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
I'm using Be. When I stuck a network monitor on the line I get a burst at 8Mb/s for about a second, then nothing for two seconds, looping like this for the whole download. If I use the old iPlayer downloader or uTorrent I get 8Mb/s sustained for hours at a time. On Mar 10, 2009 2:57 PM, Ian

[backstage] Ofcom report on online high quality video services

2009-03-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
Interesting document... http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/technology/research/emer_tech/hqvs/ Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

2009-03-16 Thread Brian Butterworth
. Robert (Jamie) Munro -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

2009-03-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
of journalism and are also governed differently in their public accountability... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/12/thetimes.bskyb --- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice

Re: [backstage] Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

2009-03-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
in the pub and cheap enough to be given away with a few litres of petrol - or on the cover newspaper. This device would be good news for sales of toilet paper... 2009/3/17 Steve Jolly st...@jollys.org Brian Butterworth wrote: And then there's that gizmo, the one that can deliver the Sun

Re: [backstage] Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

2009-03-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
Sorry, I had a Brianstorm... 2009/3/17 Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com 2009/3/17 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv: That was quick of them... Monday 12 May? Looks like you've been stealing others' intellectual property, Brian! :) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group

[backstage] Google Streetview ... UK at last

2009-03-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://tinyurl.com/bbcgooglesm About time, really. Great with the built in compass on my G1.And now for some live data overlays? -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since

Re: [backstage] IE8 ships today

2009-03-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
, 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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 18 June 2009 10:49 *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding of a regional news programme for ITV. If you are going to spend £150m (say

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
if that included satellite and internet distribution. Terrestrial just wouldn't be possible with the current transmitter network. From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner- backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/6/18 Simon Thompson simon.thomp...@rd.bbc.co.uk Brian Butterworth wrote: *132. Another missing infrastructure link for digital terrestrial TV is a return path for interactive services - a capability already provided on satellite, DSL and cable networks.* That's because it's

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/6/18 Andy Leighton an...@azaal.plus.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Brian Butterworth wrote: East Midlands Counties (Notts/Derbys/Lincs/Northamptons/Leictersh/Rutland) Norfolk and Suffolk Cambridge and Bedford Whilst a more local news service is the solution I think

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
I meant to say, these services should be carried on Multiplex 2 (and PSB2) because they come out of the ITV 34 Ltd free Freeview allocation! 2009/6/18 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv 2009/6/18 Andy Leighton an...@azaal.plus.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Brian

Re: [backstage] Event: Avner Ronen presenting at Media Futures Conference, 3 July (London)

2009-06-26 Thread Brian Butterworth
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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv

Re: [backstage] Google Chrome OS

2009-07-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

[backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
I've been laid up for a few months, so I might have missed the answer to these questions 1. Is there an official backstage #hashtag for Twitter 2. Is there a Backstage user to follow? 3. Is there a list of backstagers to follow somewhere? Thanks, Brian Butterworth

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
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[backstage] BBC Glow

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
Looks very interesting, if only for multi-browser support. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/07/glow_technical_overviwe.html --- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
for testing it all gets complicated operationally. Just because one can do some interesting technically savvy work with an API, if it's not open-source then how do we validate it? Regards, Nico Morrison 2009/7/12 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv I read people's comments with interest. I

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
of backstagers to follow somewhere? Thanks, Brian Butterworth - 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] 4oD + Facebook Connect = TestTubeTelly

2009-07-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
Mountstep...@dreamcreators.co.uk wrote: I'm http://twitter.com/stemount :-) On 12 Jul 2009, at 10:47, Brian Butterworth wrote: James Cridland (and his pussy) are http://twitter.com/jamescridland 2009/7/10 Iain Wallace ikwall...@gmail.com I've not seen any hashtags floating

Re: [backstage] What's the calendar app?

2009-07-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
the stripping down everything to text and minimal graphics and so on, that's the easy bit. Does anyone know of anything reliable that can tell me the width in pixels of the device? I was hoping that Glow would cover this, but it does't. -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
, annotation moduling or memcache) - as to make the cost incredibly low (i.e. so you can do it on any request - and have little need to copy it in your session profile). Thanks, Dw -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent

Re: [backstage] What's the calendar app?

2009-07-16 Thread Brian Butterworth
__ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] backstage Twitter?

2009-07-17 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
/ capability name=softkey_support value=true/ Dw. (Who is now wondering if we should make this an even easier/'free-er' service on PAL Forge). Brian Butterworth wrote: The problem I had with Javascript before was that quite a lot of time it is disabled, and that it is usually better with mobile

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
and minimal graphics and so on, that's the easy bit. Does anyone know of anything reliable that can tell me the width in pixels of the device? I was hoping that Glow would cover this, but it does't. -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
of anything reliable that can tell me the width in pixels of the device? I was hoping that Glow would cover this, but it does't. -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
and then instantly resize them in javascript to fit the page width. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: Hi, I've been looking at adapting some sites to work better on mobile devices. I can do the stripping down everything to text

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 20 Jul 2009, at 18:48, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: Iain, Your points are all good. My general idea was to do something like these single tall colum mobile sites. Certain search engines like to have the m. as a prefix to denote a mobile site. http

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-21 Thread Brian Butterworth
-mobile-9-7-features-standards/ Chris Mills Opera On 20/07/2009 21:29, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: The phrase mobile usability is pretty much an oxymoron. Before the study, we had expected to get better results in London because the UK has a stronger tradition for mobile

Re: [backstage] Taking advantage of the Publicity clause

2009-07-30 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] get_iplayer

2009-08-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
of the company. -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
I meant to post a link with my quote... http://www.betanews.com/article/The-Google-Voice-battle-What-is-Apple-afraid-of/1249327992 2009/8/3 Frank Wales fr...@limov.com Brian Butterworth wrote: Thanks to all the Appleheads we are now at the If you want a picture of the future, imagine

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
*Please direct all support requests to **it-supp...@pentangle.co.uk*it-supp...@pentangle.co.uk Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP -- Brian

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
there... -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
by people like us and not for every home, every desk. 2009/8/5 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net Please forgive me but I'm very confused about some of the points you're trying to me and just want to clarify exactly what you mean. Brian Butterworth wrote: snip So, the biggest problem for most users

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
. Please see comments inline. Brian Butterworth wrote: The point about the very specific examples that I gave was that as a group Windows users have a strange and wide-ranging levels of understanding of the system they are using. I realise these are very specific examples so I'm not going

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/8/6 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net Brian Butterworth wrote: The first version of Unix I used was on a PDP11! When I started doing system admin for Unix I learnt both System V and BSD. I used XWindows on Sparcstations! So, I have a rather blaze attitude to new versions of something I

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
were up to - finally discovering that it was running the world. I am of the blase camp as well in this respect - 'plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose' - try that in Google translate. C'est n'est pas un courrier électronique. Nico Morrison 2009/8/6 Brian Butterworth briant

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
that in Google translate. Nico Morrison 2009/8/6 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv 2009/8/6 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net Brian Butterworth wrote: The first version of Unix I used was on a PDP11! When I started doing system admin for Unix I learnt both System V and BSD. I

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out?

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
House, Strand, London, WC2B 4PH -- *From:* owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 06 August 2009 14:22 *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype

[backstage] Enough is enough! http://www.ie6nomore.com

2009-08-06 Thread Brian Butterworth
This is rather brilliant ... and very public service http://www.ie6nomore.com/code-samples.html -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] idea: Allow access to one's complete iPlayer viewer history

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
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Re: [backstage] idea: Allow access to one's complete iPlayer viewer history

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 01 September 2009 15:35 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] idea: Allow access to one's complete iPlayer viewer history At the very least, it would be great to flag up programmes from your

[backstage] Re: BBC EPG logos 96x42 for Windows Media Center

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
Why is the visual center of the BBC One logo on this page not in the centre? The whole point of the logo is the centre of the O is the centre isn't it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv 2009/9/1 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv Hi, I have been conversing

Re: [backstage] idea: Allow access to one's complete iPlayer viewer history

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
with a bbc.co.uk login! cheers, Dan - 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/ -- Brian Butterworth follow

Re: [backstage] Warning: Super geeky - Petabytes on a budget

2009-09-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
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[backstage] BBC EPG logos 96x42 for Windows Media Center?

2009-09-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
(like I did for DAB!) is there some internal BBC thing with a set of logos for all BBC channels in existence for use in an EPG? Then I can tell him that they are official, and not just proper... -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv

Re: [backstage] BBC EPG logos 96x42 for Windows Media Center?

2009-09-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
, and two-colour versions. But ultimately if we didn't our own brand right on the iPlayer pages, what hope would there be for us?! -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] Warning: Super geeky - Petabytes on a budget

2009-09-03 Thread Brian Butterworth
, at 09:08, Brian Butterworth wrote: Very nice. You could store 29 days of everything transitted on Freeview (23 after switchover). Moore's law says you're going to get it in a 36TB in a single drive in five years though... 2009/9/2 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk http

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-05 Thread Brian Butterworth
/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] RealAudio for local radio - gone missing?

2009-09-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
to develop. Local Radio is still dependent on gathering the streams through a variety of methods and encoding at an aggregation point, and this aggregation point is at capacity at the moment. Cheers, jod -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http

[backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Butterworth
arrangements. Probably should do an FoI request to find out who the third party content owners are... -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Butterworth
. Sent from my dog On 16 Sep 2009, at 07:52, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: I was going to post about this when I saw the original document, but I'm ashamed to say I didn't get around to it, so here is the EFF on it... http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/broadcast-flag-uk

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