On 13/08/2010 11:11, Ant Miller wrote:
> We got contacted by a researcher on an eu project looking at this question.
Can you remember which eu project ?
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On 27/06/2010 20:53, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> Does anyone else see this as the BBC effectively "bailing out" other
> broadcasters by providing a common platform backed with licence fee funded
> content and development?
>
> It's unlikely such a wide group of companies would ever reach a consensus
On 14 Apr 2010, at 08:04, Brian Butterworth wrote:
22-41 TV and radio stuff
Not relevant
The audience for the article is the ISP industry as the Bill puts a
lot of extra work onto the ISPs, who are not best pleased at having to
bear the costs of another industry's failure to monetise the d
On 6 Apr 2010, at 21:29, Alex Cockell wrote:
I'm hoping they'll do the right thing and kill the bill.
Nope - just voted to send it to the committee stage tomorrow.
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On 6 Apr 2010, at 19:07, Mo McRoberts wrote:
unlike Sion Simon who is talking about a fantasy world, in his own
words...
utter and total waffle.
Tom Watson’s intervention sailed _right_ over his head.
and then Pete Wishart, glossing over his register interests rather
than 'fessing up in
On 6 Apr 2010, at 18:28, Christopher Woods wrote:
Austin Mitchell (and surprisingly, a few other Labour MPs) are
talking a lot
of sense about the DEB. Shame it'll just get pushed through the wash-
up
almost irrespective of MPs' (and public) opinion :(
unlike Sion Simon who is talking about
On 6 Apr 2010, at 11:38, Christopher Woods wrote:
and there's ads appearing in the Grauniad and the Times
Just seen some on Facebook as well.
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On 4 Mar 2010, at 16:21, Mo McRoberts wrote:
(I’m sure there are message boards out there which allow both and do
them well—I’d be amazed if there weren’t—but they’re few and far
between, to be sure).
Webcrossing does both well.
It is expensive.
It needs customisation as it is more than jus
On 28 Feb 2010, at 17:53, Gordon Joly wrote:
why can't the BBC make some programmes available all the time?
Rights, dear boy.
and Residuals in particular - Equity & MU contracts ensure that every
time a drama is rescreened the performers get another set of smaller
fees.
UKGold when it
On 1 Feb 2010, at 22:54, Tim Coysh wrote:
I would love to hear your ideas, I think that Ian's ideas could be a
great help.
Being able to bookmark artists would be useful IMO.
Of course then you would need some registration stuff - but that is
what OpenID/Federated Login lets you do withou
On 1 Feb 2010, at 15:14, Christopher Woods wrote:
just epic fails to read some DVDs, and it can't burn DVD+DLs either.
That will probably be because it is a DVD-R drive - during the DVDR
format wars Apple was on the DVD-R team so didn't support DVD+R till
drives came with both.
On 14 Dec 2009, at 18:10, Christopher Woods wrote:
...Until one of only two core LINX routers has a senior moment or
Google decides to bork its routing ;) (cf. last week's massive
disruption and recent intercontinental slowness courtesy of the
Almighty G)
errr LINX is a switching layer 2
On 20 Nov 2009, at 12:49, Brian Butterworth wrote:
As an example, I think for this story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8369764.stm
"Procter & Gamble recalls 120,000 Vicks nasal sprays"
...is much clearer than...
"Thousands of Vicks spray recalled"
Especially if you don't know what Vi
On 27 Oct 2009, at 20:01, Matt Jones wrote:
Sorry, I meant the bit about making Linux a copy of the windows
interface.
Sorry to be dense - but surely that is either a function of
a The window manager
b The applications
rather than the Linux kernel that the GNU/Linux people kee
On 27 Oct 2009, at 19:57, Brian Butterworth wrote:
The Windows versions always had "Help for 123 users" in the Help
menu, and there was always Microsoft Multiplan...
yes but that is not what you were saying, stuff shoved away in a
special help menu is not the same as "totally copy the lead
On 27 Oct 2009, at 19:25, Matt Jones wrote:
If that was done, Microsoft's lawyers would get a good meal.
Could you be clearer about exactly what would be feeding Microsoft's
lawers? There were a few options in your quoted text but no specific
pointers in your text.
ta
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On 27 Oct 2009, at 18:32, Brian Butterworth wrote:
totally copy the leading product in the market and then when people
buy it from you, improve and lock em in (as Excel did to 123,
u
as I remember back in the day, which was a while ago, Excel was
initially a MacOS application...
How
On 20 Oct 2009, at 13:31, Andrew Bowden wrote:
In that case, I think it should be a web forum :)
Preferably requiring IE6 and an activeX component in order to function.
Normal service is now resumed ;-)
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On 19 Oct 2009, at 19:27, Steff Davies wrote:
Web-based systems with ancillary email functionality are generally
pretty unusable IME.
Webcrossing is the exception to that rule - it really does work, but
it costs enough money and time that you really need to be able to
justify it and I do
On 19 Oct 2009, at 18:54, Ian Forrester wrote:
So if we did decide to switch mailing system/message board, which
one would you all prefer?
Mailman best of the rest of the freeware ones.
Not a forum.
If you need to look at a forum - have a look at TidBits.com and the
forums they run that
On 8 Oct 2009, at 23:48, Steve Jolly wrote:
PS If you ever bump into him in person, do buy him a beer...
Whenever I bump into him he is never drinks beer...
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On 8 Oct 2009, at 22:58, David Tomlinson wrote:
And yes, why should you control something you have sold.
my point is I haven't sold the image
You can't control physical objects after they are sold.
who said anything about physical objects
why should you be able to use my images that I m
David
On 8 Oct 2009, at 22:14, David Tomlinson wrote:
You may want that, I want want lots of things but why should society
respect what you want ? any more than they respect what I want ?
Why should you be able to control the actions of other people ?
So to be extreme - I should allow you
David
On 8 Oct 2009, at 19:35, David Tomlinson wrote:
Why don't we just abolish copyright ?
No - because those of us who create content want to be able to say no
to other people just taking our work and making money from it, I want
to keep my images as all rights reserved. I don't want yo
On 21 Aug 2009, at 16:14, Phil Lewis wrote:
Down for me too.
ditto from:
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.welcomebackstage.com/
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On 29 Mar 2009, at 19:48, Dave Crossland wrote:
Photography did in portrait painters. Same story, different century.
It did ?
There really are no portrait painters left?
I think the effect of photography was that portraiture as a market
increased, the affluent could still ( and did ) get
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/guardian-open-platform
key quote hidden towards the end
"The Guardian is positioning its Open Platform as a commercial
venture, requiring partners to carry its advertising as part of its
terms and conditions, while BBC Backstage states clearly that
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/08/norways-public-broad-1.html
Norway's public broadcaster sets up its own torrent tracker using same
code as The Pirate Bay
POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW, MARCH 8, 2009 2:27 PM | PERMALINK
Eirikso from NRK, the Norwegian public broadcast, writes to tell us
that
On 10 Feb 2009, at 17:57, Richard Smedley wrote:
I'm suggesting 500 or 600 wholly new web apps, designed to cover the
whole
curriculum. A framework would be specified, and commissions given to
*UK*
developers - including bids from schools.
Of course the EU won't let us do it, but there's p
On 10 Feb 2009, at 12:20, Neil Aberdeen wrote:
Interesting as all these discussions are schools will have what's
given to them and supported under BSF monoploy IT provision (see http://www.edugeek.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_awarded_ICT_contracts)
unless there is resistance and/or failure (se
On 10 Feb 2009, at 10:41, Lee Stone wrote:
Get office ultimate 2007 for £38.95 - I believe this is the second
year they've done it now as I took advantage of it last year as a
student. It certainly makes it a lot more affordable.
That would mean running Windaes and me having to support it
On 10 Feb 2009, at 09:51, Alun Rowe wrote:
I was basing it on purchasing a single copy. Purchasing a site wide
license
for say 500 desktops would see significant savings.
Which was Adam's point.
The Home/Student edition is cheaper but that's not for schools to
use, it's
for the student
On 10 Feb 2009, at 09:23, Alun Rowe wrote:
“Microsoft offers the OS and Office at extremely competitive prices
to schools. I have heard it quoted as being around £5 per license
for Office.”
It is cheaper but not that cheap...
At Glasgow University it used to be nearly that cheap - bec
On 1 Feb 2009, at 11:23, Ant Miller wrote:
But forgive my utter ignorance, but since there is a layer
of Google Web Kit underpinning this, doesn't that make it's "openess"
a bit less "open"?
errr WebKit is not a Google engine - it has been open sourced out of
Apple, having come out of KHTM
fwiw those two emails with an ITV sig at the bottom are nowt to do
with me...
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On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:14, Fearghas McKay wrote:
On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:03, Peter Bowyer wrote:
As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working
fine
under Ubuntu. Actually it&#
On 26 Jan 2009, at 17:03, Peter Bowyer wrote:
As I mentioned earlier in the thread - I have my 3 dongle working fine
under Ubuntu. Actually it's CrunchBase, which is Ubuntu-derived.
There are several 3 dongles - the E220 works out the box with the Asus
EEE distro and Vodaphone have a linux
On 25 Jan 2009, at 17:43,
wrote:
Needs to work on a Mac – MBP.
All of the USB dongles should work with a Mac, but you will probably
need local knowledge to identify which networks have usable coverage
down there. They should all have maps that show network availability.
The T-Mobil
On 12 Jan 2009, at 15:44, wrote:
Now I was just saying that adding DRM to stuff means more CPU
cycles, which
means DRM is killing the planet!111oneone
Or streaming Radio4 leaving its "Due to Rights blah blah blah" message
on during the last few minutes of PM this evening till someon
On 8 Jan 2009, at 21:55, Tim Dobson wrote:
Interesting thing to hear..
and the Chris Anderson book on the Long Tail is well worth a read.
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On 24 Nov 2008, at 13:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 01:35:33PM -, Ian Forrester wrote:
You can read more about them here.
Where?
Please post a link. Those of us who read in plain text or in a
non-graphical reader are not gonna be able to click on that!
(I can't s
On 23 Nov 2008, at 17:55, Brian Butterworth wrote:
To be honest, I have gone over it so many times I got the distinct
impression - indeed a direct suggestion from a BBC person I very
much respect - to stop going on about it, so I refer you to the
podcast discussion because it is the most e
On 23 Nov 2008, at 12:31, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Of course not. He can't be arsed to listen to the podcast.
No you can't be arsed to present your position in the same medium that
we are having this discussion.
So please explain your point using text rather than just pointing to
some
Brian
On 23 Nov 2008, at 09:57, Brian Butterworth wrote:
cf http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/02/bbc_backstage_p_1.html
Perhaps you could summarise your point rather than just point at a
podcast discussion?
Thanks
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On 12 Oct 2008, at 22:28, Jim Tonge wrote:
Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask - I emailed the
iPlayer team through the website but got a stock "thanks for your
feedback" response.
So, with that proviso: why are the iPhone iPlayer streams not
viewable over 3G?
3G has more th
Margaret
On 22 Jul 2008, at 13:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That would have been a really good idea - especially as it is meant
to cover the
nation - but I'm afraid that we have nothing set up for it.
Perhaps for the next event?
I will be twittering, as I suspect others will as well, so b
Margaret
On 22 Jul 2008, at 10:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's the link for registration: http://wealthofnetworks.eventbrite.com/
Hope you can join us Sam, it's shaping up to be a good event!
Are there opportunities for remote participation ?
Seeing as it is meant to be part of a Nation
On 4 Jul 2008, at 17:41, Dave Crossland wrote:
I am at the http://2008.rmll.info and sat next to Richard, and he says
that this is not true. (I hope you are just being fooled by a nasty
rumour, rather than making this stuff up.)
He said it to me.
He was sitting next to me.
It was directed
On 4 Jul 2008, at 12:24, Gareth Davis wrote:
Anyone else find it strange that Richard Stallman feels it is
apparently
unjust for Microsoft and others to publish software that users are not
free to share and modify, but it is ok to publish an article which
readers are not free to share and mod
David
On 3 Jul 2008, at 17:46, Dave Crossland wrote:
But it tramples our freedom and community, which are more important.
There are many different communities on this list - please do not
conflate your community with mine. You do not speak for everyone on
this list and it would be more he
On 18 Apr 2008, at 20:51, Christopher Woods wrote:
I know this may or may not help, but will it not boot from an
external source if you hook up USB CD/DVD drive?
It will but probably it is easier for him to ask an Off Topic Queston
on this list than go out and source one in Crete with a
On 15 Apr 2008, at 12:50, Brian Butterworth wrote:
I'm really suprised that no-one actually read what I wrote.
We do - it is just that your solution does not solve the cost issues
of the second last & last mile.
The cost of data transport is not from the BBC to the ISP NOC/Data
Centre a
Brian
On 14 Apr 2008, at 17:38, Brian Butterworth wrote:
It would be lovely if you read my email to the end first!
It would be even better if you could learn to quote selectively.
[approx 72 lines snipped]
Going back on topic - your proposals were designed for the network 10
years ago - i
At 15:25 +0100 1/4/08, Andy Leighton wrote:
>Really? I assume that Fearghas was talking about stuff like the Asus
>EEE (and the new Elonex One) rather than mobile phone like content.
>The EEE/Elonex/Cloudbook group of machines have fully functional OSes
>and fully functional browsers. They are fa
On 1 Apr 2008, at 12:49, A Agutter Pineapple Blue wrote:
The BBC needs to build 800 x 600 to ensure a starting point for
cross platform compatibility. Especially in relation to the little
people and our more senior members of the community who we must not
forget who suffer from sight.
I
On 26 Mar 2008, at 11:36, Christopher Woods wrote:
(and the ISPs sort themselves out with a little more of that proposed
intelligent routing)
No BT need to change their charging policy for the last mile. It
currently costs more than International Transit.
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On 24 Mar 2008, at 23:07, Richard Smedley wrote:
I think HHGTTG was the last, wasn't it?
Nope that was Radio :-)
Well I didn't find the TV as amusing, but then maybe I am being a tad
old & crusty ;-)
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On 13 Mar 2008, at 20:03, Dave Crossland wrote:
MP's don't generally respond to letters from non-constituents.
As long as he reads it, that's okay.
He probably won't even see it - his office won't pass it on to him as
you are not a constituent.
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On 7 Mar 2008, at 18:33, Nick Reynolds-FM&T wrote:
please do keep trying to comment Sean - some are getting through
making a comment is still timing our for me.
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On 7 Mar 2008, at 18:01, Phil Wilson wrote:
Anyone got any more details about the streaming being used? Or is
there some already out there that I've missed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/03/bbc_iplayer_on_iphone_behind_t.html
Has some more info.
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On 5 Mar 2008, at 12:24, Tim Dobson wrote:
students... (yes, £90 *is* a lot for a student if you add it to travel
and accomodation)
I couldn't agree more.
£150 for freelancers who live locally, who I bounced this to, has
been more than they can afford.
And a complete non-starter for comi
On 26 Feb 2008, at 14:11, Andy wrote:
I doubt that it what Dave is saying.
It should make it's content available via a standard way (see:
http://www.ietf.org , http://www.w3c.org , http://www.iso.org ).
That way it can be viewed in both proprietary and Open Source
software. See everyone's happy
At 02:24 + 26/2/08, Christopher Woods wrote:
>Hat-tip also to the marvellously geeky bod at the Beeb for the inclusion of
>the Archimedes reference on the BBC Internet blog. Took me back to when I
>first got my A3000 :)
url ?
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On Friday 22 February 2008 08:03:43 Brian Butterworth wrote:
Is the BBC Shop going to swap defunt HD-DVD for BR versions?
I don't think HD-DVD machines have suddenly stopped working.
As others have said - why should they because they supplied content to
you in the format of your choice chan
On 21 Jan 2008, at 13:12, Iain Wallace wrote:
If this is a flame war then it's the most polite flame war I've ever
seen! You guys can't have ever posted in videogame forums. No one has
even had their sexual leanings questioned yet ;)
nah we are just being polite since you are new ;-)
Normal
Iain
At 12:05 + 21/1/08, Iain Wallace wrote:
>
>I'm finding this thread quite useful and interesting. Sorry if you
>don't. You could always just filter it out in your mail client.
If I was objecting to the thread I would have used words like 'ad nauseam'
rather than 'ad infinitum' - I was jus
On 21 Jan 2008, at 11:36, Iain Wallace wrote:
Did you not see the sign next to the button you just pressed?
I'm sorry?
The one that says "Don't push this button"
.cf Licencing discussions ad infinitum...
Cheers
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On 18 Jan 2008, at 17:57, Peter Ferne wrote:
I'll do that, but for now it's for anyone to use. If you make
something amazing from it, credit me in the readme ;)
I don't want to get into a discussion about the pros and cons of
GPL v3 but I would much prefer to see an MIT or BSD style licence
On 5 Jan 2008, at 17:38, Dave Crossland wrote:
I think that's the point of the meeting that Ian invited the public
developer community to; I hope you'll go :-)
Whilst that meeting may be convenient for London based developers,
those of us more than an hour or so away will probably find it h
Adam
On 8 Dec 2007, at 18:55, Adam Leach wrote:
I'm currently looking at the latest scores page on the BBC web site (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/live_scores/default.stm
) and there are two adverts on the page. One advert is between the
grey and red bar at the top of t
At 11:50 + 27/11/07, robl wrote:
>Or just change the post title and start a new post :
>
>"Free Software Nonsense was (Re: [backstage] Muddy Boots on Backstage)
>
>That way this thread about MuddyBoots is actually useful to anyone who
>wants to find out about it and anybody who wants to talk ab
Noah
On 27 Nov 2007, at 10:57, Noah Slater wrote:
To which I have two suggestions:
1) Leave the /discussion/ list you're on.
2) Move to the next message, trash the message and move on.
3) Filter all email with "freedom" in the body into /dev/null and be
done with it.
My fourth suggestio
Hi
Is any one else from the list in Dublin at the camp ?
Cheers
Fearghas
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On 7 Nov 2007, at 06:00, Brian Butterworth wrote:
On 06/11/2007, Fearghas McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 16:12 + 6/11/07, Brian Butterworth wrote:
If the TV Licence was changed to a BBC Licence, it could be
collected by the Internet ISPs on top of their monthly charges,
At 01:36 + 7/11/07, Michael Sparks wrote:
>Has there been a later act/amendment?
If the apparatus is not installed or used to receive television programme
service then no licence is required.
Unplugging the aerial and detuning the set are sufficient to render the
apparatus un-installed and u
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At 16:12 + 6/11/07, Brian Butterworth wrote:
If the TV Licence was changed to a BBC Licence, it could be
collected by the Internet ISPs on top of their monthly charges, which
would reduce the collection costs.
No it would just move the cos
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