Morning all,
I suspect the answer to this is no, but is there a BBC feed of live
football score data - ie the data that provides the live scores on a
Saturday and Sunday? I've had a look around but can't find one - am I
just being dim, or is this something that's bought in from a third
party and
Morning all,
I suspect the answer to this is no, but is there a BBC feed of live
football score data - ie the data that provides the live scores on a
Saturday and Sunday? I've had a look around but can't find one - am I
just being dim, or is this something that's bought in from a third
pages. I think we may use another data source as well.
So yes, there are rights around what we can make available to the public.
J
-Original Message-
From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Lockwood
Sent: 20 June 2011 08:55
I had got used to Chrome doing my spell checking (but no grammar check
as yet...) and I've just got myself an Asus Transfomer with a fresh helping
of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and .. no spell checker in the browser.
The check's in the post.
Cheque, surely?
Do you need a spell chequer?
I'm not a lawyer either, but I can at least translate what David's saying;
ME ME ME ME ME!!! I WANT IT ALL! FOR NOTHING!!! ME ME! GIVE IT TO ME! I
DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR ANYTHING, EVER!!! ME ME ME!!! IT'S MY RIGHT TO HAVE
EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING FOR EVER AND EVER, AND I'LL CRY IF I CAN'T!!
:29, Richard Lockwood
richard.lockw...@gmail.com wrote:
Use a PC.
Macs are consumer hardware - and it's never been suggested that
they're anything else.
Er, eh?
Are we talking about the same thing, here?
_iPads and iPhones_ are consumer hardware, no shadow of a doubt.
OTOH, Apple has
Use a PC.
Macs are consumer hardware - and it's never been suggested that
they're anything else.
Don't forget, the vast majority of people want their computer to just
work - and that means: email, web browsing, basic word processing and
maybe a spreadsheet. Oh, and handling their digital
Cool... :-)
Cheers,
Rich.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Tim Coysh tjcr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello BBC Backstage,
In the last few weeks I have been working on a simple system, similar to
Chris Riley's trackplaying, of showing the currently playing song on BBC
Radio and providing some
Hopefully it'll leave Firefox well and truly in the bin where it belongs.
Must admit I always preferred IE for everyday use (and advocated it
very strongly for non-geek users), but I'm an absolute Chrome convert.
It. Just. Works. And its Javascript engine is blisteringly quick.
Cheers,
Rich.
You work for Twitter and I claim my five pounds.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Phil Lewis backst...@linuxcentre.net wrote:
I should have added that you are granted 7 days to view the message and
after which it will become unreadable. You also must always obtain an
auth token
It is my genuine position. Abolishing copyright would achieve exactly what
I want.
This is what it all boils down to whenever the let's abolish
copyright for the good of society. It's actually about let's
abolish copyright for my own personal benefit. You simply don't want
to have to pay
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:16 AM, David Tomlinson
d.tomlin...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Richard Lockwood wrote:
It is my genuine position. Abolishing copyright would achieve exactly
what
I want.
This is what it all boils down to whenever the let's abolish
copyright for the good of society
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:23 AM, David Tomlinson
d.tomlin...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Alia Sheikh wrote:
Dave,
So we can have this discussion in only a manner which is determined by
yourself?
Children count, pictures of dogs count, pictures of someone's gran or bank
statement or a tree counts.
No. That's just you realising you're just digging yourself deeper and
looking for a way out.
See Michael Smethurst's post, it is a topic in in itself and does not solely
rely only upon copyright.
Now you're just randomly quoting bits of messages and dropping in
irrelevant soundbites. You
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM, David Tomlinson
d.tomlin...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Richard Lockwood wrote:
None of that makes any sense whatsoever.
It made sense to me, several million people in the UK fileshare without
regard to copyright. But the proposed cure (Three strikes), which
Dear David,
You are getting less and less reasonable with each posting you make.
I assert that you are a dickhead of the highest order and are going
straight into my trash folder.
If you could off a bit quicker, that would be much appreciated.
Best regards etc,
Rich.
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009
As would I. On one hand I'd like an invite, on the other I'd rather
gouge my eyes out than have one. The way Google pass their invites
out is very clever-clever in building up a market, but it marks them
out as c***s. I've worked with all kinds of Google stuff and been to
various Google
Have a look at the XBMC iplayer plugin which you should be able to
leverage.
I think you mean use. Or possibly reuse. You do not, under any
circumstances, mean leverage. That's utterly meaningless. We have
words in English to cover most eventualities without misusing
buzzwords.
Cheers,
In those days, of course, everything cost sixpence, was made of wood
and lasted forever.
(Cue Dvorak's Symphony for the New World in the background)
:-)
R.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Nico Morrisonmicroni...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey - I sent my then girlfriend a loveletter on paper
Right. I think that sums it up. If I tell my Mum that, she'll look
at me as though I'm from Mars.
To be honest, as a non-Linux user, but experienced computer user, I
have no idea what the hell DEB or RPM are.
If that's the best sell you can do, it just demonstrates that desktop
Linux still
Don't worry about Dave, he's just trolling again.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Alun Rowealun.r...@pentangle.co.uk wrote:
No doubt some palms will be crossed with silver (or equity).
The business case for open standards has to be thought through ingreat depth
before
Maybe I've missed the point here, but:
script type=text/javascript
document.write(screen.width+'x'+screen.height);
/script
Or is that not reliable?
Cheers,
R.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Brian Butterworthbriant...@freeview.tv wrote:
Hi,
I've been looking at adapting some sites to work
As ever, the answer, and the future lies somewhere inbetween.
While 'bloggers can, and do pass opinion, and produce stories based on
primary news stories, they don't have the resources to become those primary
news sources. The BBC, The Times, Reuters etc do have the resources.
There have been a
Can I just point out that I *didn't* write that. That was David's comment.
Thanks,
R.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Mr I Forrester mail...@cubicgarden.com wrote:
Richard Lockwood wrote:
In this day and age it *is* important to teach people about electronic
security.
This story
Um - what are you suggesting as an alternative? Alright, even with a
hole drilled through it, it's still possible to get some data back -
the tinier bits you can smash your drive into, the less chance there
is of anyone getting the data back in any meaningful form.
It's more a question of who
OMFG - TEH CONSPIRISSY TEHEORISTS R OUT IN FORSE
Arseholes.
R.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote:
http://bbc5.tv found via Michael
I find this quite interesting...
http://bbc5.tv/eyeplayer/?q=terms-conditions
THE FOUNDERS OF BBC5.TV AGREE
,
R.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM, David Greaves da...@dgreaves.com wrote:
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
Mm. Very interesting. If something as simple as a petition will make
Windows free and open source, why has no-one thought of it before?
Why do the idiots who start these petitions never have any kind of
grasp of grammar? Or proof reading?
Would you take anyone seriously who turned up on your
I allege that the advantages of switching to Free
Software *can* outweigh the costs (sic) of support, teaching, and third
party staff upgrading their skills to more open, flexible and studiable
systems. ;-)
I like the use of the word allege. Can you demonstrate it?
Cheers,
Rich.
-
Sent via
Hey Ian - just stick it on a terabyte USB external hard drive, invest
in some bubble wrap and a strong cardboard box, and organise a mailing
loop... Then folk can copy what they want and post it onto the next
user
Bit lo-tech, I know, but given broadband speeds in some parts of the
country,
That's a pretty extreme form of tattooing - where'd you get it done?
Cheers,
Rich.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Jim Tonge jim_d_to...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I've grown to love the BBC logo we've burned into our plasma.
jim
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Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Richard Lockwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Certainly. Dave is forever banging on about how if information can be
copied it *should* be copied and shared - not just free software, but
anything
, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/11/19 Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That surprises me Dave. After all, you're always bleating on about
how just because information can be copied, it should be copied, and
how there's no such thing, morally
It's your argument, not mine Dave. It's just amusing to see you
squirm when it doesn't quite fit what you think you should see as your
personal beliefs.
Har, and indeed, har.
Rich.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/11/19 Richard Lockwood [EMAIL
More than your oft-vaunted personal concept of freedom?
Just to clarify: I do not support the BNP, do not agree with their
foundational concepts, but think they have a right to exist and a
right to privacy - as MS says, privacy matters.
Cheers,
Dave
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Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richard Lockwood wrote:
Dave Crossland wrote:
Just to clarify: I do not support the BNP, do not agree with their
foundational concepts, but think they have a right to exist and a
right to privacy - as MS says, privacy
I hate horizontal scrolling. That's hate spelled L.O.A.T.H.E. As does
the rest of the world, surely?
While it's now four years old, www.tvplanner.co.uk - nothing clever, nothing
whizzy, it just works.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Phil Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
I came
' shite. Anyone can make a whizzy interface. If it doesn't work -
well - who cares?
Cheers,
Rich.
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I hate horizontal scrolling. That's hate spelled L.O.A.T.H.E. As does
the rest of the world, surely?
While it's now four
Apart from all the aliens.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Looks nice these days on Torchwood...
2008/7/31 Dave Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Its Job ref 449771, should mention that the job is based in Cardiff.
*Dave Simons* BEng MSc
Have you ever considered your freedom, or do you thrive off being
facetious?
Yes. I regular consider my freedom. My freedom to consider, carefully
think about and, where appropriate amend my views. My rights to not be
hectored, badgered and lectured at, at every possible opportunity,
No Dave.
The main thing *for you* is that you preserve *your* perceived freedom. For
a lot of us, that isn't the main thing at all. Please stop making sweeping
statements as though your world view is the only one. If you don't want to
use non-free software, then don't. Don't go trying to
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Fred Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Fri Jul 4 11:59:45 2008, Richard Lockwood wrote:
If you don't want to use non-free software, then don't. Don't go
trying to impose your restrictions on the rest of us. You don't
want to code with AIR, then don't
You may not. A certain Mr Crossland does.
R.
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Fred Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Fri Jul 4 10:24:29 2008, Richard Lockwood wrote:
Have you ever considered your freedom, or do you thrive off being
facetious?
Yes. I regular consider my
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Fred Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Fri Jul 4 15:16:03 2008, Richard Lockwood wrote:
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Fred Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Fri Jul 4 11:59:45 2008, Richard Lockwood wrote:
If you don't want to use non
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/7/3 Matt Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If we ran a competition which required the final prototype to be in
Adobe
Air, how would people feel about
Hope you're feeling better Ian; can I make a request please? Can we have
some captal letters at the start of sentences in the text on the green
background please? Please??
Cheers,
Rich.
The New Backstage Website is not publicly available at -
welcomebackstage.com as a beta. Please be
Thankyewverrmush. :-)
Cheers,
Rich.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Capital letters? Why? :)
No only kidding, will see what I can do
Richard Lockwood wrote:
Hope you're feeling better Ian; can I make a request please? Can we have
some captal
I find the easiest way to skip the boring bits in the Moyles podcast is to
simply not download it.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Peter Bowyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/6/18 Alia Sheikh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
So last week there was some discussion on this list about writing
Or, translated; Yes. Spam.
Could you off a bit quicker than that please?
R.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:41 AM, TRYPHENA BRADE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*no not spam*, it was forwarded several times to get a contact in
backstage as we are enquiring for the first time as follows:
Thank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:52 PM, TRYPHENA BRADE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for a DECENT reply.
We AIM to:
- host videos on BBC
- the Thinking Digital site
Thanking you in advance
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:20:08 +0100
On 06/05/2008, Helen Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone who earns 14K per annum pays 1% of their income in TV
Licensing,
someone who earns 140K pays only 0.1%, (assuming both own a colour
television), (figures not exact).
Anyone else think that is a little bit
If I go to Morrisons this evening to buy four bottles of Timothy
Taylor Landlord (other supermarkets and beers are available), do they ask me
at the checkout how much I earn before deciding how much to charge me? No.
Well then - it's exactly the same with the TV license.
But
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
2008/4/28 Michael Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Brian Butterworth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why would you want to watch them on the iPlayer when you could have
downloaded them
OK, a toy computer for £229.
Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an
installer CD. Need only .GZ. GSOH.
I just bought a 2.2GHz Dual core, 3 Gig RAM, 1Tb hard drive desktop PC for
(inc VAT and delivery) for three and a half hundred quid. That included a
£100
It's just you.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Frances Berriman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it just me, or does the URL to the sign-up page mentioned at the end of
the post just 404?
Afternoon all.
We (The Telegraph) have announced a Developers Weekend 26th-27th April at
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Brian Butterworth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 21/03/2008, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And of course there are places (such as libraries and schools) that
actually
have the right to retain copies as long as they want, and the BBC
12.05 GMT - it's looking a little, shall we say, untidy.
:-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Cheers,
Rich.
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visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
Unofficial list archive:
Yes. They should asterisk that out.
St**e J*bs.
Cheers,
Rich.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Sean DALY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's The Register on the subject, with an offensive title.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/12/iplayer_linux_stream_download_hack/
On Tue, Mar 11,
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
We're involved in abilitynet's one day conference -
www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2
So who's actually going to this then?
Cheers,
Rich.
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe,
I find filtering his mail directly into trash helps.
That is a mature approach to dealing with mailing lists; thanks :-)
It's a mature way of dealing with trolls on mailing lists, yes.
R.
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Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please
visit
That's never bothered Dave before. If you don't inhabit the fantasy
world that is Davetopia, you must be related to the anti-Christ.
He'll a one issue troll, who'll quite happily try insult anyone who
disagrees with his zealot tendencies.
I find filtering his mail directly into trash helps.
I did a similar one ages ago -
http://www.hyperactive-stage.co.uk/chartfeed/feed.asp - but it didn't
provide as much data, just artist and title.
Cheers,
R.
On Feb 11, 2008 1:31 PM, Andy Mace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Chaps,
This has probably been done before, but i was bored with a
Why not database the data the first time it's grabbed in a time period of
your choice - per hour or per day maybe. Then it's far fewer requests.
On this I run a cron job every morning:
http://www.sdldev.co.uk/weather/map_big.asp
Cheers,
R.
On Feb 7, 2008 3:45 PM, Rob Dunfey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And sure enough, Martin hits the nail on the head. (And, for the benefit of
Dave, no, he's not confusing an ethical position with a religious one -
you obviously missed the bit that says with a few word changes. Perhaps
parts of your monitor are obscured with froth?)
RIch.
On 12/30/07, Dave
Bangs head on desk:
*http://tinyurl.com/2fppy9*
Rich.
On 12/14/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14/12/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
so like all other BBC Content it
can't be used in any commercial sense
What about those BBC DVDs that are sold commercially,
It was only one idea, I'm sure that there are others. who knows, one of
them might even including resurrecting the noble art of journalism as a
public service rather than to make money.
So can you give us any indication of when the technologists will have
completed the prototype of the
Journalists in terms of national newspapers and national broadcasters
aren't needed in modern society. We could easily and happily do without
them.
Really? Why's that then?
Rich.
You are Dave Crossland in a different hat, and I claim my five pounds.
We are different people; that £5 belongs to me.
Hmm. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
:-)
Rich.
No. Banging on and on and on and on about the same tired, laboured
point is
wrong - and simply blindly quoting Richard Stallman doesn't make it any
more
likely to have people agree with your narrow viewpoint. You are Dave
Crossland in a different hat, and I claim my five pounds.
. Not Shouting.
On 27/11/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope you're not suggesting I have any weight to throw around. I just
find
bullies, extremists and zealots of any descripton intensely annoying,
especially in what's generally a friendly environment.
Richard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/27/bbc.itv?gusrc=rssfeed=technology
No real technical details, more a re-hashed press release, but an
interesting idea nontheless.
Cheers,
R.
(Waits for this news to descend into DRM-Bad, Free-Good!! ranting...)
And that's already been pointed out... Sorry! :-)
Cheers,
Rich.
On 11/27/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Um - that wasn't me. My line was:
No real technical details, more a re-hashed press release, but an
interesting idea nontheless.
That was the end of my contribution
: Tue 11/27/2007 2:29 PM
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Broadcasters to launch joint VoD service
On 27/11/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No real technical details, more a re-hashed press release, but an
interesting idea nontheless.
How can
Not everyone thinks it's great though - there's a rebuttal/ critique
here
http://screenfont.ca/fonts/today/Tiresias/
As much as I regard Joe Clark to be an asshole
Now - who was talking about Ad Hom earlier? Or is this just abuse?
R.
Nutritionists and Dietitians are just artisans of couse, whereas we
programmers are computer scientists, no?
Dietitians have real courses of study, and qualifications from respectable
institutes of learning. Nutritionists don't. (See Gillian McKeith /
Patrick Holford etc...)
Listen to
Basically the author is saying that anyone who has strong opinions is
committing the equivalent of rape. Now, ignoring the highly
inappropriate analogy to forced sexual penetration, I think that you
could sum this up as having strong opinions and sticking by them is
wrong. which is clearly
Forget popularity, think about principle.
It is worth noting that often these things turn around on the head of a
pin. If we were having this discssion in 1985, someone would have pointed
out that *no one ever got* *sacked for buying IBM. Everyone was happy
with the popular 3270
On Nov 19, 2007 10:08 PM, Dave Crossland [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 paid their
On Nov 9, 2007 12:02 PM, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Nov 9, 2007 11:07 AM, Noah Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 09/11/2007, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can't deliberately invoke Godwins law:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/Godwins-Law.html
So
On Nov 9, 2007 11:07 AM, Noah Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 09/11/2007, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can't deliberately invoke Godwins law:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/Godwins-Law.html
So the silliness is set to continue.
Please vijay, RFC 1149 and 2549 clearly
And it appears the Linux community has managed to ignore what he has to say
and has organised a let's shout him down louder and louder until someone
takes some notice of us party.
No positive suggestions, just bleat bleat bleat we hate you... As ever.
Cheers,
R.
Ashley has posted an update:
] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Richard Lockwood
*Sent:* 05 November 2007 14:50
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
*Subject:* Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield speaks again
And it appears the Linux community has managed to ignore what he has to
say and has organised a let's shout
On 11/6/07, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 05/11/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
This always makes me laugh, whether it's Firefox users or Linux users.
Because you *can* change the UA in my favourite software, it
automatically follows that 30% of reported
On 11/1/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 01/11/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sharing artistic works is NOT a
central tenet of friendship.
Of course it is. You can't possibly be friends with someone unless you
copy stuff off them. I mean how could you possible
Sharing artistic works between friends is one of the central tenets of
friendship. Ask anyone under 20 if they've got a laptop, and if they
do, if they have copies of music from their friends. Its almost
certain that they will.
No - it isn't!
Ask 'em. Seriously. On the way to
Is this not what would happen with iPlayer? Hello Jim, I enjoyed Spooks
on
iPlayer last night, Really Jason? I'll go and watch that on my
iPlayer,
cable catchup, or whatever without the hassle of cracking the DRM out of
the
WMV file and working out how to get it off your computer via
On 10/30/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 30/10/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave doesn't mean sharing. Dave means stealing and redistributing
for free. When he says sharing, Dave always means stealing. Dave
wants
everything for nothing
On 10/31/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 31/10/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not saying you *don't* ever buy music. Once you've bought it though
-
you want to copy it and give it to other people so they don't have to
pay
for it.
And what precisely is wrong
your unalterable right to copy what you
want, when you want. You don't say you should be able to make limited
'fair use' copies for... - no, you repeatedly state that it's your
right to
do anything you want with any creative material,
File sharing between friends is essential for
On 10/31/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have yet to recieve an answer to the BBC's false claims, why is this?
The BBC claimed:
There is no open source digital right managment
All I have to do to prove this false, is to demonstrate that 1 Open
Source DRM solution exists.
You must
Not it isn't.
You failed to show either of the only 2 things needed:
1) That the software is not Open Source.
2) That the software is not DRM.
What was stated was that there is no open source digital rights
management.
Your points about completion, grammar, usability are irrelevant in
On 10/31/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 31/10/2007, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and that the original
creators have no moral right to deny you that. You then try and
make it
sound warm and fluffy by going on to state, with no justifiation
On 10/29/07, Michael Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 29 October 2007 18:47, Dave Crossland wrote:
...
Asking people to agree not share with friends and betray their
community is evil :-(
No, it's not.
Yes it is. Not sharing is a bad thing. If I had a bag of sweets, and
Its a bit like saying we'll design a transport system for able-bodied
people first (as they are the majority) - and gradually roll out to
others - this is also thought to be morally wrong, as well as a poor
design decision.
No - it's like designing a transport system, then later on
On 10/30/07, Michael Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tuesday 30 October 2007 10:35, Richard Lockwood wrote:
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Not sharing is a bad thing. If I had a bag of sweets, and didn't hand
them
round my friends, that would be wrong
Dave said:
Asking people to agree not share with friends
Dave doesn't mean sharing. Dave means stealing and redistributing
for free. When he says sharing, Dave always means stealing. Dave wants
everything for nothing.
This is simply untrue: non-commercial redistribution allow a lot of
scope for business, without trampling friendship,
On 10/30/07, Michael Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tuesday 30 October 2007 14:07, Richard Lockwood wrote:
It should also be made clear that that quote from me has been
usedcompletely out of context -
I didn't mean to quote you out of context - my apologies. I thought they
were
two
That's rubbish. Utter, utter rubbish. You copy a CD and give it to
your mate, that's all about money - or rather it's all about not wanting to
pay money. Your friend may think that CD's overpriced and so wouldn't pay
the (say) ten quid asking price, but he wants it badly enough to
There probably is. And no. I would sell my house and all my possessions
to help the BBC.
Cheers,
Rich.
On 10/12/07, dantes inferno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a campaign anywhere to abolish the license fee?
Anyone want tostart one?
On 11/10/2007, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why would you be sending SVG in an email?
Cheers,
Rich.
On 10/4/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew,
usualy chaos registering, perhaps not helped by your instructions?
seems majordomo doesn't like html, neither do I, but it's currently
the only way to send SVG
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