Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

Josh Blacker wrote: > Shame the BBC can't get *its* staff to use apostrophes correctly. > Perhaps basic punctuation isn't cost-effective either? I've noticed this recently on the BBC News site. The quality of the written English has deteriorated noticeably in the past 6 months or so... improper

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

James Dalley wrote: > > > Chris Rowson wrote: > > > On 13/07/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> You may all be interested in this article: > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm "BBC to hear > > >> open source concerns" > > >> > > > > > > Oooh very good -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

I thought I'd also put in a complaint... -- To whom it may concern, I'm writing to you to outline a couple of areas where I do not believe that the BBC is meeting the essential criteria outlined in the BBC charter. The BBC utilises Microsoft technologies with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

The BBC has a responsibility to distribute it's content to as many license fee payers as possible, but we must seek a cost effective way to do this - especially whilst there is no single audio-visual standard. At present the cost of providing multiple formats is prohibitively high. Sham

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

> Chris Rowson wrote:> > On 13/07/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> You may all be interested in this article: > >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm "BBC to hear> >> open > source concerns"> >> > > > > Oooh very good - 'tis a pity that someone has to > threate

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

Chris Rowson wrote: > On 13/07/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You may all be interested in this article: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm "BBC to hear >> open source concerns" >> > > Oooh very good - 'tis a pity that someone has to threaten the BBC > with liti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

On 13/07/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may all be interested in this article: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm > "BBC to hear open source concerns" > Oooh very good - 'tis a pity that someone has to threaten the BBC with litigation before they'll listen thoug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

You may all be interested in this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm "BBC to hear open source concerns" On 7/12/07, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jason Liquorish wrote: > After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as > bbc.co.uk

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Jason Liquorish wrote: > After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as > bbc.co.uk working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs > mailing list: > > Hi all, > The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to > > 30 days after it's aired

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

I wonder of those who sign it have also signed up and subscribed support to the open rights group as well ? Also , wouldnt it be great to have a openID with openrights that we could use to sign the petitions with ? http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 01:47:13PM +0100, alan c wrote: > Ah, I see my name halfway up the long list so I must have signed it a > while ago - so maybe duplicates are ignored :-) > It does make me chuckle when I scroll down these petitions to see the same names pop up :) "I know him!" "and him!

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Matthew Larsen wrote: > yeah instantly :oS > > On 10/07/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Matthew Larsen wrote: >> > signed >> > >> >> I am trying to sign it but do not seem to have received the contact >> email. Did yours arrive in timely fashion? Ah, I see my name halfway up the long li

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Hi Alan, > Matthew Larsen wrote: > > signed > > > > I am trying to sign it but do not seem to have received the contact > email. Did yours arrive in timely fashion? I signed the petition a few minutes ago - the receipt email came in within seconds. My name was on the bottom of the petition to

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yeah instantly :oS On 10/07/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Larsen wrote: > > signed > > > > I am trying to sign it but do not seem to have received the contact > email. Did yours arrive in timely fashion? > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >

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Matthew Larsen wrote: > signed > I am trying to sign it but do not seem to have received the contact email. Did yours arrive in timely fashion? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

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signed On 10/07/07, Terence Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Liquorish wrote: > > After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as > > bbc.co.uk working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs > > mailing list: > > > > Hi all, > > The BBC iPlayer - which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

Jason Liquorish wrote: > After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as > bbc.co.uk working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs > mailing list: > > Hi all, > The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to > > 30 days after it's aired -

[ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as bbc.co.ukworking I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs mailing list: Hi all, The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to 30 days after it's aired - will be released as a Windows only application, including DR