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Why Linux Users Should Be Furious At BBC
Seriously, relying on ActiveX is so "1990's" that it's painful, and as luck would have it, the Linux users who wish to use this BBC player made sure that the BBC knew that they were making the sought after content inaccessible to those people using Linux. |
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Comments (15)
Seems you should take a bit of your own advice, the story was only linked here not published.
It's Hartley. Enough said.
Oh No!!! you mean I inadvertently defended him? Please forgive me TC, it was an accident and hopefully wont happen again.
It's Ok azerthoth, no permanent harm done. I hope.
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Someone defended Matt Hartley!?!?
When?, Where?, How?...and more importantly Why?
LOL!!!
When?, Where?, How?...and more importantly Why?
LOL!!!
Actually, I found the article OK*. It may have been out of date (SOSweekly seems to be as weekly as Gentoo Weekly News!)- which is sad, but I did enjoy reading it.
*The other Matt Hartley articles serve as the frame of reference here
*The other Matt Hartley articles serve as the frame of reference here
Ah, the old "long news queue" strikes again. Still not quite buying that story.
Another Matt H. story was just posted that's also severely out-of-date: The State of Google's Everex Linux PCs
He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!"
He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!"
I was going to point that out, and also criticise the title of the article - specifically the "Google's" part of it... but since there are no prizes for being the first to spot the daily Hartley-ism I decided not to.
Quoting:..but since there are no prizes for being the first to spot the daily Hartley-ism..
There isn't, but there really should be..
:-)
Is it possible M. Hartley has an agreement with whoever he´s getting paid by that he won´t put his articles on his Mad Penguin blog for at least x-number of days after it is released by the PTB?
I think its a lot more than possible...
It's the Green PC, not Google PC. So it's late and lame. I commend jacog for self-control; I didn't even try :)
Quoting:He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!"
AFAIR he sometimes is a month in the future...
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It is true that it is only possible to view shows online, and only up to 7 days after transmission. Apparently this is because of the DRM issue (the download is supposed to self-destruct after 30 days!).
However, DRM goes down with consumers like the proverbial lead balloon, and more and more companies are recognizing the fact. I therefore wouldn't give up hope of a more liberal licensing regime in the future - to quote from the BBC site:
"The file sharing and digital rights management (DRM) technology we use is only compatible with Windows XP and Vista. We are aware of demand to expand this to other operating systems, please check at a later date for any further news."