... IO-Mega has sinced replaced ZIP with the REV drive, but it is similar tech, to be sure.
Yeah, similar in that it was still possible to have a disk corrupt somehow and break the drive. Then break any other disk that was inserted into the drive and break any other drive used to attempt recovery of data from the broken disk. As a previous comment said, like a hardware virus. May be why you can't get REV bits here in UK any more.
Just to stick my boot on here:
If your house had a problem with bugs and insects coming in through the cracks and open windows, would you:
a) Move to a different country that had fewer bugs and insects,
Or
b) Patch the holes and cracks as best you could and get something to zap the beasties if they did get in?
I think you can see where the analogy is going.
...on the BBC web site.
So all you have to do is move to the UK and buy a TV license then you're set to watch it again on the BBC iPlayer. The online viewing works in FireFox using Flash so I'd guess it'd work on a Linux box too?
OK, firstly, as far as I know the BBC was under no obligation to make it's programs available to anyone over the internet. Were they not starting this off their own back?
Secondly, how many projects of this scale, that provide a public service nation-wide, were 100% effective providing 100% coverage from the outset? I can't think of any.
If people want to complain about something then complain about the poor coverage of Digital Freeview in the UK, where two houses a mere 5 metres apart can get completely different reception. What about broadband coverage? There are still areas in the UK that are lucky to get reliable dialup let alone a speedy 512K ADSL connection. Mobile phone coverage is another example, they expect you to use their approved hardware on their network, charge you for it and don't give any guarantees of coverage or signal strength. In my house two identical handsets, on two different networks receive full signal on one and low to none on the other.
I assume someone is going to say "Ah, but the BBC is a public company owned by the people". Yeah, and you could say that if I had shares in the mobile phone company then I'd own a small portion of it so they had an obligation to provide me with a better service too.
Considering this is a unique situation and this is the first attempt of such an ambitious service I think they're (BBC) doing well.
To the people who complain because they have to go out of their way to install s/w and services on their *nix systems: what do you expect? You've already gone out of your way by loading your chosen OS onto your machine because I'd be willing to bet you didn't buy it from a shop with BeOS (or whatever) loaded. If you're using a system that isn't directly supported then you should have the knowledge to either sort it out yourself or find out how to sort it out, otherwise how have you lasted so long using your chosen OS? If you find it too much of a struggle and your system doesn't meet your requirements then it's time to change to a system that does what you want/need of it.
And last of all: there are several web sites and services based in the USA that not only say for US citizens only but actively block connections from outside. This goes for radio, music downloads, video streaming etc, services that are free to people in the USA. So why should the BBC make content, that is not part of it's world-wide service, available to people outside of the UK? If you're an ex-UK resident living abroad then tough, you moved, if TV is that important to you then move back to the UK.
when someone using Vista plays a very large audio file (maybe in WAV format) over a network connection, maybe even from another Vista machine share?
If Vista is all about prioritising the multimedia on a machine but in doing so it actually causes too much lag and jitters playback: catch 22?
Out of the 80 odd PCs I have administration over none are Vista and I'm damn proud of it!
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... IO-Mega has sinced replaced ZIP with the REV drive, but it is similar tech, to be sure.
Yeah, similar in that it was still possible to have a disk corrupt somehow and break the drive. Then break any other disk that was inserted into the drive and break any other drive used to attempt recovery of data from the broken disk. As a previous comment said, like a hardware virus. May be why you can't get REV bits here in UK any more.
And, thanks to fractals, the shorter the yardstick the greater the circumfrence.
Well, yes and no. If a yardstick was shorter or longer it would in fact just be a stick.
Does it need to be called Hypertext Markup Language Markup Language these days? I LOL out loud.
I finally have a way to keep track of those pesky zebras running about the place who just *will not* stay where they are put. I'll sleep easy tonight.
If the submitter is in the employ of IBTimes he should probably get a better grasp of the English language before posting any more stories for them.
Just to stick my boot on here: If your house had a problem with bugs and insects coming in through the cracks and open windows, would you: a) Move to a different country that had fewer bugs and insects, Or b) Patch the holes and cracks as best you could and get something to zap the beasties if they did get in? I think you can see where the analogy is going.
...on the BBC web site. So all you have to do is move to the UK and buy a TV license then you're set to watch it again on the BBC iPlayer. The online viewing works in FireFox using Flash so I'd guess it'd work on a Linux box too?
OK, firstly, as far as I know the BBC was under no obligation to make it's programs available to anyone over the internet. Were they not starting this off their own back?
Secondly, how many projects of this scale, that provide a public service nation-wide, were 100% effective providing 100% coverage from the outset? I can't think of any.
If people want to complain about something then complain about the poor coverage of Digital Freeview in the UK, where two houses a mere 5 metres apart can get completely different reception. What about broadband coverage? There are still areas in the UK that are lucky to get reliable dialup let alone a speedy 512K ADSL connection. Mobile phone coverage is another example, they expect you to use their approved hardware on their network, charge you for it and don't give any guarantees of coverage or signal strength. In my house two identical handsets, on two different networks receive full signal on one and low to none on the other.
I assume someone is going to say "Ah, but the BBC is a public company owned by the people". Yeah, and you could say that if I had shares in the mobile phone company then I'd own a small portion of it so they had an obligation to provide me with a better service too.
Considering this is a unique situation and this is the first attempt of such an ambitious service I think they're (BBC) doing well.
To the people who complain because they have to go out of their way to install s/w and services on their *nix systems: what do you expect? You've already gone out of your way by loading your chosen OS onto your machine because I'd be willing to bet you didn't buy it from a shop with BeOS (or whatever) loaded. If you're using a system that isn't directly supported then you should have the knowledge to either sort it out yourself or find out how to sort it out, otherwise how have you lasted so long using your chosen OS? If you find it too much of a struggle and your system doesn't meet your requirements then it's time to change to a system that does what you want/need of it.
And last of all: there are several web sites and services based in the USA that not only say for US citizens only but actively block connections from outside. This goes for radio, music downloads, video streaming etc, services that are free to people in the USA. So why should the BBC make content, that is not part of it's world-wide service, available to people outside of the UK? If you're an ex-UK resident living abroad then tough, you moved, if TV is that important to you then move back to the UK.
I'll get down off my soap box now :>
when someone using Vista plays a very large audio file (maybe in WAV format) over a network connection, maybe even from another Vista machine share? If Vista is all about prioritising the multimedia on a machine but in doing so it actually causes too much lag and jitters playback: catch 22? Out of the 80 odd PCs I have administration over none are Vista and I'm damn proud of it!