There's an interesting tale behind the word "programme" and its use to describe television or radio shows.
When TV & radio listings were first printed regularly in the (London) Times in the 1930s, the listings were headed thus: "Television and Radio Programmes". But if you read news reports on the topic you'd see that "programme" was used in its traditional sense, i.e. this is a list of the programme of events. The individual shows they struggled to give a name to, as "show" or "series" hadn't gained wide usage (new technology after all).
But eventually that heading stuck and people interpreted it to mean "programmes" as in "a list of programmes on today". So programme gradually gained traction in the UK as the term for an individual edition of a show. Well into the 60s the Times was still heading its listings in the same way, and by then the term was in widespread use.
Of course in later years, the computer program would come into being, and as much of the theory and early development came from the USA, their spelling stuck when describing a set of instructions interpreted by a computer. That almost goes back to the original meaning of a distinct set of events addressed as a whole. But it means that in the UK we are now saddled with "program" to describe a set of computer instructions and "programme" to describe a single edition of a TV or radio show (and indeed a magazine sold at music concerts or sports events, or a set of individual events combined to make a programme).
I'm not sure but I don't think "program" is used heavily in the US to describe TV shows, and it's an interesting example of how new technology can change the use of long-established words, even in just one part of the English-speaking world.
They say tea contains caffeine and yet I can drink one before bed and not feel any effects of insomnia. The reverse is true if i drink coffee. Are there different types of caffeine or is there a lower concentration in tea?
They got the megaupload servers offline, with much publicity, even if the whole thing is overturned there's no way it's returning in its old form. I'm sure the US authorities are thinking, 'job done'.
These people are desperate and without work in their country except for criminal con tricks such as this so the most compassionate thing you could do is ignore them and continue to educate your community about the trap. Baiting them is only likely to maintain their interest in subsequent scams - 'after all I nearly scammed him there, maybe if I try again with different tactics it will work' - and possibly delays them getting a legitimate job so that they can put food in their children's mouths.
Why pay anyone? I press +1 minute on my remote three or four times, and ads are skipped. Do we really need to invent technology or pay humans to counter this very minor inconvenience?
To this day you can see the effect on BBC News stories on the web - notice how the first 100 words give a summary of the entire story with additional information in the rest of the article. Obviously that's good, concise journalism but it's also done so that the first 100 words (or even the first sentence) can be lopped off and placed into a medium where space is limited.
Here's my biggest issue: in your country you are allowed to wander round with loaded, concealed guns and you are allowed to discharge them and kill people under certain circumstances.
Ten years ago, applications might have mattered. However, OpenOffice (or whatever it is called today) is IMHO superior to Microsoft Office. Gimp and Inkscape are great drawing programs
I had to do a Google search and read a random blog post to find out how to add shapes to a picture in Gimp. This and its stupid name are some of the things which prevent mass adoption of such products. The response from the Gimp authors on the shape issue was according to the blog, "we don't think you need that function". This is a third reason why mass-market adoption is but a pipe dream.
I'm not sure what's more depressing - that this 6000 year joke is made EVERY time such a story appears on slashdot, or that it's modded +5 Funny EVERY time.
If your wish is to marginalise the religious then the best course of action is to just ignore them.
But it's much easier than every store or business republishing opening times (or maintain summer/winter opening times), every school, every bin collection, every bus or train timetable, essentially everything would need changing just because it annoys you having to change the clock. The net effect is the same in either scenario except one involves altering simple-to-change clocks.
You'd think that old geeks would be overjoyed that people have access to all information in a matter of milliseconds. Hardly a surprise if people take it for granted. But would you want it any other way?
You can't get an ASBO without a magistrate's approval so your comment confuses me. They cannot be issued by the poice like fixed penalty notices. Are you mixing up the two?
If you don't watch TV as it is broadcast then you don't have to pay the licence fee no matter where you live. Yes this covers iplayer, as long as the viewing is not at the same time as the TV broadcast. Morally it might be wrong to consume BBC services without paying but legally one is able to. Detune your TV and ask them to visit your home.
I'd rather not have the government deciding on a whim to cut BBC funding from general taxation, perhaps to punish it for attacking the government (see Hutton inquiry). The present system, where funding levels are decided 5 or 10 years in advance and cannot be changed by the government, works very well. Though I accept that in about four years' time when the Royal Charter is up for renewal again - and the funding for future years will be set - the chance of the licence fee continuing are very slim.
I often hear that British TV is the best in the world and if that's the case it's entirely down to the BBC's system of funding which relieves it from commercial and political pressures and allows them to experiment with programmes that might not be a success. Also the BBC's creative freedom has forced the commercial operators to up their game and consider similar risks. Non-Brits might find the licence fee a crazy system but it works. For British TV to fall into the commercial profit-driven LCD style of other countries would be the biggest cultural disaster to hit this country.
Indeed. JANET themselves may not operate filtering but the IT departments who operate the university networks which connect to JANET most definitely do. I speak as a former employee of one such institution.
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Presumably you post anonymously because you don't truly believe your bullshit and have no wish to be associated with it in public.
There's an interesting tale behind the word "programme" and its use to describe television or radio shows.
When TV & radio listings were first printed regularly in the (London) Times in the 1930s, the listings were headed thus: "Television and Radio Programmes". But if you read news reports on the topic you'd see that "programme" was used in its traditional sense, i.e. this is a list of the programme of events. The individual shows they struggled to give a name to, as "show" or "series" hadn't gained wide usage (new technology after all).
But eventually that heading stuck and people interpreted it to mean "programmes" as in "a list of programmes on today". So programme gradually gained traction in the UK as the term for an individual edition of a show. Well into the 60s the Times was still heading its listings in the same way, and by then the term was in widespread use.
Of course in later years, the computer program would come into being, and as much of the theory and early development came from the USA, their spelling stuck when describing a set of instructions interpreted by a computer. That almost goes back to the original meaning of a distinct set of events addressed as a whole. But it means that in the UK we are now saddled with "program" to describe a set of computer instructions and "programme" to describe a single edition of a TV or radio show (and indeed a magazine sold at music concerts or sports events, or a set of individual events combined to make a programme).
I'm not sure but I don't think "program" is used heavily in the US to describe TV shows, and it's an interesting example of how new technology can change the use of long-established words, even in just one part of the English-speaking world.
They say tea contains caffeine and yet I can drink one before bed and not feel any effects of insomnia. The reverse is true if i drink coffee. Are there different types of caffeine or is there a lower concentration in tea?
They got the megaupload servers offline, with much publicity, even if the whole thing is overturned there's no way it's returning in its old form. I'm sure the US authorities are thinking, 'job done'.
These people are desperate and without work in their country except for criminal con tricks such as this so the most compassionate thing you could do is ignore them and continue to educate your community about the trap. Baiting them is only likely to maintain their interest in subsequent scams - 'after all I nearly scammed him there, maybe if I try again with different tactics it will work' - and possibly delays them getting a legitimate job so that they can put food in their children's mouths.
Why pay anyone? I press +1 minute on my remote three or four times, and ads are skipped. Do we really need to invent technology or pay humans to counter this very minor inconvenience?
I'm going to click that because I like your style.
bit.ly much? Is it reasonable that I check the outcome of every shortened URL for referrer data?
To this day you can see the effect on BBC News stories on the web - notice how the first 100 words give a summary of the entire story with additional information in the rest of the article. Obviously that's good, concise journalism but it's also done so that the first 100 words (or even the first sentence) can be lopped off and placed into a medium where space is limited.
Here's my biggest issue: in your country you are allowed to wander round with loaded, concealed guns and you are allowed to discharge them and kill people under certain circumstances.
Would you use a false name in the phone book too?
It makes sense from a kids perspective - much easier to hide a phone. Or just the sim - by day you insert the family sim, but by night...
Ten years ago, applications might have mattered. However, OpenOffice (or whatever it is called today) is IMHO superior to Microsoft Office. Gimp and Inkscape are great drawing programs
I had to do a Google search and read a random blog post to find out how to add shapes to a picture in Gimp. This and its stupid name are some of the things which prevent mass adoption of such products. The response from the Gimp authors on the shape issue was according to the blog, "we don't think you need that function". This is a third reason why mass-market adoption is but a pipe dream.
I'm not sure what's more depressing - that this 6000 year joke is made EVERY time such a story appears on slashdot, or that it's modded +5 Funny EVERY time.
If your wish is to marginalise the religious then the best course of action is to just ignore them.
I agree it's a bizarre stance. It's a bit like saying I want all the benefits of being in the phone book, but I don't want to listed by my real name.
If you want to remain private, then don't join the club. Or would you prefer to eat your cake as well as have it?
"It's stupid to change the clocks"
But it's much easier than every store or business republishing opening times (or maintain summer/winter opening times), every school, every bin collection, every bus or train timetable, essentially everything would need changing just because it annoys you having to change the clock.
The net effect is the same in either scenario except one involves altering simple-to-change clocks.
Facebook employees and their contracted third party agents.
You'd think that old geeks would be overjoyed that people have access to all information in a matter of milliseconds. Hardly a surprise if people take it for granted. But would you want it any other way?
They do exist - without official recognition but if both sides agree to use one they can be as legally enforceable as a contract.
You can't get an ASBO without a magistrate's approval so your comment confuses me. They cannot be issued by the poice like fixed penalty notices. Are you mixing up the two?
You couldn't think of _any_ reason to jam GPS signals on a very local basis? You must have no imagination.
If you don't watch TV as it is broadcast then you don't have to pay the licence fee no matter where you live. Yes this covers iplayer, as long as the viewing is not at the same time as the TV broadcast. Morally it might be wrong to consume BBC services without paying but legally one is able to. Detune your TV and ask them to visit your home.
I'd rather not have the government deciding on a whim to cut BBC funding from general taxation, perhaps to punish it for attacking the government (see Hutton inquiry). The present system, where funding levels are decided 5 or 10 years in advance and cannot be changed by the government, works very well. Though I accept that in about four years' time when the Royal Charter is up for renewal again - and the funding for future years will be set - the chance of the licence fee continuing are very slim.
I often hear that British TV is the best in the world and if that's the case it's entirely down to the BBC's system of funding which relieves it from commercial and political pressures and allows them to experiment with programmes that might not be a success. Also the BBC's creative freedom has forced the commercial operators to up their game and consider similar risks. Non-Brits might find the licence fee a crazy system but it works. For British TV to fall into the commercial profit-driven LCD style of other countries would be the biggest cultural disaster to hit this country.
Indeed. JANET themselves may not operate filtering but the IT departments who operate the university networks which connect to JANET most definitely do. I speak as a former employee of one such institution.
"Hold your phone to the screen and play the Youtube video to install our great new anti-virus app..."