Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?

2008-04-10 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Jmaes, > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: > >> The BBC is a socialist "corporation" - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW. >> Therefore there's no profit increasing who gets thei I-services. If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?

2008-04-09 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Tony Arnold wrote: > Rob, > > Rob Beard wrote: > > >> See I don't understand what the third parties get so fussed about. The >> programmes can be recorded off air onto DVD and duplicated in much >> better quality than what you get on the iPlayer. >> > > It is a little odd. The BBC have t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?

2008-04-09 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
peter wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 18:52 +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> Kris Douglas wrote: >>> >>> >>>> There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?

2008-04-09 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Rob Beard wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > >> There are a few drawbacks for the flash version though, like the >> requirement for flash, which is sometimes hard to fulfil. >> >> > > Not on the Wii there isn't, Flash is included in the Opera browser. > Although saying that it's not a great br

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Sean Miller wrote: > I must admit that I wondered why it was so important to keep the > children off the internet... my daughter is now 13 (going on 18) and > needs the internet for her school homework... the expectation from her > teachers is that she will have access and there are websites tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application responsiveness, Windows and Ubuntu

2008-04-06 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Matthew Wild wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Chris Rowson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> My little boy likes playing various flash based games from children's >> websites. I find that in Ubuntu, many of these run pretty badly and as >> this is all he uses my old la