Comments for Digital Rant

Comment on I’m a Daddy! by Andy Parkes

Andy Parkes — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:37:52 +0000

3 hours!

I wont tell my wife as she was in labour for 26 hours

Congratulations!

Glad to hear all mother and baby doing well

Comment on Is software all about image now? by Andy Parkes

Andy Parkes — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:42:52 +0000

Only just saw your reply….glad you found it!

Comment on Is software all about image now? by David North

David North — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:19:46 +0000

Ah ha found it! http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/20/suppress-and-skip-needs-your-permission-to-continue-prompt-with-uac-on-in-windows-vista/

Comment on Is software all about image now? by David North

David North — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:00:10 +0000

Yep disabled it and yep using IE. How do you silently elevate? Got any links?

Comment on Is software all about image now? by Andy Parkes

Andy Parkes — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:57:25 +0000

I just realised i hadn’t commented on this….

Have you actually disabled UAC or set it to silently elevate?

Love or hate it, one of the biggest benefits of UAC is Internet Explorer protected mode

If you disable UAC you also disable protected mode

Though i guess it depends on if your using IE?

Comment on Shhh! The power of the social internet triumphs! by Andy Parkes

Andy Parkes — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:54:28 +0000

YAY!

Missed that on the BBC page

I’m a member of the Wispa group on Facebook

Was gutted when the recent trial stopped

Glad to hear they are on the way back

Comment on Apple under attack! by David North

David North — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:45:11 +0000

Totally agree Joe. It’s business at the end of the day. If you don’t like it then stick with open source however that’s your choice. I hate people pushing their opinions in this way. If I write software it’s up to me if I charge people to use it or give it away - it’s my time my decision.

Comment on Apple under attack! by Joe

Joe — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:09:00 +0000

I must be dense. Where do folks get the idea that they deserve free software??? Where do they get the idea that Apple must give everything away?? I understand Apple may not be soft and cuddly but neither is Microsoft, or Adobe, or any of the other “denizens of the software deep.” It is their business plan to make money producing what they produce and if folks don’t want to (1) purchase a Macintosh, or (2) purchase their software because of not giving away free software, I don’t think they are going to loose any sleep over it. I’ve authored some software in the past, made a little money. But I’m sure wouldn’t appreciate folks who think I should give everything away. That smacks of some sort of “ism”.

Comment on Keep spending my TV license fee by Mark Steadman

Mark Steadman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:45:54 +0000

@keith Although regulated by OFCOM, like every other broadcaster in the UK, the BBC are in no way under Governmental control. They were founded as an impartial organisation and, although they don’t always live up to that, that’s simply down to editorial policy rather than the presence of any shadowy figures pulling the strings in the background.

If we lost the BBC 20 years ago when Thatcher became the next one in line to convey your sentiments, we wouldn’t have seen the BBC Micro which is responsible for a generation of British programmers and developers: people like Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, and a whole host of game developers who cut their teeth playing with the BBC Basic language.

Abolishing the BBC would see a dramatic decline in documentary production, because although people will watch them, a great many more people will prefer to watch X Factor, however the documentary-watching faction still deserve to be given content that stimulates them, even if it goes over your head.

It’s quite long and doesn’t have any pictures I’m afraid, but try having a glance at http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=44 which features a speech made by Stephen Fry about the BBC and the future of broadcasting, with and without the organisation.

By the way, incase you were wondering, no I’ve never been in the pay of the BBC either.

Comment on Keep spending my TV license fee by David North

David North — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:58 +0000

I assure you Keith I do not and have never worked for the BBC.

I don’t think there is a perfect solution for how the license fee is collected whether a monthly payment or the suggested tax route - people always resent paying for anything that they see as a tax.

However I personal prefer to pay this than having adverts running as regularly during programs as they do in the US or Australia. I believe the commercial channels in the UK don’t run adverts as much purely because of the lack of adverts at all on the BBC. Some programs I’ve seen recorded from Australia are virtually unwatchable because of the regularity of the adverts.

Government run broadcaster? You sound a bit like a conspiracy theorist to me. It’s certainly not Government run but it is tightly regulated to a set of rules that are openly available.