- ISPs whinging about BBC's iPlayer
- Posted by Chris Davies on May 9th, 2008
Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
Looking at about
lugins, it could either be mplayer or (more likely)
the Shockwave Flash 9.0.r115 plugin. My debian package list shows I've
got "flashplugin-nonfree" installed, which is described as being the
Adobe Flash Player. (Actually, it's a downloader/installer for the AFP,
since you're not allowed to package the AFP itself.)
This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is
a Netscape/Mozilla type plugin. Any browser based on Netscape or
Mozilla can use the Flash Player. This package currently supports the
following browsers: Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox, Iceweasel, and
Iceape. Also Galeon and Epiphany can use the Flash Player. Konqueror
can also use the Flash Player if konqueror-nsplugins is installed.
WARNING: Installing this Debian package causes the Adobe Flash Player
to be downloaded from www.adobe.com. The End User License Agreement
of the Adobe Flash Player is available at www.adobe.com. Homepage:
http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
Hope thie helps,
Chris
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 9th, 2008
On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:13:57 UTC, Chris Davies
<chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
Thought it might be Flash 9.
Just need to get that going in FreeBSD now...although Linux Firefox
works OK so shouldn't be too much of a bother. Wish the proposed partial
open source would cover AFP!
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- Posted by Chris Davies on May 10th, 2008
Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
I assume you're referring to my replies. I'm puzzled why you think I was
being snide: you asked a question; I replied. You asked for clarification;
I replied with as much as I could reasonably give. If you've any futher
questions, please do ask and I'll endeavour to respond. You only need
look at my posting history to determine whether I'm generally helpful or
not.
Chris
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 10th, 2008
On Sat, 10 May 2008 11:39:46 UTC, Chris Davies
<chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
Sorry, but it was the way it was phrased. I asked how you did it and you
gave a child's description of how to use Firefox. It looked patronising.
Perhaps I should have made it clearer that I wanted an in-depth
technical answer (e.g. using Flash 9 plugin, etc.)
Apologies if I misinterpreted your attitude!
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- Posted by Chris Davies on May 11th, 2008
Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
It's sometimes difficult to determine the level at which someone wants
an answer. I expect you'll have seen my detailed posting by now; if
you want more detail please feel free to email me (remove the "-usenet"
for a faster response).
Chris
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 11th, 2008
On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:03:02 UTC, Chris Davies
<chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
No, that's all I needed, thanks. I can work the rest out by myself (with
necessary changes for FreeBSD). 32 years' UNIX experience helps!
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- Posted by Chris Davies on May 12th, 2008
Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
I thought my 23 was pretty good going. Ah well.
Regards
Chris
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 12th, 2008
On Mon, 12 May 2008 08:24:55 UTC, Chris Davies
<chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
I believe it was the first UNIX system in England...!
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- Posted by dennis@home on May 12th, 2008
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-jPc3T9GjhR8t@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
Unlikely, they were using unix in a big way in GEC when I started in '78
IIRC.
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 12th, 2008
On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:19:21 UTC, "dennis@home"
<dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
Your arithmetic is faulty! I said 32 years experience. We got UNIX in
2008-32 = 1976.
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- Posted by dennis@home on May 12th, 2008
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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No I meant the first in England.
What was it anyway?
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 12th, 2008
On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:09:50 UTC, "dennis@home"
<dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
Ours was, as far as I know, the first in England, in 1976. UNIX v6 on a
PDP-11/40.
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- Posted by dennis@home on May 12th, 2008
"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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IIRC ARPA net was connected to England in 1973, I would have thought that
would have been to a unix machine, probably v4
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 12th, 2008
On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:00:31 UTC, "dennis@home"
<dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
Don't think so. Even v6 had no networking at all.
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- Posted by Richard Tobin on May 12th, 2008
In article <g0aem0$hcv$1@news.datemas.de>,
dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
The early ARPANET had dedicated machines called "IMPs" (Interface
Message Processors) that could connect to a variety of systems.
For years PDP-10s and -20s were more significant than Unix in
the development of the ARPANET and Internet.
-- Richard
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:wq
- Posted by Bob Eager on May 13th, 2008
On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:51:43 UTC, richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard
Tobin) wrote:
Yes, having thought about it I was going to suggest that it was probably
a PDP-10. I was certainly using a PDP-10 in 1973. I know that a lot of
IMPs ran on Honeywell DDP-316 machines, and I know they were around in
1972 as I was using one of those!
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- Posted by Bob Eager on May 13th, 2008
On Tue, 13 May 2008 09:32:43 UTC, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
Actually, thinking about it, it was a DDP-516. But the IMPs used the 316
I think.
I did my final year electronics project on it. I rewired the CPU to
improve the multitasking facilities by adding a few instructions! The
316 didn't have that stuff..
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- Posted by The Natural Philosopher on May 13th, 2008
dennis@home wrote:
It most certainly was not.
Around 1993 for the first IP pipe in the country IIRC.
- Posted by dennis@home on May 13th, 2008
"Richard Tobin" <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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That's something new to learn.
Bob's probably correct about having the first unix machine then.
- Posted by dennis@home on May 13th, 2008
"The Natural Philosopher" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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That can't be true, I had internet access for years before then.
Demon internet started in '92.
