____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 28 August 2007 11:57 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 28 August 2007 10:02 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Friday 24 August 2007 21:11 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, does anyone know if the ongoing problems with the BBC radio
>>>>>> player are related to the Microsoft iPlayer mess?
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't know, but if they're reorganising their content delivery
>>>>> infrastructure then it wouldn't surprise me if it's causing problems.
>>>>
>>>> It worked fine when they had Real stream although Ogg/Theora would have
>>>> been ideal (and cheaper).
>>>>
>>>> I told you so last year. Spike refused to believe they would change this
>>>> because of their charters and commitment. One year later we are standing
>>>> in a stinking puddle of mud. We call the BBC a case of "corruption" (which
>>>> it is), but no-one seems to be listening. The head of the FSF, who is a
>>>> Brit, has called it corruption repeatedly and there is still no public
>>>> retraction.
>>>
>>> It is corruption.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The world does crime (just watch voting on OOXML), everyone can see that
>>>> crime and protest, but the world goes by without appropriate action. The
>>>> consumer is being robbed in daylight.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, television is our "opium for the masses", just keep giving the
>>> prols their diet of big brother, pop idol, love island, football and the
>>> occasional war to get all patriotic about, and they won't be interested
>>> in the actions of their somewhat invisible leaders.
>>>
>>> Did you see the really childish remarks George Bush made to the BBC
>>> reporter, btw? They were amazing, just the kind of thing I'd expect
>>> from one of our trolls here.
>>
>> I have not seen this comments, but interviews with him make me want to look
>> away. His ramblings about computers ("the Google", "Internets") are
>> hilarious though.
>>
>
> I forget the precise words, however, the whole thing started when a BBC
> reporter asked Bush in a press conference if he weren't being blind to the
> problems in Iraq, or something very similar. Bush, apparently, got rather
> annoyed about this (why?), but the *next* exchange went something like:
>
> Bush to BBC reporter: "I didn't know you were still here"
>
> BBC reporter to Bush: "I didn't know you cared"
>
> Bush to BBC reporter" "I don't".
>
> Well, clearly, he did, otherwise he wouldn't have started the exchange,
> but the amazing thing is that this is something out of a primary
> playground child's debate, not something for grown-ups, and certainly
> not something you'd expect from a "world leader". What a t*sser.
He has a nice wine cellar. Maybe he should collect more and keep much of it on
the shelves.
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