Re: BBC iPlayer - £130m of your money wasted

In article <47d706ca$0$13853$8a667849@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, me@xxxxxxxxxxx says....
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:26:39 -0000, Dom Robinson
<useaddressin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <47d543eb$0$13847$8a667849@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, me@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:16:30 -0000, Dom Robinson <useaddressin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

In article <47d4510f$0$13870$8a667849@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, me@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
Clearly you haven't read the first post properly, nor watched the video.

Since when has having to watch a (completely unexplained) video been a
requirement for replying to a Usenet post?

There's a reason for posting it, but if you're too ignorant to watch it then
one wonders why you bothered to post.

For all I know it's one of your laughable "Domsez" bore-a-thons. If
you're too God damn lazy to even say what the video is, don't complain
when other people assume the worst and completely ignore it.

It's okay, Frootbat, if you want to do nothing but prove that you're ignorant,
then you've achieved that.

Alternatively, if you can't make a point without needing the help of a
video, maybe you need another hobby.

And again, you miss the point.

If people have to watch a video to understand your point then I'm
afraid you have no point.

The video shows how little Mark Thompson knows about the actual product he's
just spent £130m on. I really would recommend you take a look.

Ok, now I know what it's about I had a look. Originally it seemed like
you had talked about this subject then provided a link to some
arsehole who made his own anti-BBC video, maybe even put to song or
something equally dreadful, rather than an actual video of the thing
you were commenting on.

Well, that's what happens when you make an assumption. Often, you're wrong,
but occasionally you can be right, and if, as a child, you assumed that
cauliflower would taste disgusting as soon as you saw it, that would be such
an occasion.

My first point is this: people who paste comments over videos on YT
should be fucking shot dead. They are the biggest cunts ever - yeah
even more than people who talk over TV show credits. I honestly almost
gave up watching the vid when this total SHITHEAD kept posting his
stupid crap all over it every two seconds.

He's not posting "crap" all over it.

Judging by those comments - like the "marvellous?" one - he obviously
doesn't like anything about the BBC including the programmes and, like
Krusty, is simply grinding a very blunt and very rusty axe, as well as
nursing one gigantic chip on his shoulder about Microsoft.

He's spot-on with those comments.

I don't see any reason why MS people should not be employed by the BBC
in any capacity - there's nothing illegal about it, and the argument
seems to be they be _excluded_ because they have MS connections, which
is inane (or insane).

Because it's a perfect case of "We could do it all for cheaper, but if we do a
deal with our mates at Microsoft then we can all have a nice jolly. Hang the
expense!"

As to the cost, I haven't seen a credible figure - even the video said
£130m and then £20m - but I also don't really care. It's chickenfeed
and they could find a cure for cancer with it and BBC-haters would
still slag them off for it.

I'd rather they did use it for cancer research, but whether it's £130m, £20m
or £200m (the woman in charge of the purse strings certainly didn't know), the
fact is they could've done it for less AND they're the ones who keep bleating
on about having to make savings.

The question of how big is a downloaded show is absurd too - even
though iPlayer now has this info - because if somebody has a limit
imposed by their ISP that's the ISP's fault, not the BBCs.

If the HoC guy hassling the BBC is so bothered about that issue he
should haul in ISPs that impose ridiculously low download caps and
take them to task about it. Otherwise people who have a restrictive
cap should either sign up to a more expensive plan with their ISP or
simply move to a better ISP.

There's still no reason why the software should have an interface as dumbed
down as a Saturday night reality show. It would be perfectly feasible to have
an extra tab that can be clicked on to give that information. Ok, most people
wouldn't click on it, but for those who are interested then it's there.

As to his last question - yeah I do want the BBC to spend their money
on stuff like iPlayer which I think is a brilliant system.

Don't you look for things in your own life that are value-for-money?

Rather that than stuff like Lily Allen and Friends.

But they make that as well.
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