On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
wrote:

> [..]


And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
will they?

Fred X

In article <op.ume8n2gzj3tnem>, alexserv
says...
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
> wrote:
>
> > [..]
>> And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
> will they?

You mean, there are people out there---no, _children_ out there---that
would _lie_ to the _BBC_? Shirley Knott!

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:08:16 -0000, "Fred X" <alexserv> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
>wrote:
>
>> [..]
>>And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
>will they?

They'll be treated as if they live outside the UK.

"Fred X" <alexserv> wrote in message
news:tnem
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
> wrote:
>
>> [..]
>> And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
> will they?
>
> Fred X

Er, not really the point of it, is it? They have children's channels, but
children can still access BBC1,2,3,4 etc.

The point is to give young kids their own player that's easier to use. By
the looks of it is no more than a reskin job anyway. Seems like a good way
of giving a huge chunk of viewers something extra for not a lot of cost.

Cant quite see why any one would want to sneer at it. I think its exactly
what the BBC should be doing.

Oh, of course. Kids are feral, criminal chav scum, and the BBC are simply
money hoarding thieves. Silly me.

AC

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:34:34 +0100, Martin <me> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:08:16 -0000, "Fred X" <alexserv> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> [..]
>>
>>And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
>>will they?
>
>They'll be treated as if they live outside the UK.

But they'll be mature enough to deal with it and move on.

In article <fqX2l.324$Zz2.43>, xxx says...
> "Fred X" <alexserv> wrote in message
> news:tnem
>
> Er, not really the point of it, is it? They have children's channels, but
> children can still access BBC1,2,3,4 etc.
>
> The point is to give young kids their own player that's easier to use. By
> the looks of it is no more than a reskin job anyway. Seems like a good way
> of giving a huge chunk of viewers something extra for not a lot of cost.
>
> Cant quite see why any one would want to sneer at it. I think its exactly
> what the BBC should be doing.
>
Sounds like a waste of time. Kids are often more handy with the PCs than their
parents so why does the BBC think kids need a retarded version of the £200m
answer to a VCR?

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:29:56 -0000, Dom Robinson <useaddressin>
wrote:

> In article <fqX2l.324$Zz2.43>, xxx says...
> Sounds like a waste of time. Kids are often more handy with the PCs than
> their
> parents so why does the BBC think kids need a retarded version of the
> £200m
> answer to a VCR?

Yes, that was my point.

Fred X

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:34:34 -0000, Martin <me> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:08:16 -0000, "Fred X" <alexserv> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:19 -0000, Ed <Edward.A.Bowden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> [..]
>>
>>
>> And of course kids will have no idea how to access the adult version
>> will they?
>
> They'll be treated as if they live outside the UK.

But IP address don't give away your age. Yet!

Fred X

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:29:56 -0000, Dom Robinson <useaddressin> wrote:

>In article <fqX2l.324$Zz2.43>, xxx says...
>Sounds like a waste of time. Kids are often more handy with the PCs than their
>parents so why does the BBC think kids need a retarded version of the £200m
>answer to a VCR?

The BBC have to keep their thousands of contractors going somehow.
Will there be an iPlayer for OAPs?

On 20 Dec, 22:24, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:29:56 -0000, Dom Robinson <useaddres> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The BBC have to keep their thousands of contractors going somehow.
> Will there be an iPlayer for OAPs?

Yes, but it won't be on computers because they're too scared of
technology... it'll just be shown as 'another chance to see' at a
later date.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:26:16 -0800 (PST), Dom Robinson <pickpops>
wrote:

>On 20 Dec, 22:24, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>Yes, but it won't be on computers because they're too scared of
>technology... it'll just be shown as 'another chance to see' at a
>later date.

After they return to UK from France, Spain and Portugal? Driven out of France
.... by the rotten exchange rate?

Martin wrote:
> The BBC have to keep their thousands of contractors going somehow.

Oh FFS! Given that this (as far as I know) developed by the BBC themselves,
what 'contractors' would those be then?

Try and come up with /sensible/ arguments.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:04:28 -0000, "Carl Waring" <email>
wrote:

>Martin wrote:
>> The BBC have to keep their thousands of contractors going somehow.
>
>Oh FFS! Given that this (as far as I know

As far as you know LOL

>) developed by the BBC themselves,
>what 'contractors' would those be then?
>
>Try and come up with /sensible/ arguments.

You are wrong the BBC website work employs lots of contractors/"consultants".

Time to admit that you have gaps in your knowledge about how the BBC works.

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:04:28 -0000, "Carl Waring" <email>
wrote:

>Martin wrote:
>> The BBC have to keep their thousands of contractors going somehow.
>
>Oh FFS! Given that this (as far as I know) developed by the BBC themselves,
>what 'contractors' would those be then?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11...layer_comment/
"One experienced web developer, who wishes to remain anonymous, described the
project to us at the height of its Babylonian excess. He painted a picture of
mismanagement and spiralling costs.

"The disorganisation was incredible. It was clear to me that the management had
lost track of where they wanted [iPlayer] to go," he told us.

"I can honestly say it was the biggest mess I've ever worked on. There were
individual executives within the BBC who ran their part of the project as a
personal fiefdom, yet wanted involvement in all outside decisions."

He left the huge iPlayer team as soon as his ****freelancer's contract***
allowed."