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OK, I get why the BBC doesn't let us folks from overseas watch stuff on iPlayer - they (or someone else) can sell the programs overseas, and have potential copyright issues.
Fairy Nuff.
But they just released a 'teach kids to program by playing a dr. Who game free online'
And you can't use it outside the UK.
I have a coderDojo on saturday I was aching to let the kids give it a go - now it's a no go (although most of them Im sure could find a proxy in a few minutes, it's not ethical to teach 'em to circumnavigate such things.
Bah! to you BBC, Bah!
(and I don't like this last series of Dr. Who, so Bah! again!
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_Maxxx_ wrote: it's not ethical to teach 'em to circumnavigate such things.
Sure it is. Circumventing geoblocking is an essential life skill these days. Besides, you could just configure the proxies in advance, then it'll just work without them ever knowing something special happened.
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... until you successfully inspire one to try programming at home and he runs into the block and can't fix it himself. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well, as it's designed to go hand in hand with the new programming curriculum in schools, why would you expect it to be made available outside the UK?
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But they don't "make things available" to other countries. They make it available globally, and then actively ban everyone except the UK.
If the only excuse is "but it's not useful elsewhere", why go through the trouble?
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It's the beeb. Stupidity is ingrained. How else do you explain Clarkson?
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It's not so much expectation, but why not? I don't see the reason for keeping it local only except if they are going to license it outside the UK and so gain financially.
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It will be available internationally when the tablet version is released, early 2015.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Cool, I hope that's true. My wife went crazy yesterday when she found out she couldn't "play" from here...
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_Maxxx_ wrote: and I don't like this last series of Dr. Who, so Bah! again!
You are lucky Dave isn't around here at the moment saying things like that.
I think the series is good in general, with a couple of exceptions.
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Display Name Taken wrote: I think the series is good in general, with a couple of exceptions.
They've toned it right down to childrens' show level (presumably because writing for older audiences is hard).
TBH, I haven't even bothered watching the last two.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The two I didn't really like were "Into the Dalek" and "Robot of Sherwood" I would agree those two are a bit "toned right down to childrens' show level" But I think the rest of the series is very good.
I especially liked "Listen" and "Flatline". It just proves you can't please all of the people all of the time.
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Traditionally I have been glued to the screen as soon as the show is aired.
I recorded the last two and watched them both after the 2nd aired.
Actually seemed to be improving, but still not up to scratch for me.
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I've got the added task of finding Chinese subtitles and re-timing them to match my recordings.
I really can't be bothered to make that much effort.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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it's not stoopid. Rather, it should be written stoooooooooooopid, aheeeeee. 
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Ohh! Hola! (Hadn't tried it before - downloading it now! Thanks.
bryce wrote: Bugger the "ethics".
As they say in Thuthex.
The issue with the ethics is that I can't be seen to be telling kids to "illegally download" stuff. They do anyway, but I can't be seen to condone it. Telling them to install Hula just can't happen.
Of course, I can point them to a discussion on CP about the issue... 
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May the devine and spiritual light of this holy festival brighten up your life with health and joy..
Happy Diwali to all..
Neil
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Thank You - and to you.
May Lakshmi bring us all prosperity this year!
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and may the force be with you as well.
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You beat me to it! (though I'm kinda late to the party).
Happy Diwali to you too!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Thanks & same to you... everybody..
Neil
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Australian Paul Goudie forgot (to bathe), and, well, kitty got a little playful: note: skip the obnoxious ad and jump to 19 seconds into the video: [^].
It's a great credit to Paul that he bears no ill will towards kitty for the kind of nip-and-tuck that comes so naturally to these Celestial Beings in Feline Form.
in the Sacred Name of Bastet, the Eye of Ra, Bill
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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Just no. I was at the zoo at feeding time one day. The tigers were no where to be seen - until the handler dropped dinner in. BOOM! tiger hit that meat with one jump. Again, just no.
They asked Jacque Cousteau what he was thinking about when he got ready to dive. He answer, "I'm reminding myself I'm entering the food chain and not at the top."
Next we'll have swim with the alligators
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Movie Quote Of The Day
You'll only be gone a couple of days, and then you'll come back to me. It's not the end of the world.
Which movie?
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