Re: Adobe Flash
On Wednesday 18 November 2015 14:37:45 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 November 2015 18:41:14 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 November 2015 10:33:55 Siard wrote:
> > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:05:33 +0000,Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 18 November 2015 14:24:17 Alex Vong wrote:
> > > > > To watch <http://www.bbc.com/news/10462520>, first install
> > > > > youtube-dl: $ apt-get install youtube-dl
> >
> > I just watched that link, and several stories from it, in iceweasel.
> > And for a first, it remembered that I had OK'd using flash! It did
> > not refuse to play any story I clicked on. No "this story is not
> > available in your area" popups.
> >
> > I am suitably amazed.
>
> I did know what I was talking about!! I watch that site a lot and
> that is the means by which I watch it. ;-)
>
> You are thinking of things like iPlayer, and what you don't grok is
> that you can't watch them because you haven't paid for them - and you
> a former TV station employee. ;-)
Whats an iPLayer? Sounds like something from Apple?
And the employee who, because I was the designated Chief Operator, that
gave me the final authority to control what was aired. There was quite
the boardroom discussion about that, repeated at length from the rules &
regs everytime one of our sales people figured they had found a way to
do a payola related thing without calling it Payola. I had fun quoting
bible and verse to the sales dept. Particularly the per instance fine
the commission can levy. You can buy a new mid-priced car with one days
violation you don't have to pay. We were not fined on my 18 year watch.
> Lisi
>
> > > > Or just install flashplugin-nonfree with Iceweasel, or watch
> > > > with Google Chrome. I'm sure plenty of other things work, but I
> > > > know those do.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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