[time-nuts] BBC Precision: Measure of All Things

Graham planophore at aei.ca
Thu Jun 27 09:53:56 UTC 2013


How true and how and unfortunate.

Luckily with the speed and pervasiveness  of the internet, you can often 
find many of their programs elsewhere for viewing. For example a quick 
search shows that at least part 2 is available on youtube and quite 
likely parts 1 and 3.

cheers, Graham ve3gtc


On 13-06-27 02:07 AM, Dan Rae wrote:
> On 6/26/2013 6:53 PM, David Kirkby wrote:
>> On 27 June 2013 01:45, Doug Calvert <dfc-list at douglasfcalvert.net> 
>> wrote:
>>> The BBC recently did a three part series titled Precisoin: The Measure
>>> of All Things.
>>>
>>> Part 1 is Time and Distance
>>> Part 2 Mass and Moles
>>> Part 3 Is Heat, Light and Electricity
>>>
>>> Probably nothing ground breaking for any time nuts but may be
>>> interesting to watch with friends and amily.
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02xbjmf
>> Note the BBC only makes programs playable for a short duration (I
>> think 30 days), and there is only 5 days left. Even if you download a
>> program, it wont run beyond its "expiry date". Not that I suspect it
>> would be too hard for a time-nut to circumvent it - set back the time
>> of machine, run in a virtual machine etc.
>>
> And BBC tv shows are not available (legitimately) for download or on 
> demand outside the UK anyway.
>
> dr
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