Dive, Dive, Dive!

jumpy · 02-02-11, 07:48 PM

one for the englanders only I'm afraid -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00s96m9/Dive_Dive_Dive!/

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To the sound of pinging sonar, Robert Llewellyn ups periscope to discover why submarine movies have gripped us for over a century.

Might be interesting, in an entertaining sort of way; his programs indulging in engineering stuff were fun.

Jan Kyster · 02-02-11, 08:44 PM

What have we now done?! Blacklisted?

"Not available in your area" is all I'm allowed to see...

Platapus · 02-02-11, 08:45 PM

I would really like to see this <pout>

CCIP · 02-02-11, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

What have we now done?! Blacklisted?

"Not available in your area" is all I'm allowed to see...

It's more about what you haven't done. Namely, you don't pay the mandatory TV license fee that Britons do. Some people would envy you on that

Garion · 02-02-11, 09:49 PM

I pay mine...sniff!

But then I'ma Scot

Cheers

Garion

Jan Kyster · 02-03-11, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

It's more about what you haven't done. Namely, you don't pay the mandatory TV license fee that Britons do. Some people would envy you on that

erhmm... I pay for BBC W, BBC E, BBC L, BBC K and BBC HD

And don't get me started on mandatory license fee

I sincerely doubt the brits are paying more than we poor danes do...
My bill is £1100 a year for TV and Internet... beat that!

Btw. BBC Knowledge is running a serie right now called "Secrets of World War II" - chapter 18 and 19 is on in half an hour. Worth every penny.

Oops! OT again...

UnderseaLcpl · 02-03-11, 03:32 AM

I can't watch this because I don't pay a British TV tax!? That does it. I'm dumping the next boatload of British TVs I see into Boston harbor.

papa_smurf · 02-03-11, 04:16 AM

It was broadcast last year as part of BBC Four's season on the sea, but good to see again.

McBeck · 02-03-11, 10:14 AM

I can see it and live in DK....apparently I pay for BCC

Herr-Berbunch · 02-03-11, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

That does it. I'm dumping the next boatload of British TVs I see into Boston harbor.

Feel free, the last British TV producer closed it's factory about 18 months ago, and that was Sanyo UK - so it's all Japanese parts nominally put together in Britain.

Edit: Apparently there is one more, Cello Electronics, never heard of them

Jan Kyster · 02-03-11, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by McBeck

I can see it and live in DK....apparently I pay for BCC

Really? I'm curious...

Running on yousee.dk cable network here and you?

Or did you do something "special" to run the video?

bookworm_020 · 02-04-11, 12:32 AM

I pay for the ABBC (Australian British Broadcasting Corporation), so in about 5 years I might have a chance of seeing it......

UnderseaLcpl · 02-04-11, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Feel free, the last British TV producer closed it's factory about 18 months ago, and that was Sanyo UK - so it's all Japanese parts nominally put together in Britain.

Edit: Apparently there is one more, Cello Electronics, never heard of them

Nice to see that the UK's economic decisions are panning out so well. With policies like taxation for TV, the shadow of the Empire will indubitably become a smaller, better-defined, and higher-definition type of shadow. That's progress.

In any case, I'm still mad about not being able to watch this vid. Being a citizen of the US, which buys pretty much everything from everywhere, and a proponent of consumerism as a mechanim of social advancement to boot, I find this state of affairs unacceptable. Surely, there must be something significant that we import from the UK that I can dump into a harbor somewhere to protest injust taxation. Not tea, though. That's been done.

Catfish · 02-04-11, 01:13 PM

It's the logical development of a once-free internet. Google has, as the first company, restricted access to the internet for the brainwashed chinese people (this directly supporting the chinese dictatorship, THANKS GOOGLE!) , and now that governments and other companies see it's possible, they also begin to use to keep certain people out .. your internet provider delivers your country ID with any request, and some countries or evvem certain users can just be switched off that way. You can use IP masquerading though, but if it works it is slooow ..
If you entered any internet url once, you would see it. Not now, and it's getting worse.

limkol · 02-04-11, 02:36 PM

@McBeck:

how did you manage that? I just get the 'Not available in your area' message

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I would really like to see this <pout> __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can't watch this because I don't pay a British TV tax!? That does it. I'm dumping the next boatload of British TVs I see into Boston harbor. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I can see it and live in DK....apparently I pay for BCC __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I pay for the ABBC (Australian British Broadcasting Corporation), so in about 5 years I might have a chance of seeing it...... __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	What have we now done?! Blacklisted? "Not available in your area" is all I'm allowed to see...

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Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I pay mine...sniff! But then I'ma Scot Cheers Garion

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	It's the logical development of a once-free internet. Google has, as the first company, restricted access to the internet for the brainwashed chinese people (this directly supporting the chinese dictatorship, THANKS GOOGLE!) , and now that governments and other companies see it's possible, they also begin to use to keep certain people out .. your internet provider delivers your country ID with any request, and some countries or evvem certain users can just be switched off that way. You can use IP masquerading though, but if it works it is slooow .. If you entered any internet url once, you would see it. Not now, and it's getting worse. Last edited by Catfish; 02-04-11 at 01:43 PM. Reason: Why? WHY ?

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limkol XO Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: looking in the bilge for a bottle opener Posts: 416 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	@McBeck: how did you manage that? I just get the 'Not available in your area' message