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The Code Breakers (2006) (FOSS and Development)

Postby <insert> on Sat May 27, 2006 8:17 pm

The Code Breakers (2006) (FOSS and Development)

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It's in 2 parts, here's the nfo for 1 of them for info and example of the specs

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The Code Breakers (FOSS and Development) (2 of 2)
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Type.................: documentary
More Information.....: (none)
Part Size............: 15,000,000 bytes
Number of Parts......: 25
Archive Format.......: RAR
Part Recovery Method.: PAR2
PAR2 Blocks Provided.: 96

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Source...............: NTSC CABLE
AVI Size.............: 360,718,336 bytes
Duration.............: 00:23:00
FPS..................: 29.97

Video Codec..........: XviD
Codec DCT......: H263
QPel...........: No
GMC............: No
Video Bitrate........: 2000 (ABR)
Video Resolution.....: 640x464
Video Aspect Ratio...: 1.379

Audio Format.........: 0x0055(MP3, ISO) MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Encoder........: LAME 3.92
Bitrate..............: 128kbits/sec (CBR)
Hz...................: 48000
Channels.............: Stereo
Captured by..........: festering leper

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The famous digital divide is getting wider. A two-part documentary, "The Code
Breakers," to be aired on BBC World starting 10 May 2006 examines whether free/
open source software (FOSS) might be the bridge? FOSS contains 'source code'
that can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without
restriction. It has been around for over 20 years but most PC owners are not
aware that the Internet search engines and many computer applications run on
FOSS. "It's not that FOSS has had a bad press, it has had no press because
there is no company that 'owns' it," says executive producer Robert Lamb. "But
we found that in the computer industry and among the afficionados, it is well
known and its virtues well understood."

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posted to usenet (18 may 2006).
nzb: 060514.bbc.the.code.breakers.(includes.both.nzbs).zip
nzb's also uploaded to www.nzb-chat.com & www.nzb-files.nl.nu






I thought it was kinda interesting little doc, here are some related files for those that want more.
(search forum or my shared folder for more info and download links)

Pirates Of Silicon Valley (1999)
In the Realm of the Hackers (2003)
Freedom Downtime (2001)
Revolution OS (2001)
Hacking - Codes - Makers And Breakers
Unauthorized Access (1994)
BBS: The Documentary (2005)
Welcome to The Scene (2005) - welcometothescene
Hackers: Outlaws and Angels
The World According To Google (2006)
60 Minutes: Defining Google (2005)
The Future of BitTorrent (The day that TV died) (2005)
h2k2 : Hackers on Planet Earth (2002)
William Gibson: No Maps for These Territories (2000)
BBC - Hard Drive Heaven - The History of the Home Computer
Intellectual Property: why P2P is under attack
Piracy Documentary (2006)

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big thanks to festering leper @ www.mvgroup.org :cheers:


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Re: The Code Breakers (2006) (FOSS and Development)

Postby carlos66 on Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:27 pm

Hi <insert>, thanks for this. I'm on it. I'm interessted in what media say about it being FOSS' guy myself.
But...
<insert> wrote:I thought it was kinda interesting little doc, here are some related files for those that want more.
[...]

Pirates Of Silicon Valley (1999)
In the Realm of the Hackers (2003)
Freedom Downtime (2001)
Revolution OS (2001)
Hacking - Codes - Makers And Breakers
Unauthorized Access (1994)
BBS: The Documentary (2005)
Welcome to The Scene (2005) - welcometothescene
Hackers: Outlaws and Angels
The World According To Google (2006)
60 Minutes: Defining Google (2005)
The Future of BitTorrent (The day that TV died) (2005)
h2k2 : Hackers on Planet Earth (2002)
William Gibson: No Maps for These Territories (2000)
BBC - Hard Drive Heaven - The History of the Home Computer
Intellectual Property: why P2P is under attack
Piracy Documentary (2006)

I'm not familiar with many of them but, looking at the titles, I don't think mixing 'pirates' with 'FOSS' is a great idea...

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