PC
Paxman and Newsnight are being a lot more careful about the coverage: "Hasten to add he's only being interviewed" during the newspaper review, and not even giving the guy's name during the headline round-up.
Incidentally, first time I've gone to Newsnight England after 11 and Paxman's reaction to Oh My Newsnight was priceless - just as funny as I'd imagined. He's got to be careful though - he's turning more and more like Chris Morris every day...
Incidentally, first time I've gone to Newsnight England after 11 and Paxman's reaction to Oh My Newsnight was priceless - just as funny as I'd imagined. He's got to be careful though - he's turning more and more like Chris Morris every day...
PC
I know - that interview with the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police could have been lifted directly from The Day Today.
p_c_u_k posted:
He's got to be careful though - he's turning more and more like Chris Morris every day...
I know - that interview with the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police could have been lifted directly from The Day Today.
RM
It just seemed like trial by media to me there - apart from a hastily thrown in 'of course he's pleading innocent' at the end, any half-decent lawyer could argue the guy wont get a fair trial.
The BBC also ought to know that people plead either "guilty" or "not guilty"-- AFAIK you don't plead "innocent"!
p_c_u_k posted:
It just seemed like trial by media to me there - apart from a hastily thrown in 'of course he's pleading innocent' at the end, any half-decent lawyer could argue the guy wont get a fair trial.
The BBC also ought to know that people plead either "guilty" or "not guilty"-- AFAIK you don't plead "innocent"!
LO
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
patrickm posted:
I've noticed that SKY have started using Microsoft's Virtual Earth for their graphics, instead of googles. Anyone know why this is?
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
WI
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
Microsoft have bought up all the data from Getmapping (the company that the Queen had shares in) - they were (and I think still are) the only ones who have done a reasonably high resolution scan of the whole country.
local.live.com is therefore a good place to find aerial maps.
I do wonder if we'll ever reach the stage where Google are wealthy enough to just buy their own satellite and produce images from that....
william
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LONDON posted:
patrickm posted:
I've noticed that SKY have started using Microsoft's Virtual Earth for their graphics, instead of googles. Anyone know why this is?
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
Microsoft have bought up all the data from Getmapping (the company that the Queen had shares in) - they were (and I think still are) the only ones who have done a reasonably high resolution scan of the whole country.
local.live.com is therefore a good place to find aerial maps.
I do wonder if we'll ever reach the stage where Google are wealthy enough to just buy their own satellite and produce images from that....
NB
Nice to see the beeb getting a bit of pasting for it's coverage.
Crap excuses a-hoy!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/12/the_tom_stephens_interview.html
Crap excuses a-hoy!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/12/the_tom_stephens_interview.html
CA
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
Microsoft have bought up all the data from Getmapping (the company that the Queen had shares in) - they were (and I think still are) the only ones who have done a reasonably high resolution scan of the whole country.
local.live.com is therefore a good place to find aerial maps.
I do wonder if we'll ever reach the stage where Google are wealthy enough to just buy their own satellite and produce images from that....
To be fair to Microsoft, they've also gone out and sorted out these 'bird's eye' things, which is covering an increasing number of cities across the UK. They're absolutely fantastic images. Not sure about all of the cities, but know that parts of London, all of Cambridge, Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and Brighton have been covered. Well worth checking them out.
william posted:
LONDON posted:
patrickm posted:
I've noticed that SKY have started using Microsoft's Virtual Earth for their graphics, instead of googles. Anyone know why this is?
If you look at Google Earth for ariel photographs for much of this country, they are blurred. It is really only the area around london and large cities which are clear enough to see streets and buliding clearly. So maybee that is why they have switched to the microsoft version.
Microsoft have bought up all the data from Getmapping (the company that the Queen had shares in) - they were (and I think still are) the only ones who have done a reasonably high resolution scan of the whole country.
local.live.com is therefore a good place to find aerial maps.
I do wonder if we'll ever reach the stage where Google are wealthy enough to just buy their own satellite and produce images from that....
To be fair to Microsoft, they've also gone out and sorted out these 'bird's eye' things, which is covering an increasing number of cities across the UK. They're absolutely fantastic images. Not sure about all of the cities, but know that parts of London, all of Cambridge, Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and Brighton have been covered. Well worth checking them out.