The BBC (unsurprisingly) have a fascinating documentary that goes behind the scenes during the construction of a new tube line - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04b7h1w
It shows the unbelievable precision required to build a new tunnel given the amount of existing tube lines and other, often unexpected, underground structures. Well worth watching.
Geographical restrictions are the worst. They want more money and advertisers aren't paying international broadcast rates. have you tried one of those browser add on vpn tunnels. theyre often dodgy as fuck but get the job done.
In this case, it's a legal requirement on the BBC. Their funding for iPlayer comes directly from the license fee that UK live-TV watchers legally have to pay annually. They do re-sell their content around the world and even have a commercial branch, BBC Worldwide, which creates content for the US and other markets, and also allows them to show adverts in those markets (which they can't do in the UK, again due to the license fee).
I guess they don't put everything on BBC Worldwide due to costs (getting permission from rights holders etc.) and instead prioritise those things they think are likely to sell.
BBC World used to be awesome. I used to look forward to staying in a hotel that had it to catch up on some British shows that I normally don't see. However nowadays it seems to be mostly Star Trek reruns. (?)
Using a VPN still works fine for me on all my devices (iPhone, various computers, streaming boxes etc) - as a UK expat iPlayer via VPN is a critical lifeline to home.
Things are probably going to get trickier in this regard shortly though once user accounts are made mandatory. Despite the BBC's claims, I wouldn't be surprised if this is step one in a plan to ensure all viewers have paid the UK TV Licence fee, especially following the recent closing of the loophole that allowed you to legally view iPlayer content in the UK without a TV licence if you didn't have a physical TV set.
(For those not familiar, UK residents are typically required to pay 147 quid or so a year if they own a TV or access the iPlayer service, which contributes to funding the BBC. Hilariously there is still a discount if you only have a black and white TV...).
I should mention that trespass on live railways (and a few other places) is a criminal offence throughout the UK, so you must get permission if you want to go anywhere on them not open to the public. Subbrit occasionally arrange tours of closed tube stations such as Down Street and South Kentish Town.
>A number of the rooms included some fans - these were monstrously huge metal tubes that hold fans inside that can be more powerful than airline jet engines
He's probably exaggerating, but smoke evacuation fans with very high power are not unusual. I was at the LA convention center once when some bozo apparently tossed a cigarette into a dumpster and set it on fire. This wasn't a big deal, because the place is concrete and fully sprinklered, but it produced a lot of smoke. The smoke evacuation fans high above the lobby were started, and wound up to aircraft propeller noise level as they sucked the smoke out of the building. Worked fine; SIGGRAPH went on as scheduled.
Hi - author here. I'm afraid I don't have any statistics on this matter - in this case I was relaying what the staff told me. I will see if any of my friends in engineering can confirm this.
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[ 1.9 ms ] story [ 72.2 ms ] threadIt shows the unbelievable precision required to build a new tunnel given the amount of existing tube lines and other, often unexpected, underground structures. Well worth watching.
I guess they don't put everything on BBC Worldwide due to costs (getting permission from rights holders etc.) and instead prioritise those things they think are likely to sell.
It's as if they _want_ us to BitTorrent Great British Bake-Off.
Things are probably going to get trickier in this regard shortly though once user accounts are made mandatory. Despite the BBC's claims, I wouldn't be surprised if this is step one in a plan to ensure all viewers have paid the UK TV Licence fee, especially following the recent closing of the loophole that allowed you to legally view iPlayer content in the UK without a TV licence if you didn't have a physical TV set.
(For those not familiar, UK residents are typically required to pay 147 quid or so a year if they own a TV or access the iPlayer service, which contributes to funding the BBC. Hilariously there is still a discount if you only have a black and white TV...).
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/11/iplayer-catchu...
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a833482/bbc-stars-salaries...
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-...
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/
I should mention that trespass on live railways (and a few other places) is a criminal offence throughout the UK, so you must get permission if you want to go anywhere on them not open to the public. Subbrit occasionally arrange tours of closed tube stations such as Down Street and South Kentish Town.
Are we talking CFM or specific impulse?