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| Thread ID: 142583 | 2016-07-29 10:25:00 | This'll make you get behind eradicating stoats and possums and cats | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 1423803 | 2016-07-29 10:25:00 | Hey guys, here's 2 videos not to be missed: a BBC production in two parts with some amazing footage of parts of our country most people never imagined could exist. Forget about the usual mudpools and Mitre Peak and Kiwis in captivity ... this includes footage of the brown kiwi foraging in daylight on a beach. Penguins on one of our remote offshore islands. Footage including the Christchurch earthquake. Tuatara, wetas et al. Not the usual documentary fare, these two programs are superbly captivating in anybody's language. Voiced by Sam Neil. 1 ... New Zealand ... Cast Adrift (www.bbc.co.uk) 2 ... New Zealand ... Wild Extremes (www.bbc.co.uk) The only catch, you will need to get the BBC iPlayer to watch these if you haven't already. :):) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1423804 | 2016-07-29 10:35:00 | Ur, sorry Wal, links don't work, iPad says BBC iplayer doesn't work outside the UK? LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1423805 | 2016-07-29 11:04:00 | Ur, sorry Wal, links don't work, iPad says BBC iplayer doesn't work outside the UK? LL Cough cough.... an appropriate VPN will give you a UK IP address;) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1423806 | 2016-07-29 20:35:00 | The biggest cause of loss of habitat and the decline of wildlife are humans. In particular - developers. Lets exterminate them, there isn't a shortage of people.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1423807 | 2016-07-29 20:43:00 | The biggest cause of loss of habitat and the decline of wildlife are humans. In particular - developers.Lets exterminate them, there isn't a shortage of people....In which case, build up, not out ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1423808 | 2016-07-29 21:14:00 | Cough cough.... an appropriate VPN will give you a UK IP address;) :eek: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1423809 | 2016-07-29 21:57:00 | Again, please don't let anyone be discouraged by any association with the documentary genre . Both these programs capture only very briefly the usual tourist fare of marauding keas, kiwis in captivity, mud pools etc . Instead they offer some more important and less frivolous footage: a young tuatara fleeing from an older one with cannibalistic intent, penguins in the forest (I always thought penguins were only found on the sea shore), a brown kiwi foraging on the beach in daylight (I always associated kiwi as being only nocturnal and forest dwelling), dolphins and whales cavorting, mother dolphins teaching their young how to communicate, our favourite parrot, the kea, is the only one to exist above the snow line . Whilst I knew the kea was the most intelligent of birds, I didn't know it was also endangered . These programs don't lecture, but I at least from watching them became aware of how our native flora and fauna is . And importantly, how delicate the balance of survival vs extinction is . Sam Neill gives an excellent commentary . The programs are only available on BBC iPlayer for the next few weeks . I hope everybody takes the opportunity to view them . |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1423810 | 2016-07-30 00:39:00 | In which case, build up, not out ;) How about quit breeding like flies instead? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1423811 | 2016-07-30 02:43:00 | I am not discouraged by documentaries, I am however discouraged by VPNs. Can't be arsed faffing about with them. I was using unotelly for a while but it stopped working with Netflix and I gave up on it. Sounds good though, maybe they'll show up somewhere locally one day. I'm with pctek, no need to build at all that way. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1423812 | 2016-07-30 03:52:00 | I mainly use MS SSTP protocol VPN, there are numerous free VPN servers, so it's no big deal really, easy to set up, just login to the server to get username and current password. What I found with the BBC Iplayer Download program is that after around 12 - 13 MB have been downloaded at some abysmally low speed, the VPN can be disconnected and the download will continue at around up to 1.5MB/sec until complete, using ADSL2. I notice the BBC are blocking IP addresses from some UK VPNs as part of their ongoing battle against non UK visitors. :waughh: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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