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NPR's Car Talk Dumping RealMedia
olcrazypete writes: "Click and Clack are apparently fed up with Real Networks. They have switched to Windows Media Player format. 'Why? Because, for a long time, we've had tons of complaints about RealNetworks. And the one that ticks us off the most is the perceived trickery they use to sell their premium products. This is just our opinion, mind you, but it's shared by enough of our listeners, that we
finally decided to take action.' The whole story is here . My favorite line: 'It stinks so much that it even makes Microsoft look good by comparison. That's something, huh?'"
And you should too!
Anyone interested?
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Karma to spare, biatch!
Zophar Has Manboobs
According to many accounts from EFnet's #emu, the well known emulation site
owner/manager, Zophar has manboobs. A source who wished to remain anonymous
commented "Zophar has manboobs bigger than any woman". c0njurer, owner and
maintainer of the popular emulation site Vintagegaming.com confirmed this
statement by adding "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Zophar has bewbs!". He
lster commented "i blame lev for Zophar's manboobs". Zophar himself has
refused to comment, stating "I don't have to take any of this shit."
Zophar has since has posted a diary entry denying such claims. -Ian Easton
Stop calling your brother a chick.
An off-topic post defending NPR--often accused of being biased toward the left for various valid and invalid reasons--is modded up as "Insightful" as of this post.
Meanwhile, a post I wrote this morning defending FoxNews--often accused of being biased toward the right for various valid and invalid reasons--is modded down as "Off-topic."
Difference in ideologies?
I feel that their news is the best and least biased around because they are non-profit, they don't have to worry about keeping one side or the other happy.
That doesn't even make sense. If a private station must worry about not offending sides, that would give it even more incentive to be non-biased.
NPR gets major contributions from left-leaning entrepeneurs. They recently received several million dollars, which is more than they receive in taxpayer dollars yearly, which makes one wonder why we still have to pay for them to be on the air when they don't need us to keep them afloat.
"That show is way left of Stalin, which is not unusual for NPR."
Why is it that when someone has an opinion that is more than one step short of outright facism in this country now they are assumed to be far out there commies? I kinda got preturbed that around 2001 I went from a moderate Republican to a commie hippy liberal and didn't change any of my opinions.
Can't say I haven't change at all since realizing what was going on. Ever since being alienated by the current assholes in power, I actually started listening to what other people had to say.
The Internet Fart Chair is a chair with a cushion composed of a porous material, and it generally belongs to an internet enthusiast. When the Internet buff is too engrossed in web surfing, he often cannot bother to lift his butt out of the chair, and his farts become trapped in the porous cushion. Anyone who sits in an Internet Fart Chair can smell the farts of the owner as the pressure releases the entombed gasses. Worse than that, however, the Fart Chair releases gasses in a slow process as well, leaving a slight smell of farts in the air for many days after the last fart has been forced into the foam.
But why worry about Fart Chair? Once the user gets accustomed to the smell of his own farts, the aroma can become quite pleasurable and even evoke a sense of pride and accomplishment. The answer is quite simple. Internet enthusiasts -- let's be frank -- will often need as much on their side as possible if they are to ever have success with the opposite sex. One of the best ways to improve your chances of closing a deal with a fair maiden is to eliminate Fart Chair, or, better yet, make sure you never get Fart Chair in the first place. After all, when you first get her back to your hovel, the first thing she will notice is the smell of your Fart Chair. You might think this is no problem, but remember: If this is your crucial first time having her over, SHE HAS NOT HAD TIME TO ADJUST TO YOUR FARTS YET!
The best way to make sure Fart Chair never happens is to use a chair with a plastic, vinyl, or wooden seat. The only way to contaminate these is to sit in them naked and fart when you have an intestinal virus. Even then, a quick swipe with some windex and a rag should eliminate the smell and solids easily. But what if you like to have a soft cushion covered with comforting cloth material under you? How can you avoid Fart Chair? You will not get Fart Chair if you simply follow this simple instruction: LIFT YOUR BUTT OUT OF THE CHAIR BEFORE FARTING AND LEAVE IT ALOFT FOR 30 SECONDS. This can be remembered by memorizing the simple phrase, "LIFT, BREAK, AND WAIT." There are some obvious obstacles to carrying out this plan, not the least of which is that if you eat a lot of fart-producing foods, you will get tired of lifting, holding, then sitting down again. Consider eating less gasseous foods.
You're doing great! I'm proud of your progress. But what if you already have Internet Fart Chair? You have probably already tried bouncing on it, beating it, sweeping it, but nothing worked. Internet Fart Chair can be a daunting enemy. There is one way, however, to beat Fart Chair decisively. Use a vacuum cleaner with the hose attached, but with no attachment on the end. Press the hose end repeatedly into the cushion, compressing the porous material, and repeat over the entire surface of the cushion. The farts will be quickly and efficiently sucked from the cushion! No more embarassing rejection by the girl of your dreams! You will have plenty of time to get her used to the smell of your farts later, but for now, it is best to stay on the safe side. Happy surfing!
What exactly is this piece of wisdom based on?
I notice that, apart from the movie trailers that Apple has set up a Pimp/Ho relationship with the studios to get hold of, almost everything of any real (pun) interest is available in Windows Media or RealPlayer streaming formats.
I know this because I made a point of not installing any crappy extra software (e.g. RealPlayer/Quicktime) on my machine for a long time, but eventually I folded and got RealPlayer because so much was offered in RP and I was sick of media player. So far I have not felt the need to get Quicktime, and there are very few things I can't watch despite my bereftness of annoying Apple software.
Incidentally, PC users who like iTunes *seriously* need to look at Winamp 5, personally I think it does virtually everything iT does but has a lot more flexibility and is actually designed to run in the Windows environment in terms of the GUI, functionality etc. Plus the visualisation packages are wayyyy cooler.
Read Pynchon.
I didn't know you were his brother!
If you read here long enough or hang with any specific group of tech type people in the real world, you would find out what frustrations and experience individuals have with MS or any company for that matter. Wether you agree with their individual opinions on what bothers them is up to you. There is no one thing that MS does that everyone here does not like (although there are trends). Slashdot readers and posters can not be globbed under one set of general dislikes and likes. Bottom line, people have been dealing with MS for years in many capacities (administration, end users, tech support, purchasing, development, integration, competing products etc...), they have formed an opinion on the company based on past experience. There is no bulleted list that someone could post that describes what an individual likes and dislikes about MS that would apply to everyone.
I work with people that administer MS networks very well, they have very little to complain about with MS, oddly enough, every one of them has NEVER used anything else and probably don't know what CLI means either.. You can take that either way.
Bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly.
Hmm... a post about RealPlayer in a discussion about RealPlayer... that's REALLY offtopic. What was I thinking. Fuckin mods... if I had my gun I'd show them...[mutters]
Read Pynchon.