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NPR's Car Talk Switches Back To RealAudio
taped2thedesk writes "Today, NPR's Car Talk, a 'call in talk [radio] show about car mechanics', announced they were switching back to RealAudio, after dumping it for Windows Media a few months ago. When the show switched to Windows Media, Real took notice and convinced the show to switch back, by addressing various listener complaints about their player (many of which were fixed in RealPlayer 10). The hosts say: 'We believe [Real have] made a serious and successful attempt to address those things that our listeners complained about most... They even offered to serve the audio for free online, which defrays an expense we'd otherwise have to cover.'"
Engaging in floor bugle.
because they are using Real
Between Real cleaning up their program and M$ putting out opensource, Im going to stock up on blankets- hell should be freezing over shortly.
hey slashdotters, this is a story about CAR TALK, not REAL PLAYER. :P
I thought those guys were a piece of annoyware. Go figure.
That's the only line that means anything in the whole article.
Why is this news? I can walk down to the streetcorner if I want to see whores.
I suspect it may have been their Chief Legal Counsel, Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe.
Nice to know that I can listen to Click and Clack on my computer without being constantly bombarded with pop-ups from a piece of annoyware.
You think that was bad? I used to listen to them on the radio in the car. You know how hard it is to close a popup on your windshield while keeping your hands at 2 and 10? It's damned hard, I tell you.
Lately democracy seems to be based on the skybox, the Happy Meal box, the X-box, and the idiot box.
Why not just listen to NPR on the radio?!
...You insensitive clod!
Because my local NPR station plays light string music instead of talk radio 90% of the time that I'm near a radio!
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
Why is becoming more liberal considered a pro? I know Slashdot is Libertarian central, but not all of us are Libertarians. Also, saying that its news coverage is better than Fox News is like saying winning the lottery is better than being raped.
If you find this post offensive, don't read it! THINK ABOUT YOUR BREATHING! I am what I am because of how apes behave.
Unless you're fortunate enough to live in an area that can pick up more than one NPR station. At least here, they haven't become smart enough to run their fund drives simultaneously :).
Egon: It would be bad.
Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad thing. Whattya mean "bad?"
Egon: Try to imagine all media players as you set them up stopping instantaneously and every file association on your computer exploding at the speed of light.
Ray: Total protonic reversal....
Venkman: Right, that's bad...OK.. important safety tip. Thanks, Slashdot.
Bryan R.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, or $12.50 as seen on eBay.....
There is something redundant about this sentiment, but I can't quite figure out what it is.
Sorry....low blow
Maybe because the twice a year fund drives on my NPR stations last on average about 6 months apiece.
My friend got a voice-activated car radio.
You say "Rock", you get the rock station.
You say "Country", you get the redneck station.
You say "Classical", you get Beethoven and friends.
The other day, he was driving around and two kids ran right out in front of his car.
He screamed "Fucking Kids!"
The radio started playing Michael Jackson...
I don't know about problems with RealPl
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