[Discuss] CBC again...sigh

[Deryk Barker]

R. Langkamer wrote:
> On 10/3/09 10:29 PM, George Farris wrote:
>
>> Anyone able to play this video,  I'm on Ubuntu 9.04 and no workie.
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/ID=1283979178
>>
>> Sometimes I really wonder about the CBC.
>>
>> Cheers
>> George
>
>
> <rant>
>
>     This is one reason why flash needs to be killed off and removed 
> from the internet. We already have various video codecs that work for 
> displaying video but NOOOOO someone thought they could do better and 
> make flash.
>
> </rant>
>
>
>     Any ways, I know it's not much help but to add to the list of what 
> works/doesn't... Safari 4 on 10.5.8 and it sits on pause.
>
Agree 100% about flash.

But the CBC has become a national embarrassment. It seems that almost 
every programme on the radio is repeated - sometime more than once.

"Randy's Vinyl Tap" for instance (can anyone stand to listen to this 
self-important pratt for more than a few minutes?) is broadcast at 7 
p.m. on Saturday, 6 p.m. on Sunday and 11 p.m. on Friday. Once is bad 
enough, but three times...

All of the overnight programming, from 1 a.m. to what? 6 a.m., is drawn 
from other, far better, broadcasting organisations - e.g. Radio 
Nederland, Deutsche Welle, the BBC etc.

And don't get me started on the "dumbing down" of radio 2 - what I still 
think of as CBC stereo.

deryk