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IOFFL on air with Newstalk 106FM this Sunday

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  • 14-09-2002 7:29pm
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    Dangger
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    IrelandOffline have been invited to take part in an in studio discussion on the current Irish Internet situation, by Newstalk 106FM's business show (10am -12pm Sunday).

    The panel will include Karlin Lillington (Technical journalist who writes Irish Times and many other publications....) and some familar faces from IOFFL! ;)

    We will be on air after the 11 o'clock news this Sunday (15th).


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    segadreamcast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,872 ✭✭✭segadreamcast


    Best of luck ^_^ as a radio enthusiast/amateur DJ/general all-round internet guy I shall be listening with great interest.

    Meanwhile, maybe you should look into getting a spot on SpinTalk (103.8 FM) the station has about three times more listeners than Newstalk 106 and they're always into internet related stuff.


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    _sheep
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    gud luck lads, ill expect cheap broadband in 4 weeks then :)


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    obewan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 165 ✭✭obewan


    Good luck folks, will be listening in.


    Mick.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by Muirthile


    Is that 11am or 11pm? :confused:

    am.

    Morning.

    Sure, any stereotype journalist wouldn't go near a radio station at night - it'd waste valuable pub time:)

    Technically you could say that "12am" meaning "midnight" and "12pm" meaning "noon" doesn't make sense (am: ante meridiem, "being before noon", usage dating from 1563; pm: post meridiem, "being after noon", usage dating from 1647)

    However as a general rule 12pm is interpreted as noon. Never as midnight. Even if on a literal level that makes no sense whatever. See here and here. One of the big reasons the 24-hour clock makes sense for everyday use.


    Dammit, I'm turning into Yoda (the boards guy, not the green muppet):)


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    SkepticOne
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    Originally posted by sceptre

    Technically you could say that "12am" meaning "midnight" and "12pm" meaning "noon" doesn't make sense (am: ante meridiem, "being before noon", usage dating from 1563; pm: post meridiem, "being after noon", usage dating from 1647)
    So we're only going to have a two hour business show; not fourteen hours? Business enthusiasts will be disappointed.

    On the subject of business, check out the Sunday Tribune which will have an interview with Chairman Dave Long.


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    Tellox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    Is there any way to tune into this over the web?


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    SkepticOne
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    Excellent work there from Dave and Martin. Well done. Very unfortunate that the ODTR could not make it at the last minute.


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    ralphaverbuch
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    Hi D

    I tuned in to 106 this morning and caught the last part of the discussion. Very interesting.

    I'm pretty sure that, for anyone confused at all the issues surrounding this topic, you cleared the muddied waters a bit...

    RA


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    Dustaz
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    Im in work and missed it. Dont suppose anyone got an mp3?
    Failing that, any chance of a synopsis?


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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭ando


    I taught the name of our organisation was IrelandOFFline and not IrelandONline :rolleyes:

    twice the presenter called us IrelandONline ...

    anyway, good job lads & lassies


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    Bios
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Bios


    any chance of an mp3 plz?


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    #13
    Dangger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Dangger


    I'll get an MP3 and transcript sourced from my recording asap. It was on for about 50 minutes so I'll need some time to pull the transcipt together.


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    oscarBravo
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    Can I suggest that you make an Ogg of the recording, as well as an MP3? I've been avoiding MP3s as a matter of principle for some time now, and you should be able to make a nice small mono Ogg at quality -1.


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    #15
    Dangger
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    Yup I know about ogg but how prevalnet are ogg supporting players right now?


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    oscarBravo
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    Most of the major players are supporting it, either natively or through a plugin. I know Winamp3 supports it natively, and I was playing Oggs on Winamp2 for months before that through the plugin.

    I know most people will be happy with an MP3 -- as I said I'm trying to avoid them on principle, but it's just a preference. If you upload both an MP3 and an Ogg, I'll listen to the Ogg. If you only upload an MP3, I'll probably listen to it anyway.


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    Bios
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Bios


    heeh u nerds! any chance of a wav file then? :)


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