Why Radio is cool

[Don_U]

It's asynchronous, this listening.

[bob]

you're going to need to explain that.....

[Don_U]

you are capable of processing two or more streams of audio.
Radio does not require visual processing or other senses to be effective.
Other tasks can be processed simultaneously without one affecting the listening experience.

[bob]

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a·syn·chro·nous
[ey-sing-kruh-nuhs]
adjective
1.
not occurring at the same time.
2.
(of a computer or other electrical machine) having each operation started only after the preceding operation is completed.
3.
Computers, Telecommunications. of or pertaining to operation without the use of fixed time intervals (opposed to synchronous ).

[Don_U]

Via Google:

1) Of or requiring a form of computer control timing protocol in which a specific operation begins upon receipt of an indication (signal)...
2) Not going at the same rate or exactly together with something else.

dictionary.com is not quite accurate they describe consecutive procedure.

[RedDog]

I agree radio is cool, but then I would do. I am a radio ham.
I can talk and listen while I surf the net, or paint or draw or edit photographs or any number of other things. Even when I am eating I can listen. I can write a novel, poetry or song lyrics at the same time but then it gets asynchronous and I often loose my train of thought. I have been known to listen to music on headphones while carrying on a conversation on ham radio and typing an article for my blog while eating my lunch. And Mrs Reddog says I can't multi-task.