Coming up in this episode…
- One of Dr. Michio Kaku’s prediction has just come true
- RoboCop may be helping out at a prison near you
- Would you hack an elevator
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Letters
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On This Day In History for November 30, 2011
- It was on this date in 1783 that a 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
- It was also November 30 1824 that the first ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal. It opens for a trial run exactly five years to the date in 1829.
- The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph today in 1934.
- November 30, 1954 in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
- Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released today in 1982.
- and it was just 12 years ago that British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe‘s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Italian architect Andrea Palladio born today in 1508
- Ernst Chladni, the German physicist was also born on this date 1756
- Gunsmith, Oliver Winchester, was born November 30, 1810
- He shares his birthday with writer Mark Twain, born 25 years later in 1835
- Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate Nils Gustaf Dalén was also born on this date in 1869
- Actor Robert Guillaume turns 84
- TV host Dick Clark celebrates his 82nd birthday today.
- Russian mathematician Dmitri Victorovich Anosov turns 75
- and finally, British film director Ridley Scott, reaches his 74th birthday today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 30, 2011
News
- South Korea plans trial run of robot prison guards
- 700,000 HAM licenses and still going strong
- Walking through doorways causes forgetting
- Hence the Rich Hall sniglet “Destinesia”
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Three player chess
- Don’t have room? Try the zero footprint – vertical chess set
- How to hack an elevator
- Smart contacts are coming!
- Dr. Kaku was right again!
Remember When
What the Chuck!
Geek Library
- Kickstarter project – Narratavius
- Twine – Kickstarter Project
- How to read a schematic
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Chuck,
Great obscure reference to “Crazy Eddie”. Larry Niven is a fantastic Sci Fi writer and his Mote in God’s Eye might just be his best work. Its hard to compare to Ringworld, but once you get beyond the idea of a “ring world” or Dyson’s sphere, the story is not remarkable. Moties…on the other hand…very cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God%27s_Eye
I hear there are two more sequel “Motie” books. If your listeners have read and recommend them, let us know.
Thanks
Chris (cant remember a meeting) Hansen