Technorama Ep 443 : HTTPS

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Drones with guns
Zombies ahead
Chicken church

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Last week’s question: What book have you owned the longest?
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What video game should be rebooted?
- I’m not sure if they need to remake it, but just last week I pulled out a NES emulator and started up Super Mario Brothers 1 through 3. My kids (5-10 years old) were mesmerized, but of course they thought it was new. They thought it was so cool they left the living room where they were playing Skylanders something something something on the XBox to come to my office and play it on a much smaller screen. I’m thinking if they decided to remake it with some sort of twist my kids (ok, and myself) would play it forever. — Nicholas
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On This Day In History for July 29, 2015

This is the 210th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining in 2015.

It was on this date in 1793 that John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
July 29, 1836, Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music on this date in 1945.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established 58 years ago today.
That same date in 1958, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
It was 39 years ago today that In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the “Son of Sam”) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
July 29, 1981, A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Also today in 1987, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris on this date in 2005.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Russian-American engineer and inventor of the Iconoscope, Vladimir K. Zworykin, born on this date in 1888.
Also born on this date in 1923, Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer
The founder of Marshall Amplification, Jim Marshall, was born July 29, 2015
One of my favorite English actors, David Warner turns 74 today.
American director and producer Ken Burns is 62.
Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer from Rush was also born the exact same day as Ken Burns, July 29, 1953
We’re still double checking the age on this one… If you check his Facebook profile, Dean Haglund is 46, but Wikipedia reports he is 50.
And finally, Wil Wheaton is 43 today.

A quick reminder, Friday July 31 is 16th annual System Administrators day! Tell your Sysadmin how much you appreciate them.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 29, 2015

News

Wyoming man smuggles cow eyeballs – guess how?
San Francisco to get pee-proof paint

Listener Birthday Calendar

July

29 – Shaun Farrell, host of the Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast
30 – Brian Hunt aka Zaphodbblx
30 – Richard Vobes
31 – Wedding Anniversary of Will The Computer Guy (2007, 9 years)

August

2 – Brian Ibbott
3 – Johnee Bee

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Hacks & Strange Stories

Question of the week: If you could hack a digital road sign, what would you say?

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