Technorama Ep486 : Intel Inside!

In this Episode:

  • Lots of Feedbackzapp3
  • Lame Superpowers
  • Zapp Brannigan for President

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Feedback

  • Voice mail voice mail voice mail
    • Brad P – Voicemail transcription
    • Brad P  – Buried products
    • Fax
    • Jack Jaffe – Unlimited data
    • Brad P – Scanners
    • Krazy Joe – DS9
    • Fax
    • Krazy Joe – John Edwards

On This Day In History for October 5, 2016

This is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining in 2016.

  • It was on this date in 1582 that Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
  • The City of Anaheim, California is founded 159 years ago today.
  • Also today in 1905, Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
  • In World War I, the first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality on this date in 1914.
  • The World Series of baseball is broadcast on the radio for the first time on this date in 1921.
  • That same date in 1947, The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
  • Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California on this date in 1955.
  • It was 54 years ago today that Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
  • The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You”, is released in the United Kingdom 54 years ago today.
  • 47 years ago today, The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC One.
  • October 5, 1970, The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
  • Also today in 1982, Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.
  • Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on this date in 1984.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to

  • Czech mathematician and philosopher Bernard Bolzano, born on this date in 1781.
  • Also born October 5, 1864 French director and producer, Louis Lumière.
  • The father of liquid fueled rocketry, Robert H. Goddard was born today in 1882.
  • Today is also the birthday of the man who started the McDonald’s restaurant chain, Ray Kroc.
  • “Mr. Candid Camera”, Allen Ludden would have been 99 today.
  • Cartoonist Bil Keane was born on this date in 1922.
  • October 5, 1929 is also the birthday of Astronaut Richard F. Gordon.
  • Another astronaut, Ukrainian Pavel Popovich is exactly one year younger.
  • Sticking with the space theme, Neil deGrasse Tyson is 58.
  • Another cosmologist, Sean M. Carroll is 50 today.
  • and finally, English actress Kate Winslet is 41.

Listener birthdays

  • 06 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)
  • 09 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT – SUE – KOE)
  • 09 – Mario (New Jersey)
  • 09 – Liisa Tomasi
  • 10 – Victor Cajiao
  • 10 – Garrett Riffal
  • 10 – Rhett Hastings
  • 11 – Bruce Barr

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 5, 2016

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Geek Library

Binary Challenge..Is it True or Is it False?

  • The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet
  • The first hard disk drive was made in 1977, and could hold only 1MB of data

Question of the week:

  • Come up with a lame super power!

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