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- Light Speed
- Nanotubes
- Body counts
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Feedback
- From John Noble
- I was listening to Episode 490 through YouTube. When you got to the remember when segment, I had a sudden flashback when you showed the IBM keypunch machine. I spent many hours at the university computer center between midnight and 6am typing programs on cards using those machines. I also used the commodore PET computer in the physics lab to control equipment and my first personal computer was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III. Thanks for the sudden flashback to distant memories buried deep within my mind.
- From Jorge:
- I’m back near Antwerp now, I no longer work at Google. So no need to live in the French speaking part. But what iv did at Google and what I can talk about is ok my CV. Also I’d use that new Japanese supercomputer for figuring out stronger cryptography!
On This Day In History for December 7, 2016
This is the 341st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining in 2016.
- It was on this date in 1732, that The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
- 229 years ago today, Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- Also today in 1869, American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
- Also on December 7, 1917, as part of World War I, the United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- It was on this date in 1930, that W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
- It was 75 years ago today, that the Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- Also on December 7, 1963, Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth on this date in 1972.
- That same date in 1982, In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
- It was also this date in 1995 that The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
- That same date in 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
- Also today in 2015, The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Persian astronomer and author, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, born on this date in 903.
- Born December 7, 1810, German physiologist and biologist Theodor Schwann.
- Leopold Kronecker, the Polish-German mathematician and academic was born 193 years ago today.
- Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic, Danilo Blanuša was born 113 years ago today.
- American voice actor and singer, Clarence “Ducky” Nash, born on this date in 1904.
- Born December 7, 1905, Dutch-American astronomer and academic Gerard Kuiper.
- American actor, Ted Knight, born on this date in 1923.
- American actor, Jeffrey Wright is 51 today – among other roles, he plays Bernard in HBO’s Westworld.
- Also born on that same date in 1989, English actor, Nicholas Hoult – he plays Beast in the X-Men films.
- Also turning 27 today is American actor Caleb Landry Jones played Banshee in X-Man Last Stand.
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
Listener Birthday Calendar for December 7-December 13:
- 07 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK
- 08 – DanDman
- 08 – Gydian (Michael H.)
- 09 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)
- 12 – Deckrd
- 12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)
- 12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 7, 2016
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News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Slack looks great running on a Commodore 64 – The Verge
- My Door – Guy makes a Fireplace out of an iMac
- Nanotubes can turn water solid when it should be boiling
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Question of the week:
- What do you think wearables of the future will be like?
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