Technorama Ep454 : Dasani Mars Water

Coming up in this episode…

• More Force Awakens rumors
• You could own your own satellite
• an awesome 8-track play

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Feedback

• What was the worst sci-fi book you’ve ever read:
• Mad Marv: Hyperion – I don’t always remember the books I couldn’t finish, but this one I remember because it was the first (and so far only) time I returned a book to Audible for a refund. Marv
• Nicholas: A friend of mine recently told me to read the “Witches of Karres”, and being a fast reader I did.  The book was something like 300 pages long and the only reason I read them all was because I have some sort of OCD that means I can’t leave a book unread.  It was only after I was done my friend admitted he wanted to torture me. The book Kreg read was “The Return”  http://ift.tt/1KBQ43l Yes, it was horrible.

On This Day In History for November 4, 2015

This is the 308th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining in 2015.

• It was on this date in 1783 that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• November 4, 1847, Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
• Also today in 1890, City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
• It was 93 years ago today that In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA 63 years ago today.
• 55 years ago today, At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• It was 42 years ago today that The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• French mathematician and engineer, Pierre-Simon Girard born on this date in 1765.
• Born that same date in 1879 American actor and screenwriter, Will Rogers.
• Today is also the birthday of the inventor of the tractor – Harry Ferguson, born today in 1884.
• November 4th is the birthday of the woman who created the Barbie doll – Ruth Handler who would have been 99 today.
• Actor Art Carney would have been 97
• Dutch businessman, Freddy Heineken was born today in 1923, I’m sure you can figure out what his business is from his last name
• Actress Loretta Swit is 78 today.
• and finally, the original Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio turns 54!

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 4, 2015

News

• For Sale: Two Satellites, Lightly Used
• Man found not guilty for shooting down a drone

Listener Birthday Calendar

• 04 – Avner (OMG, it’s 2014 – I’m 40 already)
• 05 – Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)
• 08 – Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE, host of The Weird Show
• 08 – OnTheDrift
• 10 – John Noble from the Island

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

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Cosmic Rays Could Help Unlock the Secrets of the Pyramids
• This Was the First Murder Solved Using Geology

Shout out to the chat room

Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30 PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you’ll see the announcement when we join the hangout.

Remember When

• Portable 8-Track Player – With Karaoke feature?

Media Corner

• [Theory] Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens: StarWars
• Just in case you wanted to cosplay for The Force Awakens…

Geek Library

• The Secret Lives of ‘Star Wars’ Extras | Motherboard

Question of the week:

• Which movie did you walk out of?

No show next week – the Binary Studios in Phoenix will be closed so the maintenance cleanup crew can do their job after the last time Mike, Ben, and Keith were here. In the meantime, Donna and I will take a vacation.
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