{"id":3471,"date":"2012-03-06T22:12:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:07","slug":"technorama-ep-336-sign-on-the-dotted-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/03\/06\/technorama-ep-336-sign-on-the-dotted-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 336 &#8211; Sign on the dotted line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s election season and one of our favorites has won<\/li>\n<li>What ever happened to toys of mass destruction?<\/li>\n<li>A social network I\u2019ll never be joining &#8211; EVER!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen below with the audio player or <a title=\"Technorama Ep 336 \u2013 Sign on the dotted line\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/03\/06\/technorama-ep-336-sign-on-the-dotted-line\/\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the hangout<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>07 &#8211; Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer<\/li>\n<li>07 &#8211; Caleb from <a href=\"http:\/\/dwithe.com\/\">Dancing With Elephants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk<\/li>\n<li>11 &#8211; Andy Helsby of <a href=\"http:\/\/absoblogginlutely.net\/\">Absoblogginlutely!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11 &#8211; Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken<\/li>\n<li>13 &#8211; Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.<\/li>\n<li>Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you\u2019ll see the announcement when we join the hangout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Shattuck writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHey Guys,<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a social engineering hack. \u00a0A security expert used several social engineering techniques to sneak in to the RSA Security Conference. \u00a0Kind of ironic, huh? \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nTake care,<br \/>\nWill\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>On This Day In History for March 7, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1876 that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Graham_Bell\">Alexander Graham Bell<\/a> is granted a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent\">patent<\/a> for an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invention\">invention<\/a> he calls the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telephone\">telephone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\">German<\/a> liner <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse\">SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse<\/a> becomes the first ship to send <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wireless_telegraphy\">wireless<\/a> signals to shore today in 1900.<\/li>\n<li>and it was 100 years ago today that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roald_Amundsen\">Roald Amundsen<\/a> announces that his expedition had reached the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Pole\">South Pole<\/a> nearly 3 months earlier.<\/li>\n<li>on March 7, 1950, The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet Union<\/a> issues a statement denying that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaus_Fuchs\">Klaus Fuchs<\/a> served as a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet<\/a> spy.<\/li>\n<li>it was today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1985\">1985<\/a> that The song &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_Are_the_World\">We Are the World<\/a>&#8221; has its international release.<\/li>\n<li>Divers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Preserver_(ARS-8)\">USS Preserver<\/a> locate the crew cabin of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-51-L\">Challenger<\/a> on the ocean floor 26 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>and today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1994\">1994<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> rules that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc.\">parodies of an original work are generally covered<\/a> by the doctrine of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\">fair use<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kepler_(spacecraft)\">Kepler<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_observatory\">space observatory<\/a>, designed to discover <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrestrial_planet\">Earth-like planets<\/a> orbiting other stars, is launched exactly three years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French physicist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_C%C3%A9sar_Becquerel\">Antoine C\u00e9sar Becquerel<\/a> born on this date in 1788<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1792\">1792<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Herschel\">John Herschel<\/a>, the English mathematician and astronomer<\/li>\n<li>Astrophotography pioneer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Draper\">Henry Draper<\/a> was born on this date in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1837\">1837<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American television broadcaster <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willard_Scott\">Willard Scott<\/a> turns 78 today<\/li>\n<li>Astronomer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Hale_(astronomer)\">Alan Hale<\/a> turns 54<\/li>\n<li>and finally actor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TJ_Thyne\">TJ Thyne<\/a> turns 37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for March 7, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5890171\/how-was-bender-bending-rodriguez-elected-head-of-the-washington-school-board\">Bender elected head of school board<\/a> &#8211; REALLY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5889677\/nasa-lost-a-laptop-with-unencrypted-space-station-codes\">NASA lost a laptop with unencrypted space station codes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ralphmcquarrie.com\/index.html\">Ralph McQuarrie passes away. Long time concept artist for a TON of Scifi properties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5890022\/the-gun-shaped-usb-flash-drive-is-your-leave+this+peripheral+at+home-deal-of-the-day\">The flash drive you\u2019ll want to leave home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywh.at\/2012\/03\/01\/life-altering-cupcake-automat-of-the-day\">Do we really need a cupcake ATM?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/93882\/warp-drives-may-come-with-a-killer-downside\/\">Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside<\/a><\/li>\n<li>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk\">Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5889632\/educational-toys-of-yesteryear-taught-important-atomic-bomb-dropping-skills\">Toy to teach you to drop atom bombs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5890247\/how-much-would-it-cost-to-rent-a-tardis-for-a-year\">How much would it cost to rent the TARDIS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2012\/02\/29\/rejected-star-wars-toy-concepts-pics\">Rejected Star Wars Toys<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Concept art: <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5888647\/star-wars-lightsaber-rolling-papers-for-your-trip-to-the-dark-side\">Star Wars light saber rolling papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>* (from Reddit)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/qgero\/i_judged_a_science_fair\/\"> &#8211; I Judged A Science Fair<\/a>&#8230; &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/TomGh.jpg\"> Is terminal velocity attainable in Portal 2?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Chuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5888915\/would-you-use-a-condom+based-foursquare-to-check-in-when-you-have-safe-sex\">A location based condom?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5888949\/hilariously-bleak-visions-of-the-future-as-predicted-by-schoolchildren-in-1976\">Kid\u2019s visions of the year 2076 from 100 years earlier<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We appreciate your support. 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