{"id":3603,"date":"2012-06-12T21:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2012-06-19T19:39:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:39:40","slug":"technorama-ep344-were-not-rocket-surgeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/06\/12\/technorama-ep344-were-not-rocket-surgeons\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep344 &#8211; Were Not Rocket Surgeons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In this episode&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A crack in the center of the earth<\/li>\n<li>The most expensive way to fly in to the sun<\/li>\n<li>A way to turn your dead relatives into a cheap source of fuel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3225\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3603-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep344_120613.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep344_120613.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep344_120613.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep344_120613.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep344_120613.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhKFhtS_M98?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> Feedback<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voicemail from Mark in Memphis in Dropbox<\/li>\n<li>From listener Jack &#8211; this email:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Grandma Grace is still with us. \u00a0We&#8217;re taking her out for her birthday tonight. \u00a0She&#8217;ll be listening to this episode later today.<br \/>\n5 kids<br \/>\n15 grand kids<br \/>\n8 great-grand kids<br \/>\n2 great-great grand kids<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong> Introducing the team&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>15 &#8211; Miss Eliza Sea from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winginit3d.com\/\">Wingin&#8217; It 3D<\/a><\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; Joe Edmisson<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; Jason from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekstreak.com\/the_angry_geek.html\">The Angry Geek<\/a><\/li>\n<li>17 &#8211; Digital Dan from <a href=\"http:\/\/hookshow.blogspot.com\/\">the Hook Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li>18 &#8211; Luke (platypuss72) from UK<\/li>\n<li>18 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wetpaint.com\/account\/xianfox\">Xianfox<\/a> from Appleton<\/li>\n<li>19 &#8211; Steven (sphen603) from Wichita, Kansas<\/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> On This Day In History for June 13, 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1805 that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meriwether_Lewis\">Meriwether Lewis<\/a>, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was scouting ahead with four companions and sight the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Falls_of_the_Missouri_River\">Great Falls of the Missouri River<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1927\">1927<\/a> \u2013 Aviator <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Lindbergh\">Charles Lindbergh<\/a> receives a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ticker-tape_parade\">ticker-tape parade<\/a> down 5th Avenue in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\">New York City<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An historic meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini takes place on June 13, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1934\">1934<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venice\">Venice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\">Italy<\/a>; Mussolini later describes the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\">German<\/a> dictator as &#8220;a silly little monkey&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diamond\">diamond<\/a> mine in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">USSR<\/a>, the Mir Mine, is discovered today in 1955<\/li>\n<li>and today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969\">1969<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Governors_of_Texas\">Governor of Texas<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Preston_Smith_(governor)\">Preston Smith<\/a> signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Instruments\">Texas Instruments<\/a>, into the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas\">University of Texas at Dallas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It was on this date in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970\">1970<\/a> \u2013 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Long_and_Winding_Road\">The Long and Winding Road<\/a>&#8221; becomes <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beatles\">the Beatles<\/a>&#8216; last Number 1 song.<\/li>\n<li>Convicted <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.\">Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a> assassin <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Earl_Ray\">James Earl Ray<\/a> is recaptured on June 13, 1977 after escaping from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prison\">prison<\/a> three days before.<\/li>\n<li>29 years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_10\">Pioneer 10<\/a> becomes the first man-made object to leave the central <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solar_System\">Solar System<\/a> when it passes beyond the orbit of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neptune\">Neptune<\/a> (the furthest planet from the Sun at the time)<\/li>\n<li>18 years ago a jury in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anchorage,_Alaska\">Anchorage, Alaska<\/a>, blames recklessness by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exxon\">Exxon<\/a> and Captain <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Hazelwood\">Joseph Hazelwood<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exxon_Valdez\">Exxon Valdez<\/a> disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.<\/li>\n<li>A jury sentences <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_McVeigh\">Timothy McVeigh<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\">death<\/a> for his part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995\">1995<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma_City_bombing\">Oklahoma City bombing<\/a> on this date in 1997.<\/li>\n<li>and just 2 short years ago, a capsule of the Japanese spacecraft <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hayabusa\">Hayabusa<\/a>, containing particles of the asteroid <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25143_Itokawa\">25143 Itokawa<\/a>, returns to Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, the man who helped us understand the relationship between magnets and electricty born today in 1831<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1906\">1906<\/a>, Italian mathematician <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruno_de_Finetti\">Bruno de Finetti<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American physicist and Nobel laureat, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luis_Walter_Alvarez\">Luis Alvarez<\/a> was born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1911\">1911<\/a><\/li>\n<li>That same birthday is shared with German-born physicist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Wilhelm_M%C3%BCller\">Erwin Wilhelm M\u00fcller<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American mathematician <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Forbes_Nash,_Jr.\">John Forbes Nash, Jr<\/a>. celebrates his 84th birthday today<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Tolian Soran from Star Trek Generations, actor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malcolm_McDowell\">Malcolm McDowell<\/a> turns 69<\/li>\n<li>and finally Russian mathematician <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grigori_Perelman\">Grigori Perelman<\/a> turns 46.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for June 13, 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong> <strong><br \/>\nNews<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2012\/06\/09\/visualized-swiss-paper-prints-front-page-in-binary\/\">Online digital newspaper doesn\u2019t mean binary!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekologie.com\/2012\/06\/fish-are-stupid-robotic-fish-attracts-ta.php\">Fish welcome their robot overlords<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5916638\/stupid-jug-texts-you-when-milk-spoils\">Smart jug tells you when milk has spoiled<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5916003\/in-the-1920s-stegosaurus-had-the-ability-to-fly-like-a-hang-glider\">Remember when stegosaurus could fly?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/06\/image-of-the-day-the-matr.php\">Image of the Day: The Matrix reimagined as a &#8217;60s pulp sci-fi novel | Blastr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5917084\/futuramas-bender-should-be-included-in-every-classic-board-game-not-just-operation\">WANT! Bender version of Operation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trekmovie.com\/2012\/06\/05\/khan30-watch-rare-1982-star-trek-ii-interviews-w-shatner-nimoy-kelley-montalban-making-of-ilm-fx\/\">Khan30: Watch Rare 1982 Star Trek II Interviews w\/ Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley &amp; Montalban + Making Of ILM FX | TrekMovie.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdist.com\/2012\/06\/behind-the-scenes-at-return-of-the-jedi\/\">Behind the Scenes At \u201cReturn of the Jedi\u201d \u00ab Nerdist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Chuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5916184\/if-you-kill-someone-dont-google-how-to-do-it-first\">If you\u2019re going to kill someone don\u2019t Google it first!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Mad Marv! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ezVib_giTFo\">The manslator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> End of Show Stuff<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We appreciate your support. 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