{"id":3847,"date":"2012-12-04T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2012-12-04T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T02:47:34","slug":"technorama-ep-362-lottery-losers-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/12\/04\/technorama-ep-362-lottery-losers-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep.362: Lottery Losers (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientists discover new use for salt<\/li>\n<li>The secrets of the universe, as told by children<\/li>\n<li>Luke demands DNA test from Vader as proof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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\/fH1bbfYy-cc?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>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>Nov 28 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/thesweetsers.blogspot.com\/\">Ben Sweetser<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dec 01 &#8211; Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)<\/li>\n<li>Dec 02 &#8211; Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast<\/li>\n<li>Dec 06 &#8211; SuperMoonMan<\/li>\n<li>Dec 07 &#8211; Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK<\/li>\n<li>Dec 08 &#8211; DanDman<\/li>\n<li>Dec ?? &#8211; Gydian (Michael H.)<\/li>\n<li>Dec 09 &#8211; Steve Kite (BigUnit62)<\/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 December 5, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic.<\/li>\n<li>Also on that same date in 1766 \u2013 In London, James Christie holds his first sale.<\/li>\n<li>December 5, 1848 in a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.<\/li>\n<li>German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa today in 1932<\/li>\n<li>Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle 67 years ago today<\/li>\n<li>Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated on this date in 1958 in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.<\/li>\n<li>Also on that same date, the Preston bypass, the UK&#8217;s first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.<\/li>\n<li>The last of the ARPANET Nodes closed today in 1969.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American General George Armstrong Custer born on this date in 1839<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in 1879, American airplane manufacturer Clyde Cessna<\/li>\n<li>Austrian born film director Fritz Lang was born today in 1890<\/li>\n<li>Walt Disney was born 111 years ago<\/li>\n<li>Sharing his birthday with Walt Disney same birthday, German physicist and Nobel laureate Werner Heisenberg<\/li>\n<li>And finally American radio personality Doctor Dre turns 49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 12, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Merry Christmas to me! <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5961888\/this-guy-built-a-bot-that-sends-him-random-crap-from-amazon\">Man builds bot to send himself random crap from Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockergnome.com\/mobile\/2012\/12\/02\/commbadge-brings-star-trek-communicators-to-life-on-android-or-ios\/\">The Star Trek communicator is on its way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5963870\/guy-builds-an-x+ray-backscatter-machine-in-his-garage-doesnt-have-to-take-his-shoes-off\">Man builds X-Ray backscatter machine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Remember When<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.com\/2012\/11\/girls-dressed-as-appliances-at-the-los-angeles-electrical-exposition\/\">1936 LA Electrical Expo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5964809\/in-the-1920s-businesses-tricked-shoppers-by-putting-fake-television-sets-in-their-windows\">In the 20s, some sellers fake TV\u2019s in the display windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li>{edit 27:19}<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/11\/21\/tech\/innovation\/witch-computer-restoration\/index.html\">61 year old computer comes back to life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Chuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here\u2019s a Christmas idea: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickenvy.com\/Shop\/p-482-14k-Solid-Gold-LEGO-Employee-Brick-2x4-Brick-in-Display-Box.html\">A $14K lego brick!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Geek Library<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Vaughn idea: Monthly book review &#8211; (2 min per book TOPS)\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck:\n<ul>\n<li>The Evernote Bible &#8211; Brandon Collins and Tyler Collins<\/li>\n<li>The Brilliant Disaster &#8211; Jim Rasenberger<\/li>\n<li>Redshirts &#8211; John Scalzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kreg:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s talk Evernote (10 min max)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nEnd of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We appreciate your support. 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