{"id":4447,"date":"2015-02-17T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:13","slug":"technorama-ep427-rank-and-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/02\/17\/technorama-ep427-rank-and-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep427: Rank and File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/02\/17\/technorama-ep427-rank-and-file\/rank-and-file-chessboard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/02\/rank-and-file-chessboard.jpg?fit=223%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"223,196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rank-and-file-chessboard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/02\/rank-and-file-chessboard.jpg?fit=223%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/02\/rank-and-file-chessboard.jpg?resize=223%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rank-and-file-chessboard\" width=\"223\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 finger Neil<\/li>\n<li>Skynet<\/li>\n<li>Mel Brooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-19J\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9430\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4447-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep427_150218.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep427_150218.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep427_150218.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_Ep427_150218.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep427_150218.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/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\/jbbGOBvalBY?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><b>Feedback<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VM from Zhadum (3 parts)<\/li>\n<li>VM from Jack Jaffe\n<ul>\n<li>Backseat games<\/li>\n<li>Man in the High Castle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Feedback from Steve Ly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Just watched the first episode and I want to see more! What sucks is that there will be some dependency on the reviews of the episode to make a decision on whether to pick it up the show to not. The problem is how do you write a review of any substance based on one episode?<\/p>\n<p>I hope it gets picked up.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Steve<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for February 18, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 316 days remaining in 2015.<strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1885 that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>104 years ago today, The first official flight with air mail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1954, The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.<\/li>\n<li>Operation Teapot test shot &#8220;Wasp&#8221; is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series 60 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>38 years ago today, The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden &#8220;flight&#8221; on top of a Boeing 747.<\/li>\n<li>It was 37 years ago today that The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French astronomer Jacques Cassini born on this date in 1677.<\/li>\n<li>Also born today, the man who invented the battery, Alessandro Volta.<\/li>\n<li>February 18, 1838 is the birthday of the man who&#8217;s name is synonymous with the speed of sound, Ernst Mach.<\/li>\n<li>Co-founder of Bethlehem Steel and american business man, Charles M. Schwab was born today in 1862.<\/li>\n<li>Sharing that same birthday in 1898, Italian race car driver and founder of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari.<\/li>\n<li>The cartoonist behind B.C. and the Wizard of Id, Johnny Hart was born today in 1931.<\/li>\n<li>and finally, happy birthday to several actors including Jack Palance, George Kennedy, John Tavolta, Vanna White, and Molly Ringwald.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for February 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sploid.gizmodo.com\/secret-stash-of-moon-artifacts-found-hidden-in-neil-arm-1684449533\">Neil Armstrong caught taking things home from work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/02\/14\/google-patent-omg-whats-that-smell\/?ncid=rss_truncated\">Google knows you stink and wants to help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-14\/yoda-to-appear-at-canberra-balloon-spectacular\/6094258\">Yoda will be in a balloon race<\/a> &#8211; Doug in AU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18 &#8211; Ray Insalaco &#8211; Central Village, CT<\/li>\n<li>19 &#8211; Scooter in Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>19 &#8211; Steve in Sumter<\/li>\n<li>23 &#8211; Zhadum<\/li>\n<li>23 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penslinger.com\/\">Keith Hughes<\/a>(a.k.a. EdGizmo)<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wikifoundry.com\/\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/02\/so-it-begins-robot-vacuum-sucked-up-woma.php\">Is Skynet already here? Robot sucks up woman\u2019s hair.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgw.com\/Publications\/CGW\/2015\/Volume-38-Issue-1-Jan-Feb-2015-\/Imagining-Zork.aspx\">Imagining Zork<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stoutcinemagames.wordpress.com\/student-videos\/\">Student Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paleofuture.gizmodo.com\/this-futuristic-water-mobile-probably-needed-a-small-oi-1684690640\">The Water-mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sent by listener Myron Dupler &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/this-25-year-old-computer-just-sold-for-23-000-on-ebay-1685965337\">This 25-Year-Old Computer Just Sold for $23,000 on eBay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/mel-brooks-still-wants-to-make-a-spaceballs-sequel-1684535962\">Mel Brooks still wants to make a Spaceballs sequel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2015\/02\/10\/beautiful-star-trek-coins-let-buy-actual-stuff-island-nation-tuvalu\/\">If this doesn\u2019t help William Shatner\u2019s ego complex&#8230;<\/a><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geek Library<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feedback question: What would you build on a Raspberry Pi?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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