{"id":4495,"date":"2015-04-08T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T19:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2015-04-15T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T02:45:27","slug":"technorama-ep-433-honestly-i-didnt-touch-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/04\/08\/technorama-ep-433-honestly-i-didnt-touch-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 433 : Honestly, I didn&#8217;t touch it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/04\/08\/technorama-ep-433-honestly-i-didnt-touch-it\/6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/04\/6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/04\/6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4497\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/04\/6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi.jpg?resize=259%2C194\" alt=\"6a00d834530c9c69e2017d40c5ba4a970c-800wi\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invisible Jet<\/li>\n<li>Play-D\u2019oh<\/li>\n<li>Max Headroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1av\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4846\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4495-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep433_150408.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep433_150408.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep433_150408.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_Ep433_150408.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep433_150408.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\/odrRS9EFL-g?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>Vmail: Groot<\/li>\n<li>Email: Tom &#8211; Pi Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>In honor of PI Day;<\/p>\n<p>do the math &#8212; if you put a string around the circumference of a basketball, then the length of that string is the famous 2*PI*R formula from your early math class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But &#8220;elevate&#8221; the string 1 centimeter above the surface of the basketball, that string is exactly 6.2831853&#8230; cm longer.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Do the same thing around the earth, that string will be considerably longer, but elevate the string 1 cm above the earth&#8217;s surface and it will be exactly 6.2831853&#8230; cm longer &#8212; no further a difference than the basketball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blows your mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for <\/b><b>April 8, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining in 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1904 that Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1908, Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.<\/li>\n<li>Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity 104 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1946, \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France, the world&#8217;s largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.<\/li>\n<li>April 8, 1959, a team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1964, an unmanned test flight of Gemini 1 is launched.<\/li>\n<li>The construction of the world&#8217;s first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain 7 years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astronomer and mathematician, David Rittenhouse, born on this date in 1732.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on this date in 1859, Edmund Husserl, the Austrian mathematician and philosopher.<\/li>\n<li>American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Melvin Calvin was born today in 1911.<\/li>\n<li>April 8, 1917 is also the birthday of mathematician and computer scientist Winifred Asprey.<\/li>\n<li>Estonian astronomer Grigori Kuzmin would have been 98 today.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Stuart Pankin from &#8220;Not Necessarily the News&#8221; and many other fine roles turns 69 today.<\/li>\n<li>The woman who plays Princess Buttercup from &#8220;The Princess Bride&#8221; and Claire Underwood from &#8220;House of Cards&#8221;, actress Robin Wright is an awesome 49 today.<\/li>\n<li>and finally computer programmer Mark Spencer is 38.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for April 8, 2015<\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/the-worlds-oldest-person-has-died-at-the-age-of-117-1694976912\">The World&#8217;s Oldest Person Has Died At The Age Of 117<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/oc\/dash-button\/ref=br_imp_ara-1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-hero-1&amp;pf_rd_r=0XQ3YMXH4AY23014DS4X&amp;pf_rd_t=36701&amp;pf_rd_p=2068482462&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop\">Amazon Dash &#8211; what could possibly go wrong!<\/a> (From Tom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 8 &#8211; Christiana Ellis<\/li>\n<li>April 14 &#8211; Danny Harnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\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><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2015\/04\/02\/national-air-and-space-museum-may-have-won-april-fools-day-video\/\">National Air and Space Museum May Have Won April Fool&#8217;s Day [VIDEO] &#8211; Geeks are Sexy Technology NewsGeeks are Sexy Technology News<\/a><\/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:\/\/gizmodo.com\/bell-labs-could-send-sign-language-over-the-phone-in-1694943053\">Bell Labs Could Send Sign Language Over The Phone &#8211; In 1979<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/when-people-in-the-1920s-and-1930s-imagined-the-future-1695028672\">When People In The 1920s And 1930s Imagined The Future, They Dreamed Big<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/the-first-known-medical-consent-form-dates-back-to-1524-1695230695\">The First-Known Medical Consent Form Dates Back To 1524<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/abandon-all-hope-a-live-action-play-doh-movie-is-happe-1695467158\">Abandon All Hope: A Live-Action Play-Doh Movie Is Happening<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(April Fools follow up) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/4\/2\/8331507\/disney-pixars-x-wings-isnt-real-but-we-wish-it-was\">Disney Pixar&#8217;s X-Wings isn&#8217;t real, but we wish it was | Polygon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geek Library<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/4\/2\/8285139\/max-headroom-oral-history-80s-cyberpunk-interview\">Max Headroom: the definitive history of the 1980s digital icon | The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Kreg<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rode the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carowinds.com\/swarm\">Fury 325 Rollercoaster<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many online devices do you have in your house &#8211; name them!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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