{"id":5375,"date":"2018-10-30T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T03:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:22","slug":"technorama-ep-547-text-message-from-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/10\/30\/technorama-ep-547-text-message-from-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 547: Text Message from Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode\u2026<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/10\/30\/technorama-ep-547-text-message-from-mars\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?fit=274%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"274,274\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024&amp;#215;1024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?fit=274%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?resize=274%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?w=274&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/10\/hiya-spam-app-robocall-1024x1024.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robot Calls<\/li>\n<li>Robbers<\/li>\n<li>Spray on Coating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1oH\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1265\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5375-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep547_181031.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep547_181031.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep547_181031.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_Ep547_181031.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep547_181031.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\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\/TlD8FsXMGNk?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<h4><b>Feedback<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Voicemail from Crazy Joe (In the VM folder)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for October 31, 2018<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>This is the 304th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining in 2018.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1517, Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1587, Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.<\/li>\n<li>105 years ago today, Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.<\/li>\n<li>October 31, 1941, After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.<\/li>\n<li>It was also this date in 1943 that An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1961, In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin&#8217;s body is removed from the Lenin&#8217;s Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.<\/li>\n<li>45 years ago today, Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.<\/li>\n<li>October 31, 1999, Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 2000, Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.<\/li>\n<li>7 years ago today, The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.<\/li>\n<li>It was also this date in 2014 that During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California,.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French archaeologist and author, Anne Claude de Caylus, born on this date in 1692.<\/li>\n<li>Italian physician, physicist, and academic, Laura Bassi was born 307 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Karl Weierstrass, the German mathematician and academic was born 203 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1835.<\/li>\n<li>Born October 31, 1912, American animator and voice actor Ollie Johnston.<\/li>\n<li>American singer-songwriter and actress, Dale Evans, born on this date in 1912.<\/li>\n<li>John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer was born on that same date in 1914.<\/li>\n<li>Born October 31, 1919, American mathematician and author Magnus Wenninger.<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress was born on that same date in 1922.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1930, American general, pilot, and astronaut, Michael Collins.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 83 today is American mathematician and theorist Ronald Graham.<\/li>\n<li>Michael Landon, the American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter was born 82 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, Craig Rodwell was born 78 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>David Ogden Stiers, American actor was born on that same date in 1942.<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Peter Jackson, born on this date in 1961.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 55 today is American actor and comedian Rob Schneider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n<p><strong>November Birthdays<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>01 &#8211; Amber Elstad<\/li>\n<li>02 &#8211; Mark McCoy<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; Ken Pace<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)<\/li>\n<li>04 &#8211; Avner (OMG, its 2014 &#8211; I&#8217;m 40 already)<\/li>\n<li>05 &#8211; Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>October Birthdays<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>06 &#8211; John Deurholt (Jo Dho)<\/li>\n<li>09 &#8211; Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT &#8211; SUE &#8211; KOE)<\/li>\n<li>09 &#8211; Mario (New Jersey)<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Victor Cajiao<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Garrett Riffal<\/li>\n<li>11 &#8211; Bruce Barr<\/li>\n<li>13 &#8211; Jason Schwanz<\/li>\n<li>19 &#8211; Russell Pearson (Ninereeds)<\/li>\n<li>20- Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa<\/li>\n<li>21 &#8211; Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)<\/li>\n<li>21 &#8211; Justin Diehl (nulloperations)<\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Zach &#8211; zml2008<\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Cassandra Therrien (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>25 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/madmarvonline.com\/\">Mad Marv<\/a> &#8211; spelled &#8220;K &#8211; Y &#8211; L &#8211; E&#8221; but pronounced &#8220;Marv&#8221;. Hope that helps.<\/li>\n<li>25 &#8211; HMNSHLD<\/li>\n<li>25 &#8211; BritOnTour (Jason)<\/li>\n<li>25 &#8211; Scott (Minneapolis)<\/li>\n<li>28 &#8211; Dylan Licata (San Antonio)<\/li>\n<li>29 &#8211; Big Jim Clark, <a href=\"http:\/\/megapodtastic.com\/\">MegaPodTastic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>30 &#8211; WolfGeek (Indiana)<\/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><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for October 31, 2018<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2018\/10\/robocallers-evolved-to-sidestep-new-call-blocking-rules-ags-tell-fcc\/\">Robocallers \u201cevolved\u201d to sidestep new call blocking rules, AGs tell FCC | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/portrait-painted-by-ai-sells-for-432-000-1830006492\">Portrait Painted by AI Sells For $432,500<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/18\/09\/30\/1122238\/tim-berners-lee-announces-solid-an-open-source-project-which-would-aim-to-decentralize-the-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Tim Berners-Lee Announces Solid, an Open Source Project Which Would Aim To Decentralize the Web &#8211; Slashdot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/news\/woman-left-with-paralyzed-fingers-after-playing-on-her-phone-for-a-week-straight.html\">Woman Left with Paralyzed Fingers After Playing on Her Phone for a Week Straight \u00ab Oddity Central \u2013 Collecting Oddities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/news\/shop-owner-asks-robbers-to-come-back-later-if-they-want-more-money-they-listen-get-arrested.html\">Shop Owner Asks Robbers to Come Back Later if They Want More Money, They Listen, Get Arrested \u00ab Oddity Central \u2013 Collecting Oddities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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