{"id":7078,"date":"2026-09-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:39:17","slug":"episode-81-transporter-buffer-overflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2026\/09\/02\/episode-81-transporter-buffer-overflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 81: Transporter Buffer Overflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 813: Transporter Buffer Overflow\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cuKDB2jMWoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1Qa\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1376\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7078-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep813_260901.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep813_260901.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep813_260901.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep813_260901.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep813_260901.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Number 813\u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/pfbid02QKX9jenhLdM3sqXom4dXWqaZimLDKLiTny4vPhdkdS9KTiQ3oXwDYxQurjUVmcKdl\">What would happen if the Borg tried to&#8230; &#8211; Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/455731709984636958\/1440003646698819776\">Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for September 2, 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On This Day in history for September 2nd, 2026. This is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are&nbsp; 120 days remaining in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1752 that Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, officially adopted the Gregorian calendar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving to 1859, Earth was hit by the Carrington Event, the strongest geomagnetic storm ever recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1963, the CBS Evening News expanded from 15 to 30 minutes, becoming American network television&#8217;s first half-hour weeknight news broadcast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A few years later in 1970, NASA announced the cancellation of two planned Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 and Apollo 19.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fast forward to 1987, when the trial began in Moscow for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who famously flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And in 2008, Google officially launched its web browser, Google Chrome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning to notable birthdays, we remember several influential figures born on this day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American engineer Lysander Button was born 216 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>German physicist Woldemar Voigt entered the world 176 years ago on this date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We mark 173 years since the birth of Latvian-German chemist and Nobel laureate Wilhelm Ostwald.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English chemist and Nobel Prize winner Frederick Soddy was born 149 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has been 113 years since the birth of Russian-American mathematician and biologist Israel Gelfand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur Ashkin was born 104 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>French mathematician and biologist Ren\u00e9 Thom was born 103 years ago on this date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American educator and astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born 78 years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 &#8211; Scott Tyler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 &#8211; Kyra Vega<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 &#8211; Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 &#8211; Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 &#8211; Brad Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for September 2, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA\/viewform\">Birthday Calendar<\/a> link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasas-dark-universe-seeking-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launches\/\">NASA\u2019s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/08\/260826055450.htm\">NASA Demonstrates Navigation in Orbit Without GPS Using Satellites and Space Debris<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/08\/260823094142.htm\">NASA Finds Earth Microbes Could Survive on the Moon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/08\/260823014946.htm\">Tiny &#8220;Rainbow on a Chip&#8221; Created to Supercharge 6G Networks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2026\/08\/19\/hackaday-europe-2026-the-1-bit-cpu-that-ran-factories\/\">Hackaday Europe 2026: The 1-Bit CPU That Ran Factories | Hackaday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thank you Patrons!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This show is brought to you by\u2026 YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Commander<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Avner Braverman<\/td><td>Mark Kilfoil<\/td><td>Stewe Lundin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Martinez<\/td><td>Gary Lindros<\/td><td>Jason Pollard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Rose<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lieutenant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Kyle Nishioka<\/td><td>Ben Vaughan<\/td><td>John Noble<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Clifford<\/td><td>Denise Inglis<\/td><td>Steve Cody<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tim Cook<\/td><td>Steve Webb<\/td><td>Amber Elstad<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ensign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Amy Bowen<\/td><td>Brad Miller<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Mc<\/td><td>DanDMan Coyer<\/td><td><\/td><td>Jorge Schrauwen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Krazy Joe<\/td><td>Mike Wills<\/td><td>Leon<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday Morning Media<\/td><td>Stephen Wesche<\/td><td>Steve Therrien<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to become a patron, visit our<a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast\"> Patreon Page<\/a>. We\u2019ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special \u201cafter show\u201d we record just for the patrons!<a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chuckchat.com\/patreon\">chuckchat.com\/patreon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our store at <a href=\"https:\/\/chuckchat.com\/teepublic\">chuckchat.com\/teepublic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Things I Learned<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chuck: Clean your phone charger port!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pass me the remote<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chuck\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tKjZOhYDPBo?si=4-FAfp3-zHAcFDHJ\">The Road Runner Cartoons You Remember&#8230; Aren&#8217;t the Ones You Saw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FmmOMdLnLBg?si=REQe9nATVodGaj4T\">I Drove the Entire Las Vegas Boulevard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kreg\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speed Racer Animated Show &#8211; Blu-ray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masterchef &#8211; Gourmet Gauntlet &#8211; Hulu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@vinitneo\/august-2026-sci-fi-book-releases-you-cant-miss-f39595509d86\">The Book of Bots by James Patrick Kelly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question of the week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You get unlimited funding to build a themed escape room based on any obscure sci-fi movie\u2014what is the theme and how do players escape?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Patreon Topic this week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A well spent dollar! 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