Our greatest hits, how opinions change, nothing on this show should be taken as financial advice, Batman v. Superman, Why Ben rubs Roger the wrong way, how Superman and Batman reflect the personality of the United States, European superheroes.
DTNS 2719 – Smells Like AI Spirit
It doesn’t seem like there can be an Uber for anything but Uber. Is that because of the VC funding crunch. Is winter coming to startups? Justin Young and Tom Merritt discuss.
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Today in Tech History – March 24, 2016
In 1802 – Richard Trevithick and Andrew Viviane of Camborne Parish in the County of Cornwall, enrolled a patent for a steam engine that could power a full-sized road locomotive. He had previously demonstrated it by driving up a hill in a car he called the “Puffing Devil”.
In 1896 – A. S. Popov supposedly made the first radio transmission in human history. Popov is said to have transmitted the words “Heinrich Hertz” from one building to another on the campus of St. Petersburg University, though the assertion was not published until years later because of the need for military secrecy.
In 2001 – Apple released its new operating system Mac OS X, code named Cheetah, with a retail price of $130.
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DTNS 2718 – Tick-Tock, Intel Ran Out the Clock
The RIAA reported $7.1 billion in revenue for the music business in 2015, the best since 2011. But don’t worry, they still explain why they’re in trouble and need more of your money. Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson and Jason Howell explain why.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 113
Daredevil (201-205), 11.22.63 (106), Better Call Saul (204-205), Justified (110)
00:43 – Summer Movie Draft is back!
02:14 – Daredevil (201-205)
10:29 – 11.22.63 (106)
22:02 – Better Call Saul (204-205)
29:15 – Justified (110)
Today in Tech History – March 23, 2016
In 1857 – The first department store elevator for passengers was installed at E.V. Haughwout & Co. in New York City. This was a significant development towards the building of skyscrapers.
In 1882 – Amalie “Emmy” Noether was born in Erlangen, Germany. Albert Einstein called her a mathematical genius. She broke ground in theories of rings, fields and algebra and developed Noether’s theorem which explained the fundamental connection between symmetry and conservation laws.
In 1996 – The US space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir for the third time, and for the first time dropped off a US astronaut. Shannon Lucid began her record-breaking stay on the space station.
In 2001 – The final commands to light the engines of the Progress supply ship were sent to the Russian Mir space station, which then broke up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
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#248 – The Truth About Vampires w/ Jim McDoniel
Jim McDoniel, author of An Unattractive Vampire, is not only the second author to get published in the Sword and Laser collection, he’s also a truth-sayer. About vampires. Like how they aren’t sparkly (usually). Return to the vampire roots with him!
DTNS 2717 – FBI Blinks First
The FBI may have found a way to access a locked iPhone 5C without Apple’s help. For now the court case is on pause. Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt take turns trying on their tinfoil hats as well as explaining what we think is really going on.
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Today in Tech History – March 22, 2016
In 1895 – The Lumiere brothers showed their first film to an audience. It was a romantic comedy about a crowd of mostly women leaving a building.
In 1960 – Arthur Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes were granted the first patent for a laser (US. No. 2,929,922) under the title “Masers and Maser Communications System.”
In 1981 – RCA’s first SelectaVision VideoDisc the SFT100W went on sale. The machine used Capacitance Electronic Discs to fit a couple hours of video programming on a 12-inch vinyl disc that sold for around $15.
In 1993 – The Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips featuring 60 and 66 MHz CPUs.
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Cordkillers 113 – M-Gone
Study says networks are dying, Fandango to sell movies and TV shows, Netflix approves your television.