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Tech News Today 814: Piracy is a Compliment
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell
Email services shut down because of spies, piracy better than an Emmy! BlackBerry’s almost out of options, and more.
Guests: Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Len Peralta
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Running time:: 0:47:18
YouTube: Tom answers 20 questions
So I decided to maybe use YouTube for something. I have a channel. Might as well do something with it. So I took to Twitter and asked people to ask me questions. I answered the first 20 of them on a video just as an experiment. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Tech History Today – August 9, 2013
In 1859 – US Patent no. 25,076 was issued to Nathan Ames of Saugus, Mass. for the first escalator-type moving staircase.
In 1927 – Computer pioneer Marvin Minsky was born in New York City. Minsky grew up to become a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence research and wrote the book “The Society of Mind.”
In 1995 – Netscape Communications staged an IPO. Shares opened at $28 and shot up to $75 per share in one day, becoming one of the indicators of the beginning of the dot-com boom.
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East Meets West 313 – Say what?
We talk French Polynesia, currency, languages, accents, tourist culture, foreign food, survival food.
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Tech News Today 813: The Next Next Steps
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell
Will Acer dump Windows for Android? YouTube founders mix up mobile video, CBS encourages piracy, and more.
Guest: Ken Denmead
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Running time:: 0:50:03
Tech History Today – August 8, 2013
In 1876 – Thomas Edison received a US patent for a mimeograph, which combined with an invention by A. B. Dick led to the first widely successful mimeograph machine.
In 1908 – For the first time in public, Wilbur Wright showed off the Wright Brothers’ flying machine at the racecourse in Le Mans, France. French doubts about the Wright Brothers’ claims to flight were put to rest for the time being.
In 2007 – Barbara Morgan became the first educator to safely reach space on the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Tech News Today 812: I Wanna Get Chipped
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell
Google leaves Chrome passwords visible, AOL plans to take all the ad money, unauthorised streaming to become a felony, and more.
Guests: Eric Franklin and Jon Brodkin
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Running time:: 0:45:10
Tech History Today – August 7, 2013
In 1944 – IBM officially presented the Mark I computer, also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or ASCC, to Harvard. The computer produced reliable results and ran continuously.
In 1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering released Japan’s first commercially produced transistor radio, the TR-55, sold under the company’s new name, Sony.
In 1966 – Jimmy Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He grew up to co-found Wikipedia.
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S&L Podcast – #138 – Why Scott Lynch and Neil Gaiman are awesome
We give our final views on Ringworld, and Veronica reveals her secret love at the end of the show. Plus we kick off our August pick, the Curse of Chalion. Nothing very shocking there. BUT we DO deliver a Yet-sized serving of news about books becoming movies. Don’t sasquatch our dreams. Bigfoot your way into the show now.
*(editor’s note: Tom is no longer allowed to write show descriptions after beer)
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Fuller’s ESB
Veronica: 2011 Hangtime Cellars Pinot Noir California
QUICK BURNS
Sneak Peek: Cover art for Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
Scott Lynch auctioning REPUBLIC OF THIEVES for charity
Cover art for Brandon Sanderon’s WORDS OF RADIANCE
One of the world’s most popular SF novels finally coming in English
172 Reasons To Read Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror in August 2013 (A GIANT Book Cover Gallery)
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Disney wants to turn Artemis Fowl into the new Harry Potter
GAME OF THRONES finds its Mace Tyrell (plus a general series update)
Bridge Of Birds Movie being made by Vispop
David Weber’s ‘Honorverse’ books to be turned into movies
Sandman author Neil Gaiman ventures into gaming with Wayward Manor
BOOK KICK-OFF
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Curse of Chalion Wikipedia article
Lois McMaster Bujold interview on Sword and Laser
BOOK WRAP UP
BARE YOUR SWORD
I have never finished the Dune series due to dislike.
What’s so wrong about giving up on a book?
New comment from Francisco on S&L Podcast – #137 – A rasher of Abercrombie.
On race and genre novels:
I know that Pratchett has his characters (in the City Watch novels) reference the problems of policing in a muli-vital society.
Here’s a question for you:
If you assume that race is not going to be an issue in the future do you mention it?
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