Will Apple make a car?
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Scott Sigler’s Alive is out, and even though he didn’t mean it as Young Adult fiction it’s turned out that way. And even though he didn’t mean it to be Science Fiction, it’s turned out that way too! Find out why this all happened and why he’s happy with all of it.
In 1910 – Dr. Hawley Crippen was arrested when the boat he was on docked in Quebec. He was the first person to be caught as a result of a wireless telegraph.
In 1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first humans to take a drive on the Moon in the lunar rover.
In 1976 – NASA issued a press release describing one photo taken by Viking 1 on Mars as resembling “a human head.” Conspiracy theories about the face on Mars still run today, though close-up pictures from the Mars Express mission have debunked most of them.
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Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Veronica Belmont and special guests cover the headlines live from Nerdtacular.
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I’m coming to you all live from Smoke Monster III at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort. Smoke Monster has became one of the starting points of the FSL All Star Weekend Festivities. While we won’t hear teams announced until tomorrow, Shecky’s got some inside info and feels comfortable with the line he’s offering. Here’s your All Star Game and Week 8 Lines.
And As Always Bet Early and Bet Often
In 1889 – Vladimir Zworykin was born in Russia. He would go on to earn the title “Father of Television” (one of several called that) for his work on the iconoscope and the kinescope. He worked on television for RCA.
In 1898 – The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed a magazine advertisement in Scientific American calling on readers to “dispense with a horse.” It’s the earliest known automobile ad.
In 1971 – The Apollo 15 mission landed the first lunar rover onto the moon.
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Scott Johnson and Jonathan Strickland fill in for Tom Merritt who is on assignment, so much Windows 10!
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Movie Draft Update, BoJack Horseman S1, Mr. Robot (103-104), True Detective (206), Rick & Morty (201), The Shield (608)
00:53 – Movie Draft Update
04:19 – Feedback
12:34 – BoJack Horseman S1
16:59 – Mr. Robot (103-104)
20:35 – True Detective (206)
28:50 – Rick & Morty (201)
34:50 – The Shield (608)
In 1947 – ENIAC was switched on after being transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. It operated continuously until October 2 1955.
In 1951 – A recording was made of Beethoven’s 9th by EMI that eventually became used to justify the diameter of the CD.
In 1958 – President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In 2015 – Microsoft launched Windows 10 as a free upgrade for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
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The Hak5 collective is here to host DTNS while Tom is on assignment!
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