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Episode 761: The Starship Tannenbaum

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  • Email from Tom Posz

    • note about the quasar if it was closer to earth and then as bright as the sun, how we would not have night anymore, what would be the effect on things on the earth, etc.

    Don’t forget the story from Issac Asimov, Nightfall, where 6 suns illuminate the surface of this planet all the time, except every 2000 years, night falls and the people go mad because the stars come out.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel) This story was written a long long time ago and it probably started Asimov’s writing career.

    • Email from Kyle Nishioka

      • A playlist for 80s TV and movies?  I kinda think you can just make a checklist from Ready Player 1 and cover most everything you need to know about the 80s.

      The funny thing about reading a lot of LitRPG is now I have confirmation of what I thought was widely popular when I was a kid. So in no particular order:

      • Airwolf
      • Knight Rider
      • Transformers
      • Voltron

        • Certain shows are popular only because they get used in memes.  You don’t need to watch the show/play the game, just look up knowyourmeme.com

              • The Simpsons
              • My Little Pony
              • Care Bears
              • The Smurfs
              • Dragonball
              • Warcraft
              • LotR (movies only, not the books)

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                • QOTW: How has technology influenced or changed Christmas traditions?
                  • On This Day In History for December 25, 2024

                  This is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days remaining in 2024.

                  • It was on this date in 336, that First documented sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
                  • It was also this date in 1066 that William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy was crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
                  • Also on December 25, 1492, The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, ran onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
                  • It was 300 years ago today, that J. S. Bach led the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther’s 1524 Christmas hymn.
                  • Also on December 25, 1758, Halley’s Comet was sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley’s prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
                  • December 25, 1946, The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated within the Soviet Union’s F-1 nuclear reactor.
                  • Also on December 25, 1968, Apollo 8 performed the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
                  • It was also this date in 2003 that the ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stopped transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
                  • The Cassini orbiter released Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005 on this date in 2004.
                  • 3 years ago today, The James Webb Space Telescope was launched.

                    • Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

                    • English physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton, born on this date in 1642.
                    • Born December 25, 1652, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar Archibald Pitcairne.
                    • German physician and scholar, Johann Jakob Reiske, born on this date in 1716.
                    • American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born 203 years ago today.
                    • Born December 25, 1876, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus.
                    • American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader’s Digest, Lila Bell Wallace, born on this date in 1889.
                    • American actor, Humphrey Bogart was born 125 years ago today.
                    • Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1904.
                    • Born December 25, 1906, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Ernst Ruska.
                    • American singer-songwriter and bandleader, Cab Calloway, born on this date in 1907.
                    • Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing was born on that same date in 1917.
                    • American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling was born 100 years ago today.
                    • Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1959.
                    • Also turning 53 today is Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.

                      • Listener Birthdays

                      • 25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
                      • 29 – CMenn
                      • 31 – Shadowbird’s Mom
                      • 31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)

                        • And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 25, 2024

                        • If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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                          • Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes
                          • A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun
                          • First demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cables – Northwestern Now
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                            • I Called 1-800-ChatGPT, and Talked to the AI Chatbot. It Might Be the Smartest Idea I’ve Seen Yet
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                                • Carry On (Netflix)
                                • Untold: The Murder of Air McNair (Netflix)
                                • La Palma (Netflix)
                                • Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped (Netflix)
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                                    • Geek Library
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                                    2. The Search For King Arthur’s Bones, The Garden Of Eden & Other Myths
                                    3. Why Bethlehem Steel Was a Nightmare For Workers
                                    4. How Texas Plans To Expand Beyond Its Border
                                    5. Shocking Details Revealed of 3 Unexplained Deaths (S2) | The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
                                    6. Star Trek: Lower Decks | Recording Studio Behind-The-Scenes | Paramount+
                                    7. Revenge of the Bent Pyramid
                                    8. I Explore the Mystery of America’s Most Disturbing Desert
                                    9. Are Energy-Efficient Windows Bad For Us?
                                    10. Washington D.C.’s Secret Federal Tunnel System Explained
                                    11. Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)
                                    12. Las Vegas’ Map, Explained
                                    13. The History of the Music Video
                                    14. New York State’s Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory Explained
                                      15. Question of the week
                                      • If you could come up with a new holiday tradition using the latest and greatest tech, what would it be and how would it work?
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