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Feedback

* Stan Sieler on 10-8-16

* I called it “Decimal Octal Hex Day” on Facebook. He used the acronym “DOH”

* Jack Jaffe – Downloads

* Downloading for this month I’ve reached an all-new high as far as numbers of gigs downloaded. Mostly this is me downloading updating my new Xbox One.

* Voice Mail: Jack Jaffe – Clean Energy

On This Day In History for November 2, 2016

This is the 306th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining in 2016.

* It was on this date in 1868, that New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

* That same date in 1936, The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

* It was on this date in 1936, that The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.

* November 2, 1947, In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

* 57 years ago today, The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

* Also on November 2, 1960, Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case.

* It was 28 years ago today, that The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.

* 26 years ago today, British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* American hunter and explorer, Daniel Boone, born on this date in 1734.

* Born November 2, 1815, English mathematician and philosopher George Boole.

* American astronomer and academic, Harlow Shapley, born on this date in 1885.

* Born November 2, 1913, American actor Burt Lancaster.

* American actor, Ray Walston, born on this date in 1914.

* Also turning 87 today is Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Richard E. Taylor.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 2, 2016

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Listener Birthdays

October

* 19 – Russell Pearson (Ninereeds)

* 20- Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa

* 21 – Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)

* 21 – Justin Diehl (nulloperations)

* 22 – Zach – zml2008

* 25 – Mad Marv – spelled “K – Y – L – E” but pronounced “Marv”. Hope that helps.

* 25 – HMNSHLD

* 25 – BritOnTour (Jason)

* 25 – Scott (Minneapolis)

* 28 – Dylan Licata (San Antonio)

* 29 – Big Jim, MegaPodzilla

* 30 – WolfGeek (Indiana)

November

* 01 – Amber Elstad

* 02 – Mark McCoy

* 03 – Ken Pace

* 03 – Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)

* 04 – Avner (OMG, it’s 2014 – I’m 40 already)

* 05 – Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)

* 08 – Mark,