Yesterday's Tomorrow

Yesterday's Tomorrow

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Yesterday's Tomorrow episodes

  • Geek of the Week - Peter Ford
    12/01/1993 - Peter Ford
    Carl Malamud interviews Peter Ford, one of the leaders of the TCP/UDP
    with Bigger Addresses (TUBA) effort. TUBA, based on the ISO
    Connectionless Network Service (CLNS), is one of the candidates for
    the next generation of Internet Protocol. Ford talks about TUBA and
    its relationship to other research efforts in the Internet.
    31 min
  • Tech Nation - The Technology of Teotihuacan
    07/12/1993 - The Technology of Teotihuacan
    Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. George Cowgill, a Teotihuacan
    anthropologist at Arizona State University and at the Center for the
    Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Dr.
    Cowgill discusses Teotihuacan, the oldest city in North America.
    Located near Mexico City, Teotihuacan existed from 100 A.D. to 750
    A.D., maintained a population of 100,000 to 200,000 people, and at
    that time ranked as the sixth largest city in the world. The city
    boasts great pyramids which exist to this day, although the society
    had no metal, no wheels, and no beasts of burden.
    In the second half, Moira speaks with Leslie Bone, Archeological
    Objects Conservator for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. In
    1976, DeYoung Museum received a bequest of over 70 murals from
    Teotihuacan, which they have restored. Ms. Bone discusses the
    technology used in making the murals and the technology of
    restoration. Many of these murals have been returned to Mexico.
    The exhibition "Teotihuacan: City of the Gods" will be presented in
    San Francisco from May 26th through October 31st. It contains 200
    objects from the national Mexican collections and from public
    collections throughout the world.
    1 hr
  • Geek of the Week - Steve Casner
    11/24/1993 - Steve Casner
    Carl Malamud interviews Steve Casner, an active participant in the
    work on a multicast backbone and instrumental in setting up the IETF
    TV video multicasts of working group meetings and technical
    presentations to the Internet. Casner talks about the future of
    multicasting and audio/visual work on the Internet.
    31 min
  • Tech Nation - Virus/Anti-Virus
    07/07/1993 - Virus/Anti-Virus
    Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Urnst Kouch, publisher of the "Crypt
    Newletter," an electronic newsletter for computer virus writers,
    anti-virus writers, and the computer security industry. The discussion
    describes computer viruses, how to gain access to underground networks
    in order to collect libraries of virus code, how to place your virus,
    and, from a virus writer's standpoint, how susceptible a user is to
    viruses.
    In the second half, Moira speaks with John McAfee, founder and CEO of
    McAfee Associates, the leading manufacturer of anti-virus software.
    McAfee describes the techniques that anti-virus software uses, who
    should have anti-virus software, whether the publication of virus
    code should remain legal, and how the anti-virus writers stay ahead
    of the virus writers.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Geek of the Week - Clifford Neuman
    11/17/1993 - Clifford Neuman
    Carl Malamud interviews Clifford Neuman, instrumental in the
    development of Internet protocols such as Kerberos and Prospero.
    Neuman discusses what Prospero is and how this miracle system can be
    anything you want it to be. Neuman also discusses his work in security
    and how that relates to his recent interests in resource discovery.
    31 min
  • Tech Nation - Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Scientist
    07/01/1993 - Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Scientist
    Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Glenn Seaborg, a Nobel Laureate and
    Former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under Presidents
    Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Currently a Distinguished Professor of
    Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and Chairman of
    the Lawrence Hall of Science, Dr. Seaborg reminisces about his years
    with the Berkeley "Rad Lab Gang," discovering Plutonium, and his work
    on the Manhattan Project.
    Dr. Seaborg discusses his views on the use of radioactive materials
    and his interest in some new research which would permit nuclear
    fusion without the use of radioactive fuel. Dr. Seaborg also talks
    about his work with the Presidential Education Commission which
    produced the seminal report "A Nation at Risk." A long time teacher of
    Chemistry and former Chancellor of the University, he speaks out on
    the problems with teaching science and technology in our schools.
    1 hr
  • Geek of the Week - Brian Carpenter
    11/10/1993 - Brian Carpenter
    Carl Malamud interviews Brian Carpenter, Director for networking at
    CERN, the high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. As
    one of the most active networking sites in the world, Carpenter has to
    deal with a signficant operational environment. Carpenter discusses
    how he deals with issues such as the OSI and DECnet Phase V protocols
    and his views on the future of the Internet.
    31 min
  • Geek of the Week - Bob Hinden
    11/03/1993 - Bob Hinden
    Carl Malamud interviews Bob Hinden, an active participant in the
    development of SIPP, considered to be the leading candidate for the
    next generation of the IP protocol. Hinden discusses how the SIPP
    developers are considering the issues of a careful transition, support
    for multicasting and other leading edge techniques, and how he sees
    SIPP being deployed into the Internet.
    31 min
  • Tech Nation - Dr. John Gibbons
    06/24/1993 - Dr. John Gibbons
    Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. John Gibbons, Science Advisor to
    President Clinton, Director of the White [House] Office of Science
    and Technology Policy, and Executive Director of the National Space
    Council. This week's program is a full-hour interview which covers
    just what the Science Advisor does, how Science and Technology Policy
    is communicated from the President to the various agencies, and how
    policies and directives become implemented within the Federal
    Government. The topics include the technology initiative, information
    superhighways, upcoming decisions on the space station, and the
    future of nuclear fusion research.
    1 hr

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