Summary: On this show…<br> <br> <br> * Nasa<br> * iPhones<br> * Robots running amuck!<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1i2">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> Jorge:<br> <br> I’m back near Antwerp now, I no longer work at Google. So no need to live in the French speaking part<br> <br> <br> Doug Alex:<br> <br> Project for Technorama – how to install CP/M on Windows. The first computer my dad got was a CP/M machine. He used to keep a database for the local Baptist Church on it.<br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for November 30, 2016<br> This is the 334th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining in 2016.<br> <br> It was on this date in 3340 BC, that we find the earliest believed record of an eclipse.<br> That same date in 1803, In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.<br> November 30, 1829, the first Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking.<br> It was on this date in 1934, that The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.<br> 34 years ago today, that Michael Jackson’s second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.<br> Also today in 1999, British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> Spanish captain and explorer, Andrés de Urdaneta, born on this date in 1498.<br> Jonathan Swift, the Irish satirist and essayist was born 349 years ago today.<br> Polish physician, chemist, and biologist, Jędrzej Śniadecki was born 248 years ago today.<br> American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Oliver Winchester, born on this date in 1810.<br> Also born 181 years ago today is American novelist, humorist, and critic Mark Twain.<br> Winston Churchill, the English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate was born 142 years ago today.<br> American actor and singer, Robert Guillaume is 89 today.<br> Born November 30, 1929, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions Dick Clark.<br> Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1936.<br> English director, producer, and production designer, Ridley Scott is 79 today.<br> Also turning 71 today is Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer Roger Glover.<br> Born November 30, 1953, American singer and actress June Pointer.<br> English singer-songwriter, Billy Idol is 61 today.<br> American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, Ben Stiller, born on this date in 1965.<br> Also turning 40 today is Italian astronomer Marta Burgay.<br> <br> Listener birthday calendar:<br> <br> November<br> <br> 25 – Lane Williams<br> 26 – Joanie<br> 27 – Brad P. from NJ<br> 28 – Ben Sweetser<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> December<br> <br> 01 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)<br> 02 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast<br> 06 – SuperMoonMan<br> <br> <br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 30, 2016<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/27/mars-hides-gigantic-ice-sheet/">Mars hides a gigantic ice sheet that may help astronauts</a>
