Episode 534 : Sphincter Rising




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Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Space and Capes!<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1nv">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> Feedback<br> John Miller Jr.<br> Had someone bring up a story on how the FBI was asking all users with routers to reboot them to help minimize the spread of a botnet.  I’ve included the links to two of these stories. I wanted to know your thoughts on these stories. Rebooted mine, figured it couldn’t hurt.<br> Articles<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/the-fbi-wants-you-to-reboot-your-router-now-to-help-destroy-a-botnet/">CNET</a><br> * <a href="http://fortune.com/2018/05/26/fbi-warning-russian-malware-routers/">FORTUNE</a><br> * <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/05/25/fbi-warns-routers-cyber-attack/">SNOPES</a><br> <br> <br>  <br> On This Day In History for June 13, 2018<br> This is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1514, that Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.<br> * It was also this date in 1525 that Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.<br> * It was 244 years ago today, that Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.<br> * It was also this date in 1805 that Meriwether Lewis and four companions, scouting ahead of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.<br> * Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City on this date in 1927.<br> * It was also this date in 1966 that The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.<br> * 41 years ago today, convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.<br> * Also today in 1981, at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.<br> * It was also this date in 1983 that Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.<br> * Also on June 13, 1997, A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.<br> * It was 8 years ago today, that A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer, Giovanni Antonio Magini, born on this date in 1555.<br> * Willebrord Snell, the Dutch astronomer and mathematician was born 438 years ago today.<br> * Born June 13, 1595, Czech physician and scientist Jan Marek Marci.<br> * English physicist and physiologist, Thomas Young was born 245 years ago today.<br> * Born June 13, 1831, Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell.<br> * Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist was born on that same date in 1903.<br> * Russian mathematician and engineer, Iosif Vorovich, born on this date in 1920.<br> * Also turning 84 today is American computer scientist and engineer Leonard Kleinrock.<br> * American actor, comedian, and producer, Tim Allen, born on this date in 1953.<br> * Also turning 56 today is American actress and author Ally Sheedy.<br> * Russian mathematician, Grigori Perelman is 52 today.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1981,  American actor and producer, Chris Evans.<br> * American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman, Ashley Olsen is 32 today.<br>