Swiss watch company Swatch came up with a new way to tell time in 1998, known as "Internet Time" or ".beats time." It led to an international controversy over advertising, radio frequencies, and Russia's Mir space station.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.
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Watches:
• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webmaster-ii-sqb101c/SQB101C.html
• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/great-australian-byte-sqz100/SQZ100.html
• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webstream-green-yqs1001ag/YQS1001AG.html
• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/moon-or-beat-iv-yfs4010/YFS4010.html
• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/sonic-the-hedgehog-sqk101/SQK101.html
Sources:
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/swatch-wont-take-apple-to-court-over-iwatch-trademark/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37350870
• https://www.wnyc.org/story/tldr-15-internet-time/
• https://www.wired.com/1998/12/time-for-a-change/
• https://news.mit.edu/1998/summit-1118
• https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_2000-02-24:_Sega_and_Swatch_Team_Up:_Two_Major_Players_Meet_in_Cyberspace
• https://lpcwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Ericsson_T20
• https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/14/lost-in-space-en
• https://www.wired.com/1999/04/spam-thats-out-of-this-world/
• https://web.archive.org/web/19991110070006/http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/physio/amsat-france/Press-rel-05.htm
• https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sputnik-40.htm
• https://www.pso-world.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=883
• https://web.archive.org/web/20010215002746/http://hamradio-online.com/1999/apr/arrl-swatch.html
• https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-swatch-beatnik-can/170703674/
• https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=25685
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:27 Swatch & Internet Time
0:07:50 The Watches
0:16:44 Adoption of Internet Time
0:20:05 Sputnik 99
0:36:18 Swatch vs. Apple
0:38:00 Outro
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40:21
WannaCry
The WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it was stopped by a cybersecurity researcher.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.
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Video:
• https://youtu.be/S70zd_ysZag
Sources:
• https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/
• https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/ransomware/wannacry-ransomware/
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-ransomware-hack-1.4093634
• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-hit-by-wannacry-virus-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/13/cyber-attack-hits-german-train-stations-hackers-target-deutsche/
• https://apnews.com/article/36406e3cebe34b148f1fd9bbe6205ace
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honda-cyberattack-idUSKBN19C0EI/
• https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/case-study-wannacry-attack/
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt
• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/
• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researcher-who-stopped-wannacry-ransomware-detained-in-us
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-us-authorities-tracked-down-the-north-korean-hacker-behind-wannacry/
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:54 EternalBlue & Marcus Hutchins
0:09:39 WannaCry Attack
0:25:10 The Aftermath
0:38:04 Outro
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38:49
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Mason Conrad.
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Videos & Photos:
• https://youtu.be/mvfjvBO2l2Y?t=138
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Audio-Animatronic_(42346731335).jpg
Sources:
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-electric-robots/154380075/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093240/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/070709_NF_FEAT_StoryofHall.html
• https://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/04/disney-history-institute-celebrates.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edwardsville-intelligencer-disney-de/154344993/
• https://archive.org/details/IllinoisLandOfLincolnIllinoisPavilionInformationNewYorkWorldsFair19641965/mode/1up
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-live-lincoln-created-by-d/154516626/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-tattler-disneys-lincoln-star-at-fai/154518175/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-news-journal-lincoln-at-1964/154519665/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-review-of-lincoln-figur/154520514/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news-electronic-abe/154523531/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y
• https://d23.com/reliving-one-mans-dream-in-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/
• https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/31/disneyland-blinkin-lincoln-animatronic-used-to-go-crazy-and-smash-his-chair-in-a-robotic-fit/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard-animated-abe-l/154552579/
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:26 Abraham Lincoln
0:06:08 Building Robot Lincoln
0:20:25 The 1964 World’s Fair
0:22:33 Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
0:29:08 Reactions to Robot Lincoln
0:38:07 Lincoln at Disneyland
0:41:10 Outro
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43:10
Movie Club: Tron Legacy (2010)
Watch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa.
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Videos:
• https://youtu.be/e1dHhktFLPs
Sources:
• https://web.archive.org/web/20010418103554/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2301037%2C00.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dHhktFLPs
• https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-3-1235985702/
• https://screenrant.com/tron-legacy-behind-the-scenes/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020458/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40548535/ns/today-entertainment/t/tron-legacy-reverse-ages-jeff-bridges
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:41 Production
0:04:27 Flashback & CGI Jeff Bridges
0:14:16 ENCOM & The Grid
0:31:54 The music
0:34:31 Quorra
0:40:38 The dinner
0:48:01 End of Line Club
0:53:33 Solar Sailer
0:59:23 The Rectifier
1:10:16 The portal
1:15:31 Final thoughts
1:20:16 Outro
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1:21:47
Apple's Intel Transition
Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked off the Hackintosh era, and made AMD jealous.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.
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Videos:
• https://archive.org/details/wwdc-2005
Sources:
• https://lowendmac.com/1998/powerpc-vs-pentium-ii-escargot/
• https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/
• https://lowendmac.com/2015/cpus-powerpc-g5/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/06/23Apple-Unleashes-the-Worlds-Fastest-Personal-Computer-the-Power-Mac-G5/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/09Apple-Unveils-New-Power-Mac-G5-Line/
• https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-on-g5-powerbook-not-so-fast/
• https://www.macworld.com/article/174337/pbg5-2.html
• https://www.cnet.com/science/amd-says-intel-only-deal-struck-at-apple-in-2005/
• https://www.macstories.net/stories/this-is-not-a-product-the-apple-developer-transition-kit/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Unveils-New-iMac-with-Intel-Core-Duo-Processor/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/02/28Apple-Unveils-Mac-mini-with-Intel-Core-Duo/
• https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,261038,261270
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Introduces-MacBook-Pro/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/12/santa-rosa-macbook-review/
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macpro/
• https://www.macworld.com/article/666300/15-inch-macbook-pro-2006-review.html
• https://www.wired.com/2005/08/mac-hacks-allow-os-x-on-pcs-2/
• https://www.anandtech.com/show/7204/ibm-offers-power-technology-for-licensing-forms-openpower-consortium
• https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/17/ibm_t7nm_power10/
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:48 The PowerPC era
0:12:00 The Intel announcement
0:23:01 Apple Developer Transition Kit
0:26:03 The Intel Macs
0:35:51 The reviews
0:40:34 Hackintosh PCs
0:44:49 AMD's complaints
0:47:36 Farewell to PowerPC
0:50:28 PowerPC after Apple
0:53:16 Outro
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