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Running time: approx. 90 mins.




  1. Uncle Patso says:

    Comments on no agenda 94

    On why census takers would use GPS — to get precise coordinates of all residences so they can compare with satellite/aerial photos/Google Earth and make sure they didn’t miss anyplace. Local building code agencies around the country have already been doing this to aid in enforcement, and property tax agencies to make sure they’re not missing any buildings. (People have actually tried to “hide” whole buildings/houses, etc. to avoid property taxes, disguising homes as barns, for example. I think this story was on the DU blog)

    Nutella — YUMM!

    511
    When an electron and a positron meet and annihilate, two 511 Mev gamma rays are produced. In other words, the mass/energy of an electron or a positron is 511 mega-electron volts. Times three??? Who knows? (Come to think of it, this is probably NOT the intention of the donor…)

    When I was a kid we didn’t get 3 cans of soda a WEEK! Now people buy these giant 54-ounce plastic kegs at the convenience stores, sometimes more than one a day. This is why having cup holders by the dozen is a selling point in American cars now. I’m reminded of an old science fiction novel I read years ago; I think it was called “Less Than Human” in which the human race had degenerated into, as they were called in the book, “four-toed syrup-sucking nebbishes.” (Though some still had vestigial fifth toes.)

    Under 80 minutes — YAY!

  2. Uncle Patso says:

    Oops! The book I was thinking of was titled “Half Past Human,” by T. J. Bass, not “Less Than Human.”

  3. Aaron says:

    511 means you are giving too much information. It’s a meme that is related to “the 411,” which is information about a person.

  4. Uncle Patso says:

    Another “Oops!” It’s just a dot; one tiny little black circle; yet it put me off by a factor of ONE THOUSAND!

    The actual mass/energy of an electron or positron is POINT 511 million electron volts. Or, more precisely, according to WikiPedia: 0.51099891 MeV.

    So I hope you weren’t designing any experiments or electronic devices based on my number. We (the editorial we) regret the error…

  5. Universal says:

    @swine flu check this fib http://www.twit.tv/fib42

    pritty much conculeds crapots ideas

    loke the show guys keep the good work up


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