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- 01 / 07 / 09 -
Emmanuel and Mitch Altman return from Berlin, how Mitch got involved with the Chaos Communication Congress, comparing New Year's experiences, Emmanuel describes his experience being interrogated upon reentering the country, Bernie's experience with golden nematodes, how Emmanuel's computer almost did him in during his interrogation, why people shouldn't allow customs officials to access their computers, the one thing that the customs people overlooked, Mitch will be appearing on Make TV, where that program can be seen, Dot Gov of the Week: moneyfactory.gov, facts about money, Mitch has counterfeit "garlic bills," the issue of bill size in American currency, playing a game on money facts, the digital television converter program has run out of money, confusion as to just what will happen after the cutover in February, the one forbidden UHF television channel number, an update on premiums, questioning whether it's a requirement to carry identification, the Hotel Pennsylvania may still be threatened with demolition.
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January 7
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- 01 / 14 / 09 -
Problems with a promo, the last show under the Bush administration, Packrat is in the studio, Bernie describes an upcoming Obama train event that will start in Philadelphia on Saturday, optimism for the potential new FCC chief, the fate of all of the email addresses on Obama's mailing list, defining the campaign as grass roots, the ease with which people can be signed up to the Obama mailing list, a tribute to Patrick McGoohan of "The Prisoner" who has passed away, news on the new ESTA program affecting visitors to the United States, a new move to ban hands-free cell phones during driving, wondering how such a law could be enforced, the danger of overregulation, more on the cutover to digital television, questioning the actual motivation behind the switch, how the idea of an expanded FM dial appears to have been killed, Mike has a problem with his cell phone being shut off by a mysterious system, hacking the Muni parking system, a question about a countdown clock on the 2600 site, a listener has problems with a digital converter box, an unusual song related to phones.
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January 14
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- 01 / 21 / 09 -
A recap of the last few days that encompassed the inauguration of Barack Obama, Emmanuel's contempt for rush hour commuters, how Emmanuel manages to always arrive at the station at the same time, oddities with trains, Bernie reports on the special train event involving Obama and Joe Biden last weekend, Emmanuel's adventure walking through Marcus Hook, an interaction with a Sunoco cop, Bernie describes some of the security measures in place by the train tracks, the "sacrificial" train, seeing a bit of history, what happened in Wilmington, an incredible amount of Obama merchandise being sold, a satellite image of Washington DC is making the rounds, the overwhelmingly positive feeling over the past couple of days, how Packrat was able to get Emmanuel and Voltaire into an inaugural ball, staying up for the parade, the various types of military people that were present, how cell phones worked in the area, Verizon works on the Metro in Washington DC, CNN's experiment with cell phones, word of the closing of New York hacker gathering "Around the Clock."
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January 21
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- 01 / 28 / 09 -
More on the possible extension of the digital television cutover, questioning who would be hurt by a delay, the possibility of blocking WiFi signals with paint, Emmanuel is told to change his username by the same bank that insisted he use an insecure one, Steve Rambam is in the studio to talk about MySpace, the issue of registered sex offenders openly using MySpace with their real names, the difference between borderline cases and serious cases, what MySpace is alleged to have done with a list of offenders, the connection with Sentinel Tech, the possibility of prosecution by various states against MySpace for their actions, how to verify the identity of a MySpace user, why Steve thinks the Lori Drew case was badly prosecuted, some examples of MySpace pages Steve has found, what makes MySpace worse than Facebook, Steve explains what crime he believes MySpace is guilty of, how the original case involving a company called Blue China came to be, how a list of MySpace usernames and passwords was obtained, the lawsuit MySpace filed against Blue China for spamming, why people need to be responsible with the information they give out on social networking sites, next week will be the start of fundraising.
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January 28
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