Podcast 138: Swords, Stocks, And Immortality

One of us met up with a listener this week at a secluded location.  Did anyone get cut?  Was there uncomfortable silence?  Hugging?  Listen to find out! We got a Potato Nut update, talked a little Olympics, and got a review of Indy Bundle 7.  Can you live forever?  Scientists are working on it, and we talk about when this is expected to happen, and what you can expect “immortality” to be like.  Also, Facebook bought Face.com, and we talk about facial recognition databases, tiny robots, and how the world is turning into the movie Minority Report. Turdhat started up a project investing 100,000 dollars of online “money” in stocks he picks, including Zynga, and we’ll check every week and see if he goes broke or shows us all how stupid we are.  Listen to hear his “insider information”. We hit your phone calls and emails and talked a bit about NASA, then had a special listener requested Sword News segment.  In the after-show we had a quick Turdhat Help You and Imitating Nicholson, including Zum taking a crack at it!  All this and more, and who doesn’t like more.  More is great.  Enjoy the more. Links from this week: Russian Scientists Think Immortality Is Possible You Are Probably In A Facial Recognition Database Tiny Drones Disguised As Birds And Bugs Wreckdem’s Dead Squirrel (NSFL, why click this honestly) Watch The Mars Landing! Intro: Reddwarf Outro:  Van Canto – Hero – Hero  (Thanks Trinitis!) Be sure and join us LIVE, you can listen and chat on the website. We normally record Saturday 9pm Pacific/Midnight Eastern. If you’d like to help the show hit the “Support The Show” tab on the website and click through our link when you make Amazon purchases, or click the “T-Shirt” tab and buy a shirt. We thank you so much for your support. Email: [email protected] Phone: 925-246-CHAT or Ventchat on Skype Twitter: @Ventchat_Esta @Ventchat (for Fen) @Ventchat_Sauce @Turdhat Snail Mail: P.O. Box 5412 Concord CA 94524 Ventchat On Facebook