May 13, 2006
Dr. Dave and Evil Steve preview the fifteenth anniversary of the local Computer Talk show and five years of national syndication, then turn a David Blaine stunt into a recurring thermal paste parody that includes a memory of Dr. Dave’s youngest son calling himself all pinkly after a bath. A photo editing answer becomes a lasting preservation lesson: tools do not make an artist, the raw original should remain untouched and every edit should be made under a different filename so there is always a way back. The technology history ranges from Silicon Graphics and the changing workstation business to Web 2.0, broadband over power lines and Dr. Dave’s warning that Windows Vista could not eliminate future security threats because the unknown attack vectors are the ones that get through. The closing hour adds a practical rule to document warranty trouble and a political argument that copyright law had overwhelmed legitimate personal archiving, while routine products and sensitive social network material remain in the complete show.
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8 parts, 79:06 total. All preserved transcript parts in this selection have been reviewed for content and sequence. The archive includes show breaks; this is not a verified uninterrupted recording. The air date remains proposed.
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