80: Tangled in Version Numbers

Episode description

• Follow-up:
  • iTunes on Windows uses Objective-C
  • Lightning cables
    • Advice from Geniuses at the Apple Bar
    • When to ask for a replacement
    • Strain relief design
    • USB icon on the cable
  • There's still a Mac with an optical drive
  • CD-ROM nostalgia
    • CD caddy
    • Math co-processor
    • Kenwood TrueX 72x CD-ROM with 7 laser beams
  • When will Apple let spinning hard drives die?
    • What size drives do iMacs use?
  • Verizon "SpeedMatch"
• Merlin Mann asks about the new TiVo Roamio OTA
• Version Numbering
  • The Infinite Version
  • Do people care about pretty URLs.aspx?
• Podcast Patent Troll
  • Ars Technica
  • Hypercritical #67
  • Hypercritical #68
  • Ars on Carolla Settling
  • Adam Carolla discusses the case starting around 40 minutes
• Marco's headphone review
• Post-Show:
  • John's review status
  • Amazon buys Twitch
    • Twitch Plays Pokémon
    • Isometric
  • Marco.☕️
  • Bad.☕️
  • Explanation of John's joke domain for The Flop House

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