For those who have dealt with Null values in programming and databasesyou will find this quite amusing. This week on Radiolab... FORWARD TO A FRIEND <https://view.lists.wnyc.org/ftaf.aspx?qs=2d681a26e860f810ff89eb73d5f2eb03ce90c4010e478cd4bedc6acd25bb575cfeff5e93b0191ef464d28cb55bdd119c> VIEW IN BROWSER <https://view.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=2d681a26e860f810ff89eb73d5f2eb03ce90c4010e478cd46638d18342bfc45829949332f3e669e4066a3c620e14a8b272ab6e44fe452643588e288de5cf49760d290d0cc01ac58b> BECOME A MEMBER <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=7a5991c4989f1900d10893d11f327f837b2a47556900a507a884572a26f0f7d2a2cadaa8696edd9492360c82a718f48dafaafed9fa1be520> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=7a5991c4989f190037fd844f763204af09b62e3f662945f19c96deeae89be2f68ce5f701ae918c48d321775e182b24e81129ebd26d4ef0dd> (Photo by Ben Hershey) *New episode on the podcast feed: NULL <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=7a5991c4989f1900f20e9a7b7538a4e8a4689ad00bb924e1affb825f3a59890ad409ee181c3ddde01ae03b56f07f942f03c4e7cb01204881>* Several years ago, computer engineer Joseph Tartaro changed his license plate to read: “NULL.” It was an experiment. With this new plate, he wondered, would he ever get a traffic ticket again? Underlying his question was a simple fact: to a computer, “NULL” means empty. This week we find out what happened to Joseph (spoiler, it didn’t go as planned) and hear from folks who feel cursed by their last name Null. Read: a list of all the wrong assumptions about names that are embedded in the code of many web sites <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=7a5991c4989f190032e4b676c40400773c4f9574854fc09202f3d36b52933ae43e90d24e891921d94881b29247099ad980625715fc7f0e0b>. Listen to "NULL" <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=7a5991c4989f190072c82ce1228fb9ce403313e048ae037ffa826505b08d6c3ec234a1670de47735d5e07b240c764eb1302afa71145083d2> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------