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Beta is a fancy schmancy technical term that means: We do not want to take any responsibility for the quality of our software at this time. Idiotechnica will always be in beta.
The short version: Bing Crosby, partial owner of the 1960's era Pittsburgh Pirates, gets so nervous about Game 7 of the Pirate's World Series against the Yankees that he decides to fly to Paris with his wife in order to avoid jinxing everybody. Before he leaves, he hires a company to record the game via kinesecope (i.e. one of these: ) while he listens in France on short wave radio.
It turns out, the Pirate's 2nd baseman Bill Mazeroski hits a game-ending home run to beat the Yankees 10-9; a game that will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time.
No recordings of the momentous game had ever been seen until now.