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earthpigg
August 14th, 2010, 08:10 PM
From 1990. Narrated by this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll), Clifford Stoll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1swbLfrP6g

I just started it. Anyone care to join me?

enjoy! :popcorn:

standingwave
August 14th, 2010, 10:54 PM
From 1990. Narrated by this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll), Clifford Stoll. Stoll gave a Ted Talk a couple of years ago. Talked about Klein bottles and measured the speed of sound on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8IA6xOpSk

Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he’s not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll’s to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides — and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he’s a scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”

murderslastcrow
August 14th, 2010, 11:07 PM
Wow, that's actually pretty interesting.

earthpigg
August 14th, 2010, 11:08 PM
that's exactly how i came across this :)

Frogs Hair
August 14th, 2010, 11:16 PM
I bookmarked to watch later but after the first 10 minutes I couldn't stop.

Phrea
August 14th, 2010, 11:18 PM
Seen it more than a few times.
Love it !!

Phrea
August 14th, 2010, 11:21 PM
http://publicdomainflix.com/movie-67.htm
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http://publicdomainflix.com/movie-69.htm

For your entertainment. :)

earthpigg
August 15th, 2010, 12:32 AM
Triumph of the nerds is indeed a good one, Phrea.

scouser73
August 15th, 2010, 01:08 AM
From 1990. Narrated by this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll), Clifford Stoll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1swbLfrP6g

I just started it. Anyone care to join me?

enjoy! :popcorn:

I've just finished watching it, that was really good.