YouTube Description: Visit Rob's Channel the Obsolete Geek: https://www.youtube.com/user/robivy64 Visit me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the8bitguy In this video, we'll cover 3 different... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 595 views • 8:45

While they don't quite cause a Y2K-scale of disaster, leap seconds can cause some serious glitches. Here's why computers have trouble with something that should, in theory, be pretty simple.

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 3:09

Bits and Bytes was a Canadian television series, produced by TVOntario in 1983. It starred Luba Goy as the instructor, and Billy Van as the student.

posted by Ashenkase 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 9:41

Abstract: Hydrographic printing is a well-known technique in industry for transferring color inks on a thin film to the surface of a manufactured 3D object. It enables high-quality coloring of object... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 12 months ago • 883 views • 4:55

A great, physics-based explanation of why blurring colors on a computer doesn't look quite right, and how image storage/display could be easily improved

posted by blacklotus90 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:14

Jeremy Howard: The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn. "What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 3 months ago • 36 views • 19:50

YT: Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 5 months ago • 680 views • 4:05

It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 653 views • 5:43

"... The Teens watch the 90's era instructional video, Kids' Guide to The Internet and discuss how the internet has evolved over time..." Bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNivjw4fzF0

posted by ant 9 years 11 months 1 week ago • 136 views • 9:56

"When a science-mad A.I. system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians learn the process behind nuclear fusion in the Sun, and how it differs from fission..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 2 months ago • 84 views • 9:00

A bug in Google Chrome allows malicious websites to turn users’ computers into clandestine listening devices, a programmer discovered. Tal Atler, a web developer in Israel, discovered that once you... continue reading

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 3 months ago • 47 views • 4:06

YouTube Description: In which John Green teaches you about the United States as it was in the 1990s. You'll remember from last week that the old-school Republican George H.W. Bush had lost the 1992 presidential... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months 1 week ago • 247 views • 15:38

YouTube Description: Lawrence Krauss describes quantum computing and the technical obstacles we need to overcome to realize this Holy Grail of processing.... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 8 months 1 week ago • 1,192 views • 3:52

From YT: How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say "as in a transistor radio?" Yes! That's exactly... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 55 views • 6:00

"You may not typically prefer them to more traditional games, but the ten on this list ain't so bad..."

posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 341 views • 6:49

On January 19th, 2038 at 3:14:07, all 32-bit computer clocks will rollover back to December 13, 1901.

posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 166 views • 8:01

From YT: The open cluster M67 has traditionally been considered a possible birthplace for the Sun, though computer modelling may throw a spanner in the works? Will astronomers ever learn where our star... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 7 months ago • 487 views • 4:50