YouTube Classics, Part Deux

[DennisN]

I loved the show Little Britain and particularly the "Computer Says No" sketches, here are two of them:
(Please note there's one foul word at the end in the first video, so don't watch if you are easily offended)

A cute little girl at the hospital desk:


The first "Computer Says No" sketch:

 

[DennisN]

Bonus picture:

 

[nsaspook]

Fowl play!

 

[fresh_42]

Fowl play!

How rude for a Canadian

 

[nuuskur]

That's a very territorial goose.

 

[nsaspook]

I hate snakes. Interesting to see the human gyroscopic effect.


Wiset Chai Chan District, Ang Thong, Thailand
"A rat snake almost bit a customer in the internet cafe."

 

[Borg]

I am constantly amazed at what people can build once they get an idea in their head.
TED 2017: UK 'Iron Man' demonstrates flying suit

Mr Browning said it is easily capable of flying at 200mph (321km/h) and an altitude of a few thousand feet.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

This is my favorite Youtube video of all time. I thought about it recently when I was watching the French election news.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. If you do not know French, consider learning.

Vive la France!

 

[Borg]

Some cars just don't do so well in crash tests.

 

[fresh_42]

Some cars just don't do so well in crash tests.

Not sure whether this is a good example. Since almost the entire kinetic energy is absorbed by the structural parts, the chances to survive could be higher than those in an ordinary real car.

 

[DennisN]

Not The Nine O'Clock News - Gerald the gorilla

 

[nsaspook]

 

[OCR]

Irrefutable proof of wave function collapse ! ...

 

[jim hardy]

Irrefutable proof of wave function collapse ! ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse

In quantum mechanics, wave function collapse is said to occur when a wave function—initially in a superposition of several eigenstates—appears to reduce to a single eigenstate (by "observation").

Observe that eigenstate in the video.

 

[fresh_42]

Observe that eigenstate at 1:31.
Schrödinger's 'Swimsuit Edition' ?

Obviously Bell's long lost hidden variable.

 

[jim hardy]

Obviously Bell's long lost hidden variable.

I'd call it "Bell's long lost barely hidden variable".

.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[DennisN]

The Indian flying wheel

 

[DennisN]

Makes me laugh every time I see it...

 

[DennisN]

 

[Borg]

Not really a classic YouTube video but I thought that I would post it here anyway. I bought a dash cam in January and today, I recorded an accident (no sound).

 

[DennisN]

Laser art:

 

[OmCheeto]

Laser art:
...

That made my head hurt to watch.
But it was very cool.

I ran into the following gentleman at the local hippy fair a few weeks ago, and fell in love with his "laser" art.



Fortunately or unfortunately, my house is too small to hold any more "art", or I'd have bought a piece.

 

[Astronuc]

LA Speed Check - some SR-71 humor

 

[DennisN]

Very funny analysis of sleeping positions...

 

[DennisN]

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

Here's a bit of classic Doo Wop from the Citations. More fun than watching the ceremony for the École Polytechnique students I posted last time. Sorry, no offense, but that's how I feel these days. Long live peace, love, and music.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

The Rick Astley/Nirvana thing was interesting. But I still prefer pure unsullied Rick. He is one of the finest singers ever in pop music. I need to stop my social media activities now and get back to work. So I will finish with this beautiful song. Tell it like it is, Rick!

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

This one showed up on the screen, so here is a Rick Astley encore. So beautiful! Thanks Rick.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

After posting a couple of Rick Astley songs, I was curious if he wrote any of them himself. It turns out he wrote "Hold Me In Your Arms." He also wrote "Cry For Help" along with Rob Fisher.

"Hold Me In Your Arms" reached number 10 in the UK charts in Feburary 1989. "Cry For Help" also did very well in UK and USA charts.

So he is not only one of the best British singers, but a gifted songwriter as well.

He is a real singer, meaning no tricks. Look at some of his live performances. Amazing. He started his public singing career in the church choir, when he was ten years old.

Rick is from Lancashire.

Obviously I am a great fan of Rick Astley.

I've done lots of study and programming in the area of sound synthesis. It's a fascinating field. But it seems even the most advanced singing synthesis software of today is unable to come anywhere close to generating a convincing human voice. I'm quite happy about that, since I'm on the human side of the human vs machine war.