Comments by "VE7NDE" (@denelson83) on "Computerphile" channel.

  1. +Alex Shannon BBC and ITV. Those are TV networks in the UK.
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  2. Some five-bit papertapes were also designed with extra width on one side so that a readable character could be stamped next to each row of punched holes.
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  3. I've actually memorized this entire five-bit code. Inexplicably, the letter Z is only two punches.
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  4. +Alex Shannon Not ITV? 😛
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  5. Also to show you how to read it the right way round.
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  6. Nepal is 5 ¾ hours ahead of Greenwich.
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  7. And that's the letter Y. When I had a go at decoding that tape by eye, I got nothing but gibberish.
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  8. VPNs have unfortunately become rather controversial in recent years.
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  9. Bell Labs to Mergenthaler: "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Which one are you going to choose?"
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  10. GPS uses LFSRs to identify each individual satellite.
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