Google Tech Talks: "All Questions Answered" by Donald Knuth(clicker.com)

130 pointsby tjr15 yıl önce16 comments

Google Tech Talks: "All Questions Answered" by Donald Knuth

http://www.clicker.com/web/google-tech-talks/-all-questions-answered-by-donald-knuth-1558044/

9 comments

theodpHN15 yıl önce

Compare the reception Googlers gave Lady Gaga vs. Donald Knuth http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=hNa_-1d_0tA&start1=115...

Jach15 yıl önce

I'm actually glad programmer-type people don't tend to scream like that, at least for another programmer-type person. (Though it disturbs me when anyone does it for someone--I can't stand live sporting events or concerts.)

leon_15 yıl önce

I would totally scream for Knuth!

trin_15 yıl önce

directly from the yt comments:

"Donald frickin Knuth in the room and look at all the people still tapping away on their notebooks. What would it take? The Queen of England?"

staunch15 yıl önce

Direct: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLBvCB2kr4Q

tjr15 yıl önce

Thanks! The link I posted was the link cited on Knuth's website... no blog spam intended.

glenra15 yıl önce

I loved this:

"If there were ten people like me in the world, we wouldn't have time to read each other's books." - Donald Knuth

Tiomaidh15 yıl önce

"The answer is....I'm 73 years old and....I have friends."

vessenes15 yıl önce

I haven't heard Knuth lecture for maybe five years, but he seemed sort of stuttery -- something I don't remember from his last lecture I saw at MIT. Does anyone know if the stuttering is common / worsening? I'm worried about his mental health!!

brg15 yıl önce

In most of his online talks, his extemporaneous speaking style seems to be consistent. For instance compare with his Christmas trees lectures from the previos years.

tomn15 yıl önce

I was lucky enough to see him in Manchester a few months ago, and the people who weren't expecting the stuttering were quite put off. Still, it was an incredible experience.

ww52015 yıl önce

Link in GoogleTechTalk's channel http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265/GoogleTechTalks/2011-....

dpkendal15 yıl önce

I was fortunate to see him in Manchester, England in February. As Manchester is the birthplace of the Small Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), someone asked him:

Q: What would you have done with the SSEM if you had access to it?

A: Given that I was about ten years old at the time, I would probably have used it to check Facebook.

A great man, with a great sense of humour. (He later gave his real answer: he would write a program to play music on it.)

enterneo15 yıl önce

but I submitted the same link 25 days ago, and I got no upvote love: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2380269

ww52015 yıl önce

Sorry to hear it wasn't voted up. I suspect HN has an aversion to direct link to video in submission.

melling15 yıl önce

He talks about The Bank of San Serrifee near the end.

http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/boss.html

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