The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2016, 09:33:42 pm
content: This guy is too cool for school!

author: vinicius.jlantunes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2016, 09:53:22 pm
content: Very cool!

author: Armxnian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2016, 10:21:18 pm
content: He's in the newest video:

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2016, 10:32:23 pm
content: Quote from: Armxnian on February 24, 2016, 10:21:18 pmYep, that's how I found the Klein bottle video

author: rfeecs
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2016, 11:40:36 pm
content: He was discussed a while back in this thread:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/this-guy-made-a-rover-out-of-junk-to-store-klein-bottles-in-his-basement/

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 12:22:25 am
content: Wow, that is too cool. I love his little robot forklift. Gotta be better than crawling around every time you have to fill an order. The guy is obviously a mad scientist of the higher order. I love Numberphile, but I never caught this. Thanks for sharing that.

author: HAL-42b
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 12:56:54 am
content: Cliff Stoll is one of those odd birds I can't wrap my head around. He almost seems like a cartoon character. His speech and mannerism seem like he is acting for a children show on morning TV.Cool mechanical calculator though. Didn't know they could do multiplication and division this early. I always thought early calculators as addition and subtraction only.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 01:00:41 am
content: Wow, these videos are both just awesome. I want to be like him when I get old as heck lol

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 01:02:07 am
content: Here's the extra footage on Numberphile2:

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 05:20:17 am
content: Well that was interesting. I read "Silicon Snake Oil" quite some time ago. If I recall there was a documentary made about it as well.

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 05:23:02 am
content: In art class for the ceramics project I wanted to make a Klein Bottle.Mrs. A didn't know what a Klein Bottle was.So I drew one.She was suspicious, and thought it was a water pipe.I didn't know what a water pipe was.I had to make something else.

author: Tom45
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 07:05:30 am
content: Cliff Stoll became famous because of his book the Cuckoo's Egg. You can see the 1990 Nova program about it at:Order a Klein bottle from him. The transaction goes about the same as what you see of him in his Klein bottle videos.

author: TinkerFan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 07:57:49 am
content: People that are so enthusistic about the stuff they're doing always impress me. Not that I am not enthusistic about my hobby, but that is a whole new dimension, almost embarassing how he is shaking his hands... but hey, Nerds

author: MapleLeaf
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 09:02:19 pm
content: Wow, i am impressed. And i thought my shed full of electronic surplus stuff was cool.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 02:33:51 am
content: Quote from: Tom45 on February 25, 2016, 07:05:30 amWell, from what I can remember from his earlier media appearances, age hasn't toned down his cartoon mannerisms. I actually ordered a Pythagorean glass mug from him about a year ago but didn't make the connection to Cliff Stoll.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 12:49:31 pm
content: Quote from: Tom45 on February 25, 2016, 07:05:30 amWow. That was awesome.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 04:10:06 pm
content: Last semester I had to write a paper about a hacking incident for my IT security class. I used the story of how he caught Marcus Hess as the subject.

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 07:41:13 pm
content: Quote from: timb on February 26, 2016, 12:49:31 pmHe gives a brief rundown of the story here...minus the docudrama. All the ATT clips he's featured in on YouTube are worth watching.His Ted Talk is highly amusing, as well.