Klaas Waslander

 I am active in software and internet development as CTO / R&D Manager, continuously working with new internet and software technologies.

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Alan Turing's birthday: The Man Behind The Modern Computer

Arthur van Hoff pointed my to Turing's birthday today. This movie made by the BBC and shared on BBC gives a great short version of Alan Turings life, achievements, success and death. "Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. He provided an influential formalization of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. With the Turing test, meanwhile, he made a significant and characteristically provocative contribution to the debate regarding artificial intelligence: whether it will ever be possible to say that a machine is conscious and can think."

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Powers Of Ten

Understanding the relative scale of things on earth and in the universe is what "Powers Of Ten" is all about. This IBM movie from 1977 is a classic that visualizes in factors of ten starting at a picnic scene and ending on the other side of the universe. Make sure you watch this movie, if only for fun!

Watch the video here. If that does not work: usually you can also find the movie using a MetaCafe search or YouTube search. For more background information read the wikipedia Powers Of Ten page.