Talk:1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)

2013-07-22T12:43:29Z

84.164.96.3: audio codec claim

The song he claims to have written is, of course, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". But why? /[[User:Skagedal|Skagedal]] ([[User talk:Skagedal|talk]]) 08:22, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
: I guess for the same reason he claims to have thought up YOLO and cat picture memes - he's claiming credit for many many future developments - that's the joke. Either that or the comic's claiming Douglas was a time traveller and was single handedly responsible for every invention ever! Let's face it though, much of our modern day tech wouldn't have happened without his work. I can't believe I never heard of this guy before. [[User:Hippyjim|Hippyjim]] ([[User talk:Hippyjim|talk]]) 09:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
::As has since been added, it's a reference to the obscure-but-not-secret chord keyboard. Someone should really go through each clause and either give a link to that part of the demo, or the real history. {{unsigned ip|173.14.129.9}}
: I'd guess it's because the mournful tone of the song makes it appropriate for a memorial to someone passing away.
:[[User:Wwoods|Wwoods]] ([[User talk:Wwoods|talk]]) 18:06, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Looks like the Stanford site has been given the xkcd hug. Does anybody have a mirror? [[User:Spontaneous|Spontaneous]] ([[User talk:Spontaneous|talk]]) 15:33, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
:Stanford is overloaded, not only because this comic. The link is also at his wiki page.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Is it just me or is there a certain amount of deliberate irony here. Englebart was working at " A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect" and where do we end up? Lolcats....--[[User:NHSavage|NHSavage]] ([[User talk:NHSavage|talk]]) 19:12, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

The "inventions in detail" section is badly written... Also, it feels weird to use Engelbart's first name to refer to him. Excessively familiar, perhaps. --[[Special:Contributions/24.186.79.218|24.186.79.218]] 01:13, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
:So do it better, you are welcome here to help. And at the Stanford site he is just called "Doug", in America people are mostly using the first name.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 11:30, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
::I took a stab at cleaning up the grammar a bit, and I agree that in this context, refering to him by his last name is more appropriate. --[[Special:Contributions/67.71.137.146|67.71.137.146]] 12:29, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
:::Thanks for your help on grammar, I'm not native English. My main source was the Stanford site mentioned at the trivia, and he is just called "Doug" there. I think even this nickname should be appropriate.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:03, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi, is there any truth to the "masking codecs" claim in the comic and in the explanation of the inventions here? I watched the whole presentation on Youtube, but I can't remember that anything about audio was mentioned. Has this been presented some other time? Or is this again a joke, like the YOLO-cat claim? --[[Special:Contributions/84.164.96.3|84.164.96.3]] 12:43, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)