For those of you who missed Mark Frauenfelder’s appearance on The Colbert Report last night (or just don’t have a TV), the segment is now live online. Watch it above or on Colbert Nation.
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Mark, are you an elf?
That was awesome
gotta run to see the hockey game, go Hawks!
1) I hope you gave Claude Shannon credit for his device.
2) Two of them, plus a mechanical coupling, could comprise an oscillator!
They sure do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgoSOSGrx4