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Free Claude Shannon Documentary Online

Posted by timothy on from the real-media-only-though dept.

sensui writes "Today we take DVD, cellphones for granted. Here is a nice documentary produced by UCSD-TV that helps us to remember who's the man behind all the fundamental theoretical work that truly enabled the information age. This documentary has recently won an biography award. Hope that can remind us this is not just what Bell Lab has been known for." Note: the entire documentary, not just a teaser, is available here, but only in RealMedia format.

14 comments

  1. The Father of Information Theory by Stridar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Claude Shannon was a great engineer and theorist. His seminal work, "The Mathematiccal Theory of Communication" created the field of information theory. Even though it was the first complete treatment of information theory, and is over fifty years old, it is still a good read for the mathematically inclined. You can obtain a reprint of this paper at the Bell labs website .

  2. Isn't it ironic... by X-rated+Ouroboros · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that Elwyn Berlekamp, 1993 winner of the Shannon Award for advancing information theory and communications science, mumbles so badly that you can barely understand what he's saying half the time.

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    1. Re:Isn't it ironic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's not ironic at all. Shannon's work was mainly applicable to moving information through a noisy channel.

  3. FREE CLAUDE SHANNON? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    My goodness, I didn't even know he'd been busted!

  4. Misread by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I first read "Free Claude Shannon" I thought "When did he get arrested?". Scary.

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  5. I agree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See here.

    The AC's post was clearly first.

  6. silly me by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 1

    The title of this post made me think it was an activist campaign like "Free Mumia!" or "Free Hat!". Nope, just a regular, law-abiding science guy :-)

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  7. It was good for 15 minutes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Great documentary, for the 15 minutes that realplayer played sound.

    God, I wish Realplayer died fucking years ago.

  8. Anyone able to download the .RM file ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Saving just downloads a 168 byte .ram file.
    How do I snag the .rm file ?