Lateral with Tom Scott

25: A deliberately bad program

Mar 31, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Limits of Imagination
01:31 • 2min
3
What Is a Memory Leak?
03:02 • 2min
4
The Military's Military Contract
04:36 • 2min
5
Why a Bomb Needs a Computer
06:12 • 2min
6
The Australian Red Cross Electronic Thermometer Type Displays
08:01 • 2min
7
How to Motivate People to Give Money
09:34 • 2min
8
The Thermometer Display for Fundraising
11:25 • 2min
9
The Problem With Combining Letters
12:56 • 2min
10
The Importance of Blood Donations
14:36 • 2min
11
The Problem With Pedantry
16:55 • 2min
12
The History of the Internet
18:26 • 2min
13
The Power of a Long Bow
19:59 • 2min
14
The Sign of Sincerity
21:53 • 2min
15
The Importance of Letters to Local Members
23:42 • 2min
16
Circular Red Stickers: How They Cause Wrong Mischief
25:22 • 2min
17
How to Use a Red Sticker to Cause Whimsical Mischief in a Rural American Town
26:57 • 2min
18
The Importance of Rural Rural Areas in the US
28:35 • 2min
19
How to Look Like Rudolph in a Rural Town
30:17 • 2min
20
The Rules of Soccer
31:56 • 2min
21
How Lee Lee Did It
33:35 • 2min
22
The Referee's Whistle
35:15 • 2min
23
The Un-Gentlemanly Conduct of Soccer
36:55 • 2min
24
How Dogs Caused a Car to Be Destroyed
38:30 • 2min
25
The Dogs That Destroyed the Car
40:05 • 2min
26
The Effects of Dog Urine on the Metal Base of a Street Lamp
41:42 • 2min
27
The Importance of Quality Clothing
43:23 • 3min