Hi, it's me, the Captain,
joining you on my one day off for a special, behind-the-scenes look at our new "CD slash" series.
C'mon!
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Captain: Damnit! I told you to clean this sh*t up, Alan!
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Here at Disillusion Industries, we pride ourselves on the clarity and accuracy of our explanations.
Every topic is rigorously researched by a team of experienced writers.
There they are, hard at work.
And when they're done, a fleet of talented digital artists takes over
to create the satisfying animated visuals you know and love.
Just look at 'em go!
But even with our vast resources, we're not perfect.
Sometimes, as we spend days crafting a simulation of phosphors refreshing on a CRT screen,
based on stuff we've read,
We don't stop and check that other people have actually captured real phosphors
refreshing on a real CRT screen, with ultra-high speed cameras, and it looks a little different!
This was the case with our "CD / Interlacing" episode,
as noted by one vigilant fan on the website "reddit (dot) com".
The good news is the discrepancy is easily fixed by a change to just one line of narration
and a small tweak to a shot.
But the complex technology for replacing a YouTube upload has not yet been
developed by your civilization.
The prime directive prohibits us from interfering, but at the same time, I'm not giving up all those views!
(Ka-ching)
So we've come up with a procedure to let you experience the correct version of the episode
in a pretty seamless way.
Take a look.
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Correction preparation:
Perform a light warm-up for the muscles of your neck
Access the CD / Interlacing video on your mobile device,
and pause it at the start.
Borrow a second mobile device from a friend
or just a guy you know.
On that device, navigate to this very video
and pause it at time stamp
three minutes, eight seconds.
Finally, have the friend take a third mobile device
and cue up the original video to time stamp
two minutes, zero seconds.
You're now ready.
Correction execution:
Start playback on your device and enjoy the Captain's high quality presentation
but keep an eye on the counter.
When the video reaches
one minute, thirty-eight seconds,
pause it.
Turn your head as fast as possible to face your other hand,
and immediately press play on the borrowed device.
The correction would take over. Exactly
twenty-three
seconds after that,
close your eyes and throw both devices into the air
as your friend brings the third device into view.
Simultaneously open your eyes and press play
to complete your viewing experience.
And now, the correction content.
And this was an issue.
All this glowing and dimming had to happen instantly, over and over,
at a constant frame rate as high as 30 per second.
You couldn't use phosphors that glow longer than a frame,
because then the next frame couldn't be drawn in time.
But when they dim fast as every consecutive line of the frame gets drawn
the gap before the next one is too long for persistence of vision to handle.
Which in real time means--
So there you have it.
Responsibility taken,
the error corrected,
YouTube, perhaps, made in to a slightly better place,
and it's inhabitants
into slightly better people.
Oh sh*t!
The backdrop!
What was I thinking?
Give me some paper towels!
Maybe we can salvage this!
What are you standing around for?
Give me paper towel!
Is that gaff tape?
Are you crazy?
This is expensive stuff!
We can't do that!
Give me paper towels damn it!
Oh my God!
What is wrong with you?
I cant work like this!
Why am I surrounded by incompetence?
Jesus.
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Give me paper tow-