The Millionaire Machine - Numberphile

Cliff is back with an amazing device - The Millionaire.
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[@JLConawayII]

Every physics/math professor needs one of these, so when someone forgets their calculator they can give them this to use instead.

[@YourMJK]

Genius!

[@livedandletdie]

+JLConawayII That's a nice way to be evil.

[@RealLuckless]

+JLConawayII I forced a professor to reword his exam rules when I brought in mechanical calculators and and a solar-reflector microfilm reader... It previously was simply "No electronic devices", but now is something along the lines of "No unapproved devices".

[@inthefade]

+RealLuckless that is hilarious

[@Divine-Love]

+RealLuckless lol

[@wolframstahl1263]

This device is astonishing! But this guy... you could have him explain to us how a spoon works for half an hour and I would still be delighted to listen!

[@madjoemak]

Wolfram Stahl Hahahaha that's probably true!!!

[@superbeefus]

He's so ecstatic about everything, it's actually quite delightful.

[@andersengman3896]

"You see, there's a positive gaussian curvature over here [proceeds to draw on spoon] and a negative one over here, and if you twist the handle and attach it to the paraboloid, you have a Möbius strip. Take another spoon and twist the handle in the opposite direction and add them together, and you have a Klein bottle, which is ABSOLUTELY NIFTY!"

[@tylerbendel4361]

this needs to happen

[@silak33]

He did explain pizza :)

[@WrathOfMega]

I presume this is the original, which he retrieved with his Delorean.

[@-_Nuke_-]

+WrathOfMega haha! Now that's what I call a great comment!

[@RWBHere]

No, it's the original that he delivered and sold to the bank in his deLorian. It then went the long way round until he could buy it back at scrap price, while the original sale money accrued interest in the same bank. Genius!

[@Quasihamster]

Either that or he opened a tear leading to some technology museum.

[@Triantalex]

??

[@GetOutsideYourself]

And in 100 years, some yet-to-be-born crazy-haired scientist will make a frenetic video about the quaintness of our present-day technology. "And we look into this monitor and type our search, WITH OUR FINGERS!!!!"

[@RDSk0]

+Jonathan Stewart "I'm just happy that 120 years ago people on Earth had the smarts to build this thing!"

[@truthseeker7497]

+KinRedysko Indeed. Very clever individuals existed throughout human history. Makes one wonder what wasn't recorded for our edification today.

[@peppigue]

FTFY "...with what apparently was called FINGERS!?!?"

[@PolesAreEverywhere]

I dont think so, as you see 100 years ago they used their finers just as we today

[@Harry351ify]

but from 100 from now, we'd just use voice commands.

[@ShaggyCrush]

This is your brain on math. Math, not even once.

[@Ancor3]

Unfortunately I'm a math addict.

[@jamesroseii]

win!

[@ShaggyCrush]

+Afro Samurai we're going to have to put you through a square-root-of-12 step program

[@raptorekpl]

Yea... Helluvadrug...

[@UriGerhard]

Instead of meth, do math. It'll mess you up twice as much

[@jesusthroughmary]

How can you not love this guy?

[@MostFolkCallMeOrangeJoe]

You don't find him irritating and feel that "eccentricness" is just put on.

[@jesusthroughmary]

+Adam Harrington Not at all put on.

[@glenthemann]

+Adam Harrington look at everything about him.. heck, just that living room. you can't make it up. guy is everything I aspire to be

[@RafaAnto]

+Adam Harrington It's a love it or hate it type of personality, no middleground. I love it, grew up with the Beakman's Worlds, this hits too close too childhood.

[@robertr7923]

hes annoying and way too exited. i like to see people love their stuff but this guy is annoying

[@RoflZack]

He payed WHAT!?!? $75 omg I would expect it to be worth at LEAST $5k how many are still around working? If they are rare I would say it should be worth even more! No one wants to collect this???

[@arcuesfanatic]

+Zachary Taylor 35 years ago, though. Today, they're probably a lot more.

[@trimfawn4737]

+Zachary Taylor In todays money that would be $200.

[@traktortarik8224]

Ikr

[@iamagi]

+Zachary Taylor € 2900 on ebay right now

[@RoflZack]

+iamagi You. I like you

[@seahawk124]

This needs an calculator unboxing video done by Matt! *Display*: 9 (It can show 16 digits!) *Functionally*: 6 (Great for multiplying and dividing large numbers) *Accuracy (√2)*: 1.41421... (It really can't do decimal points) *Ergonomics*: 3 (It ain't going to fit into a regular size pocket!) *Cred*: 9 (Something that is classic never goes out of fashion) *Durability*: 10 (Not many calculators these days would last 120 years!) *TOTAL*: 38.41421...

[@RealCadde]

+seahawk124 What about durability? Can it survive a drop from a rooftop?

[@madcynic]

actually I think it can do decimals, so the accuracy score should be more like e^2

[@Denmcauliffe]

Gold

[@JaytleBee]

+Cadde Let's not try that one...

[@Friek555]

+seahawk124 *Cred*: Roughly 10^6

[@GeldarionTFS]

This guy is probably a great teacher. I think he might actually be made of pure enthusiasm.

[@insu_na]

Most accurate description I have ever heard about him! :D

[@Animuldok]

+Geldarion Degana (The Fanatical Swordsman) Fortunately, he has "contained" his enthusiasm in a klein bottle. Ponder that ;D

[@insu_na]

Animuldok No, no, no! He has contained his enthusiasm *OUT*side a klein bottle!

[@Pr0teus14420]

This guy's excitement is infectious.

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@gootube2452]

I think it's cool how someone was able to build a working calculator with no electricity, no circuits, only gears.

[@joelshewmaker3567]

derek7717 Professor Matt Parker had a team that built a calculator that did basic addition from a load of dominoes.

[@326inminecraft]

Well electronics and circuit is just a miniature gear...but yeah, it is amazing

[@NoriMori1992]

When I saw who it was I beamed. I love this guy.

[@kat_stuff]

We all do

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

This guy is a character, impossible not to love. Also, 70 pounds for that? It's a steal.

[@zanryll]

no, not steel, brass

[@awesomeOM7177]

+Green Tea and Physics lol

[@unvergebeneid]

+Obi-Wan Kannabis He _is_ a character but I actually don't love him. I don't even like him much. I understand why some people do but he's just a bit _de trop_ for my taste. Interesting video though.

[@ZombieToad]

+Green Tea and Physics he said steal not steel

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

Brandon Connell He knows, he was making a funny.

[@shookya6976]

I love this guys enthusiasm

[@MaxAmmo666]

its a little annoying

[@mysteriousanonymous7992]

He looks like a mad scientist

[@kristoffersvik7564]

He reminds me of Doc Brown xD

[@tjpld]

I wish I had had a math teacher like him as a kid.

[@tomr6955]

Why would you want him to be really young?

[@Triantalex]

??

[@ToastiLP]

Wait wait wait wait WHAT! You sell klein bottles for 100 bucks each and this didnt even cost you 80?! You sir are a genius in economics

[@hendrik7368]

+red toasti At that time, dollar had more value than it has now

[@MrLycan1995]

+Jonathan Krillington it would be 270~285 dollars in 2016 according to some websites.

[@NickiRusin]

+red toasti Dollars cost _way_ more back in the day, as most currencies. More real gold behind the piece of paper.

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@Chriib]

This guy is an amazing character. Like an hyper intellectual five year old, amazed by the smallest things.

[@Floirty]

+Chriib I'm pretty sure he's the doc from back to the future at this point

[@TheRojo387]

@@Floirty Doc Brown. Clifford Stoll is Doc Brown.

[@toastplayer]

this guy is high on science, best drug ever

[@barnstormer322]

Love Cliff, he reminds me of Doc Brown! Maybe you could get him to do an impression?

[@latkagravas5142]

Great Scott!

[@crispybacon4240]

I couldn't be more disinterested with the topic of this video. But this guy's unbridled enthusiasm for an old mechanical calculator is just so infectious, I can't bring myself to look away.

[@AlanKey86]

I wonder how Matt Parker would score this calculator.

[@PassionPopsicle]

Infinity on all counts

[@SpeakShibboleth]

+AlanKey86 Probably while lying on a hospital bed.

[@austininflorida]

Display: 7 Function: 3 Accuracy: 5 Ergonomics: -∞ Cred: ∞ Durability: ∞ (it destroyed the asphalt during the drop test) Leaving a total score of ∞

[@Borednesss]

+AlanKey86 If I had to guess Display 10.. that's a lot of digits Functionality 4... only 4 operations Accuracy 5...? Don't know how well the division works Ergonomics 0.. yeah Cred 10.. you had to be a millionaire to own the thing Durability 6... water proof, time proof, probably don't want to drop it though. Not that you'd be picking it up to drop it anyways

[@The123Christian]

+AlanKey86 Durability would be 10. It still works after 120 years

[@XiaoKyonko]

5:06 adorbs. If we have enthusiastic teachers like him in school for every subject, I doubt anyone would fail.

[@McPlaySpot]

So Dang True!

[@onthespoke2]

What does it do if you divide by zero?

[@michaelwhit1059]

it creates the dolorian so the doc can travel.

[@tyronebiggums8660]

*explodes*

[@zeusnitch]

+G+ is terrible It jams up every other gear in the world

[@JaredReabow]

+G+ is terrible It cannot divide...

[@arcuesfanatic]

+Jared Reabow (Jazza) Yes it can. It was the option between Multiplication and Subtraction.

[@TwentySeventhLetter]

This is honestly one of the most entertaining videos in a while; his enthusiasm is just so captivating!

[@touchingthings4289]

His excitement is too damn high! xD

[@touchingthings4289]

+Touching Things Joking by the way

[@AgentMidnight]

His enthusiasm is contagious, also that calculator is fascinating

[@woodfur00]

I regret that I can only like this once. I do so with all of my heart: One emphatic thumbs up for Cliff Stoll and his inexhaustible fervor and love for all manner of thingamajigs.

[@navarrel589]

Damn that's the most energetic old guy i've ever seen.

[@phoenixoutoftheash]

You should see him talk about Klein bottles! That's where he really shines

[@sirmeme1135]

Yeah. I thought my grandpa was energetic...

[@EugeneKhutoryansky]

I thought it was going to be about a machine that makes people millionaires.

[@AmyWoodehy]

+Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky oh, it had made

[@Kantuva]

+Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky Well, it does, you just had to know how to use it well

[@exhaustedeloise]

I love this man so much, he gets so passionate about things that he loves! He might be my favourite person ever

[@LimeGreenTeknii]

This guy would so fit in as Emmet Brown in Back To The Future Part III.

[@Dazbog373]

Has Cliff invented the Flux Capacitor yet?

[@magnushmann]

+DarKool81 I was wondering the same...

[@MattSiegel]

+DarKool81 he has a large supply of them in his basement :D

[@beecuriousity]

+DarKool81 yeah he did it last year (1985)...if you know what I mean.

[@aliavci4242]

Obviously, if he's able to conjure up a device from the 19th century

[@sentryslayer16]

if he ever will then he already has.

[@911madza]

Excitement level of this guy is over 9000

[@YingwuUsagiri]

This guy is such a delight to listen to, and watch.

[@McPlaySpot]

I agree!

[@J0rdhardwell]

+Niels Schellekens Has the same charm as Simon Pampena and Dr James Grime. They're all mesmerized by math and it really translates over to the person theyre talking to

[@JesseRaylabrancaro]

I want to see Matt do a "calculator unboxing" with this beast. Either that, or I want to see somebody whip this thing out in a board meeting and start crunching numbers.

[@CorrectHorseBatteryStaple472]

+Jesse Ray you mean "crunching" in a literal sense, yes?

[@varikvalefor3773]

Jesse Ray: I would love to do that during the next briefing which I give. Ha.

[@chris_tzikas]

I like his excitement about things.

[@TheDrawdex]

His excitement is terrifyingly contagious. :D

[@Box-of-hats]

Beautiful piece of engineering genius here

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

I don't know what this guy is on, but I want some of it.

[@uchihasasuke7436]

+Wiseass Skeleton M"e"th (math)

[@psychopyro1012]

Klein bottle shaped meth crystals

[@rainworldenthusiast]

Enthusiasm

[@KingLich451]

Science.

[@Holobrine]

Can you do a video on Cliff's flux capacitor?

[@NeasCZ]

I wanna party with this guy.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Who doesn't.

[@doctorwhouse3881]

IDK, he looks like a math addict.

[@solarean]

@@doctorwhouse3881 that’s why we want to have a party with him

[@zacmitchel92]

I really want to see this guy in more videos. He's so entertaining. He's like Doc Brown.

[@l0rdmuffinstein189]

This guy is more animated than a cartoon.

[@iamthemobey]

I hope I can find something I'm even half as passionate about as this guy is about that calculator.

[@ratlinggull2223]

And you're not even 1/googolplexth as passionate as this guy is about Klein bottles ;)

[@rayh966]

I've learned only one thing from this: ANYTHING Cliff Stoll finds amazing and interesting is bound to bend my mind a bit.

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

15 seconds in and I know I'm in for a treat. Cliff is The Man.

[@gabrielmello3293]

Am I the only one that absolutely loves this guy?

[@rcksnxc361]

Nope, ure not the only one

[@joelshewmaker3567]

Gabriel Mello My experience tells me that if a question starts with, "Am I the only one that...?" then you're probably not the only one. :p

[@raumaankidwai]

Am I the only one that has a mathematically incorrect avatar?

[@gabrielmello3293]

Definitely no

[@MrPulversson]

I feel like this guy have read an elder scroll

[@kcwidman]

I feel like designing and manufacturing something like this way back when is even more impressive than what we can do with electronics today.

[@cyancoyote7366]

People back then could actually appreciate the technology. Todays people are like: "1nm transistor... k."

[@serbianspaceforce6873]

It has more digits than my current handheld callculator

[@TrickShotKoopa]

why you truly are a math nerd you're even on vi hart. like bro

[@jainandan9443]

Kai Widman .From old comes the new

[@violetlavender9504]

DeathNikki I think they're trying to get at the fact that they can comprehend and be impressed by a mechanical calculator, but computers are too impressive for their amazingness to be comprehended. Telling them they just want to be edgy is condescending. Maybe you just want to be edgy by telling people they are wrong about something subjective.

[@cloudybrains]

Wow after having watched countless videos with this guy in it, I only just new realised that he's Clifford Stoll. I read an amazing book of his!

[@NathanBoehm]

"A portable calculator smaller than a piano! You can't get cooler than that." I love Cliff so much

[@carlwitt7950]

The moment I saw this guy I got excited..... he needs his own channel !!!!

[@paulz5403]

I love this person enthusiasm.

[@axiezimmah]

Should we tell him there are calculators that fit in your pocket?

[@SirThyrm]

+zimri19 Nah.... i guess it would destroy his world.... but i want to see him.... Taking his calculator to the Supermarket and start recalculate his bill.

[@litojonny]

+zimri19 plus it weighs 60-70 pounds, imagine the gainz carrying it around

[@Yanni_X]

Back to the future? "Go back a 100 years ago" says the crazy-looking scientist :D

[@ArtificialLifef0rm]

+Yanni_X yea he reminds me of doc Brown :D

[@bumble7193]

this machine has more numbers available then most of the portable ones i've seen

[@edeneden97]

It's Prof Klein Bottle everybody! He's back to show us some more math fun!

[@juangreen8194]

Yes he's real life Dr. Brown, he's great!

[@entropicallydriven]

It makes me happy how excited this guy is about what he's interested in

[@kordellcurl7559]

What would happen if you try to divide by zero on the machine

[@mcxhalo]

+MikeLadies nice one

[@RealCadde]

+kordell curl Well, looking at the mechanism, dividing by zero might have the same effect as multiplying by zero. Note that when he's multiplying by zero, the result doesn't reset. At least not that i can see.

[@tofifi100]

+kordell curl real questions asked!

[@IamGrimalkin]

Another calculator unboxing? Where's the durability test? Or the Dividing by zero test™ or Dividing by seven and multiplying by seven test for that matter?

[@1996Pinocchio]

There is a divide by 0 test. At least he shows that nothing happens, if the thing on the left is on 0.

[@DanDart]

+1996Pinocchio That was a multiply by zero test...

[@hackleberrym]

+1996Pinocchio It was multiplying by zero if I understood correctly.

[@199NickYT]

+1996Pinocchio That's for adding!! (or multiplying? I think he misspoke, and it's really adding there)

[@1996Pinocchio]

If you put the switch on divide, it will remain the same on the left if I understood it right.

[@marcove3]

This man is the definition of passion.

[@adreiiaii510]

Antique Road Show - Univesity Professor Edition. I love this guy so much. His enthusiasm is intoxicating. He could read me the phone book and by the end i'd probably be bouncing out of my chair with excitement.

[@Ben79k]

I LOVE THIS GUY. He's so infinitely enthusiastic. He could talk about anything and i'd be entertained and educated.

[@TheEPROM9]

I love this guys enthusiasm.

[@adeeplyconfusedman7484]

This guy is amazing. I love his energy.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

this guy is _that weird scientist_ character that you might find in videogames or movies. he's SO that character lol replace the calculator with chemical compounds, magic or engineering contraptions... and you got your character.

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

This is me with old video game consoles. Love showing this stuff off. So wholesome to watch him!

[@TheRaven123]

I love this guy and his enthusiasm

[@TheRaven123]

+cdud1998 He is a genius. Probably unlike you.

[@TheRaven123]

Penny Lane Now, first of all I'm not "handing out" genius certificates. I'm just a random guy with a random opinion. Furthermore, this man is able to actually understand AND repair such old mechanical machines. I just think you need to be a bit clever to do that. Moreover, he makes money on selling freaking Klein bottles! KLEIN BOTTLES! Yes, you must be a genius to be able to make money of of that sort of thing.

[@unvergebeneid]

The Raven I'm not saying he's not clever and I'm not even saying he's not a genius. I'm just saying that we've seen enough to see that he's quite intelligent but we haven't seen enough to call him a genius. That's my "random opinion" anyway ;)

[@1_____________________]

I absoludley love this dude!

[@NoodleCollie]

I want to be this guy when I'm old.

[@stephenhalliwell4720]

so that's the reason my math teacher would say: "you won't always have a calculator with you"... he grew up in the 18th century😝

[@ShankarRam23]

+Stephen Halliwell 18th century is the 1700s

[@minibuscus2]

+Shankar Ram rekt

[@thoughtyness]

I love your reactions to this , but I can't even imagine what your reactions to a modern computer would be.

[@Pr1est0fDoom]

OK, now we need a Bill Hammack, the engineer guy (engineerguyvideo here on KZbin) video about this calculator.

[@wupme]

+DoomMantia i actually want Clickspring to build one!

[@otakuribo]

+djteac Yes

[@jeremylakeman]

+DoomMantia standupmaths unboxing?

[@JustVinny]

I love this guy so enthusiastic

[@symonf1966]

I'd love to see this guy after a couple of coffees. Great video.

[@EternalBooda]

+Symon Fobbester Monster Energy Drinks should totally sponsor maths.

[@power-max]

Hey, it's that crazy guy with the warehouse basement of those klein bottle things! He is sure, ahem, enthusiastic about all things math!

[@RainaRamsay]

Just so you know, Brady, I love videos with Cliff, and think you should do as many as possible.

[@aliavci4242]

Absolutely agree

[@Dastivus]

I absolutely adore this man's enthusiasm for this device

[@AissurDrol]

I love this guy, he's so enthused and crazy! Amazing video.

[@aurelia8028]

Crazy. Definitely crazy

[@InterjectionVideos]

I'm sold thanks to this guy. Where can I buy one!?

[@zerocalvin]

what about divide by zero? you cant show us a calculating machine without asking that question...

[@kook123ful]

I think it would know that the number will stay the same.

[@marxmann3662]

it would just spin infinitely

[@eduardogomes4865]

no, a non-zero number divided by zero is +-infinity.

[@salvadordali4765]

No it isn't.

[@matthiasinghels6547]

Eduardo Gomes it isn't, they made a video about that too I thought...

[@Barabyk]

Cliff is an impersonation of appreciation of every second of life. And it’s contagious. And beautiful to watch.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

90s technology. 1890s. A fascinating device for just $75. I am glad he refurbishes these museum pieces.

[@TacticalRab]

This guy is amazing

[@johnathanrichardson]

this mechanical calculator can register higher numbers than my tablet can XD

[@JESSEverything]

I bet this guy was curious about everything as a kid. What a cool dude, his enthusiasm is contagious.

[@MichaelBuergerArt]

I am loving this video, Cliff is jumping around, then.. I see the Klein bottle behind him, that made my day :D

[@TheGerogero]

One-crank multiplication ftw!!!

[@SoFZlodei24]

Will there be an unboxing of that calculator?

[@cullyn]

+SoFZlodei24 i hear +EEVblog likes to tear down old calculators!

[@Wargon2013]

+SoFZlodei24 Would be very nice^^ My suggestion for the score: Display: 9 - Actually a lot more digits than on most modern calculators. Functionality: 4 - Has basic arithmetic but a bit unhandy to use. Accuracy: 4 - We haven't seen something like (1/9)*9 but I think it would give 0.99...9 at best. Ergonomics: 10 - It has handles, it only weights 60 or 70 pounds, its smaller than a piano, what do you want more. Cred: 10 - Like the guy in the video said, you can't get cooler than that. Durability: 10 - Just look at how fast he is calculating, it also survived a fall from several centimeters.

[@SoFZlodei24]

+Wargon Well it is more durable than that. I will bet my money that it survives almost anything falling on it. And just imagine how screwed one's life would become if you accidentally drop this calculator on his foot. I would give 100 for such durability.

[@jazzsoul69]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 just love when someone take you in immersion like that, and he’s so enthousiastic I can’t help feeling the same way

[@equilateral1532]

This guy has quickly become one of my favorite guests on Numberphile of all time!

[@Apuokenas]

Please, give this calculator to Matt(hematician) Parker to unbox it in his own way.

[@U014B]

I have a feeling that's what he's doing with the repaired one.

[@BlizzardzRS]

So this old thing can act as a calculator, but an iPad still can't.

[@DreckbobBratpfanne]

really? And has it changed within the last 3 years?

[@MollymaukT]

I remember seeing one of this in the Deutsches Museum in Munich around 2017. It even had the "multiplication pillars block" outside in a separate display

[@FourthDimensionPyro]

I've been watching a lot of restoration videos, and I'd love to see something like this cleaned up, polished, and painted, inside and out, to its original glory.

[@skintstudios]

real life doc brown, this guy must be / must have been a teacher with an attitude like that.

[@lostingames5657]

Find somebody in life who will look at you like this guy looks at 120 year old calculators

[@BerryTheBnnuy]

I love Cliff Stoll! I can't get enough of videos with him in it! The child like enthusiasm about everything is so contagious!

[@LeCaNiVideos]

Cliff has one of the most inspirational personality I know. The enthusiasm in this man is incredible, especially in Numberphile's Klein Bottle videos and Cliff'sTEDTalk "the call to learn".