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Dr. Stone 4x28 REACTION!! "Dawn of the Computer"
Added:Hey guys, cool blind man back. I'm Rick.
Eric. Aaron. I'm Calvin. And we are back with Dr. [clears throat] Stone where last time on >> Got to get a computer.
>> Yep.
>> I wrote make a Nintendo.
>> Make a Nintendo? Yeah.
>> Yep.
>> [laughter] >> Which for the time was a very advanced computer.
>> I mean we have the code for Dragon Quest.
>> I realize I might be old now.
>> Might.
>> Well, cuz I I wrote >> I don't have more and more, buddy.
>> I wrote down he's going to make a Nintendo, not a game console.
>> Mhm.
>> And my my you know, my parents >> But at the end of the day, every game console was a Ninten- Get off the Nintendo.
>> because it's >> It's a quote from the episode, not like >> remember if it was my turn, so I was I was second guessing myself. Like, oh my god, I'm old.
>> He [laughter] did.
>> talk about this?
>> We talked about this.
>> talk about this?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm getting old.
>> I don't know if they said Nintendo. They did show Nintendo.
>> Yeah.
>> So, I wrote down Famicom. Which is Nintendo, I guess, but >> It is.
>> Yeah.
>> Made by Nintendo.
>> [snorts] >> All right, let's make a Nintendo. Let's do it.
>> He's setting up.
>> It must have been about eight years since we were petrified again. I want to stay awake for them because I know Senku, Taiju, and the rest of them will be here as soon as they can.
>> She thought of Senku before Taiju. It's cold.
>> Is there a benefit to staying [music] awake?
>> You could wake up.
>> Sure.
>> Yeah, you could wake up dynamically rather than just waiting to be revived.
>> THIS BOAT RULES. IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE WE'RE BACK IN CORN CITY. YEAH.
>> [screaming] >> IT'S A HELL OF AN ECHO.
>> Back to Corn City.
>> Luckily, it hasn't collapsed completely.
>> Oh. [snorts] >> Yeah, right. We got to rewatch all our friends die.
>> Yeah, like will they be able to reattach his hand okay?
>> It didn't shear it off.
>> Her voice has been screaming at us from the heavens this entire time.
>> So dope.
>> Good thing leaves grew there.
>> I think they put the leaves there first.
>> So, why did all you folks come back here?
>> Look.
>> Uh >> Is that all?
>> I had hoped to share a toast with my fellow technicians. Is Kaseki somewhere nearby?
>> He's still back with Senku and his team in India.
>> Yeah, we're going to be making a computer.
>> But we won't freak out too much.
>> THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. [screaming] >> PROBLEM SOLVED. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION YOU HAD A BURNING DESIRE FOR A COMPUTER.
>> Computers aren't so that complex. A switch is either on or off. On equals one and off equals zero. Yeah, whether it's the side of a playing card or a flag being held up or down.
>> You can really make a computer by RAISING A FLAG?
>> I'M FEELING lost here, Senku.
>> The guys' white flags represent numbers.
>> I think I see. Up is one and down is zero?
>> And the ladies' red flags represent the answer.
>> And what's the deal with my flag? It's a little bigger than theirs.
>> When both white flags are raised, that'll be your cue to raise your. 1 + 0 equals one.
1 + 1 is two.
>> Okay, I get it.
>> This is basically just baby stuff. All I have added or needs is an XOR and an AND gate.
>> Yep, just one sentence out of your mouth and I'm completely lost again.
>> You said yourself that semiconductors are 10 years away. We're stuck in the stone world. How would you make >> We're making them with donuts.
>> Donuts?
>> It's an obscure but useful component from Japanese computing history. Some call it the donut computer.
>> Oh, okay.
>> And I suppose you'll want us to make like 800 of them, won't you?
>> Let's just do five for now.
>> NO WAY!
>> THE ELECTRIC oscillations are constantly swinging back and forth.
If you have some going forward and some going backward, the direction of the swing is always decided by majority.
>> Mhm.
Okay.
>> Senku's going to teach us how to make those little thingies so we can help out, too?
>> Hey, [clears throat] do you mind if I try it?
>> Do I mind? Actually, I insist on it cuz you need to get acquainted with the machine.
If we manufacture and connect a bunch of these parametron adder circuits together, >> It'll take time.
>> But little by little, we'll be able to work with bigger numbers. And it'll surpass human ability.
We'll finally have my beloved computers again.
This is so exciting.
>> Okay. Famicom.
>> What's the catch? That we're going to have to crank out like 800 of them?
>> Try like 8 million.
>> Yeah.
>> 200k.
>> [laughter] >> Of course, we can't wake up a bunch of people in Corn City to increase our manpower.
The computer is the pinnacle of human crafting. And to build it, we'll need machines, plus good old manpower. So, what do you say?
>> I say yeah.
>> Mhm.
Don't eat them.
>> We're going [snorts] to bake a metric crap ton of donuts and craft our own handmade computer.
>> He means metal donuts.
>> Each outer circuit can only count up to one, but put a whole bunch of them together and >> I can't believe we can add up to 255.
How will we teach the folks in Corn City to make this contraption?
>> Not going to lie, it definitely seems like one of those pics or it didn't happen situations.
>> They already made fax machines, right?
We can send photos and circuit diagrams online.
>> [screaming] >> Online?
>> Don't tell me you want us to be human fax machines.
>> They did it with maps.
>> I'm referring to an actual fax machine.
It will be indispensable in this battle.
Senku, be honest. Will you be needing me to hold your hand and instruct you on how to craft a real fax machine?
>> No. I assume you're joking.
>> Hey, brought some handy DANDY SILVER NITRATE FOR YOU.
>> Boil it up and coat some paper with it.
That's how you make old school fax paper. It checks whether the part that's lit up is white or black and creates an electrical signal.
We send those signals across the world as radio waves.
>> We can let OUR TEAM IN CORN CITY BUILD THE COMPUTER, FREEING US UP TO SET SAIL FOR OUR NEXT DESTINATION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE SHOULD HEAD OUT RIGHT AWAY.
>> WELL, EVERYONE, I wish we had more time together.
>> You're coming with.
>> I'll be sure to fax it to you as soon as I >> I don't think so.
>> Yeah, you're coming. No way.
>> You're smart enough to know that you're coming with us.
>> HELL NO! I'M NEVER EVER GOING WITH YOU, RYUSUI, AND YOU CANNOT MAKE ME!
>> HE WANTS EVERYTHING. MONEY, POWER, the world and everything in it. And he's always trying to boss me around.
>> We're getting some kind of message.
>> Must be from OUR FRIENDS IN CORN CITY.
>> NICE.
>> It looks pretty good.
>> A real fax machine.
>> They look like they're doing well. I love it.
>> A good photo.
What to do?
>> Damn, we didn't bring a camera. We got to build one. Build a camera.
>> for answers to my burning questions, but it's a tricky situation, say. Looking at that picture clearly upset them.
>> It's probably like a family [clears throat] photo or something.
Oh, she noticed too.
>> Why do you have a grudge against group photos? And how come you don't want to be in any of your own photos?
>> There you go. Nobody will get a touch from you.
>> They always excluded Ryusui and I from every group photo Zeno Academy conglomerate ever took.
>> Why? This kid's there. Why are you?
>> blame the family's matriarch. After all, we weren't her children.
>> Previous marriage kind of thing?
>> My father and his side of the family trained me from a young age to focus on my math studies.
I was expected to be their obedient soldier. He'd tell me >> Hey, SAI.
I WANT THAT GREAT BIG BRAIN OF YOURS.
MEANS NOW.
SAI, IT'S TIME TO TEACH ME HOW TO PLAY CHESS, BROTHER.
>> [screaming] [laughter] >> I'm super sorry I made you spill that tea. You bros are too pure for this world. No, we're not.
>> If you ask me, it sounds like your little brother just wanted to spend time with you. You're certainly right that he wants everything.
And that includes a true brother.
Tell me something, Sai. Did he issue orders, or was he just a bit overly eager?
>> HEY, SAI.
I WANT YOUR MATH EXPERTISE. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A RACETRACK TOGETHER.
SLOW DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SAIL TOGETHER.
SAI, I'VE GOT SOME TIME BEFORE I LEAVE. RIGHT NOW.
GOT IT?
>> PLAY CHESS? SURE.
LET'S PLAY.
>> You're unbeatable, just as expected.
You're peerless when it comes to games of pure logic like chess.
>> HAHA, SORRY.
HAHA, SORRY.
>> [screaming] >> HEY, SORRY.
>> I'LL BE BORED OUT THERE WITHOUT A worthy opponent to play against, you know.
>> Hey, the cargo's loaded up, so we should be ready to go.
>> Is that everyone? Are we sure?
>> We better get going.
Let's go.
Together.
>> I mean, it'd be a damn shame we did all this and he just like, "All right, well, I'm staying here. Bye." And he just left them forever.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah, right.
>> I'm happy he's coming.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, man.
That episode hit me harder than I thought it was going to.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Yeah, no.
I like the uh recontextualization of like, he wants everything. It's like, maybe he just wanted to spend time with his brother.
>> His older brother.
Yeah.
>> Did he order you, or did he just seem overeager, you know?
>> Why did they say they exclude them from group photos?
>> [clears throat] >> They were not the matriarch of the family's [snorts] kids.
>> Mhm.
>> Yeah.
So, all of her kids were there.
So, they were just excluded from it. So, they just kind of had each other, I guess, for a lot of things, maybe. You know, they were kind of outsiders [clears throat] to the to the family. He was always studying and no one could control him.
>> [laughter] >> No one in the family could control him, so he just got to do whatever he wanted.
>> [laughter] >> I want everything. No one can control me. I do what I want.
>> Not quite the same thing as being spoiled, but it's very similar.
>> Yeah, well, it it didn't sound like necessarily like they just gave him everything. It's just like he just did whatever he wanted to do. No one could you >> He's keeping him in check.
>> He was not content with his family's money.
He needed more from life. It's like not about what money can bring him. It's what >> Mhm.
>> he can capture himself.
>> Mhm.
>> Yeah, the uh the fax machine is cool.
>> The group photo they sent thing is a cool thing.
>> The group photo is awesome.
>> We sent over the phone line, over online, like here's a photo, you know?
>> Mhm.
>> Sure, it took a Took a while to get >> Used up all the rings.
>> Yeah, but we got it.
>> Well, the ink is in the paper.
>> I know.
>> [snorts] >> Yeah, they already put it in there, yeah.
>> This is a joke.
>> Yeah.
Now, we send all kinds of >> if like you [clears throat] run out of paper right when they go to send a message? Do you just miss it?
Yeah.
>> That's >> It would just print on air.
>> It would push that electricity current through, but it's not hitting anything, so >> Man, >> See, they got to be like >> Yeah, send it again.
>> Send it again.
>> [laughter] >> Cuz when they were doing it with Morse code, it was like, just imagine getting one wrong, like 75 letters into your whatever [snorts] you're doing, you know? You got to start all over again or send instructions or something.
>> Well, you just go back to the last known correct >> Sure.
>> position. You're printing through and it's oh, no, we only had this much paper. And we didn't have this much, you know? So, you get you get it and it's Ty's face cuts off here, you know? And it's like, no.
>> Oh.
Or if like you miscounted rows like instead of having like 35 rows there's 32 or something like that. So each line is is like askew by three blocks.
>> Yeah, just a little.
>> You'd have to just transpose it to a new grid.
>> Yeah.
>> I like that.
>> the code is there it's just not formatted in a way that you could be able to read it.
>> I like their alignment test of sending the picture though. Like cuz like oh I know what they look like. If they look really weird we know it's not right.
>> Yeah.
>> You can't send something like here's a here's an ear of corn.
>> Sure.
>> well I don't know that your corn >> might be short.
>> Yeah, I don't know.
>> It might be super long.
>> Yeah. The kernels I don't know what size the kernels are but >> Yeah.
>> is Mhm. Cool. Yeah, at least those two are right.
>> Mhm. Yeah.
>> And then we can just assume Zeno's and stuff worked as well.
>> Tell you what I'm very much anticipating Kosaki and Joel? Is that his name?
>> The watchmaker?
>> The watchmaker meeting.
>> Like Joel wanted to meet >> Yeah, it's the first thing he asked about.
>> Like hey, where's the where's the other craftsman?
>> I really want those two to get together so >> Aw.
>> So good. I love them like explaining the computer building aspect of the actual too.
Just their zero ones and then explaining the zero one aspect and then like expanding upon the zero ones into more like They just kept like zero one. They're like okay I get zero one. And zero one and then zero one and then they're like oh man, now we can make a computer.
>> [snorts] >> And I I like >> People can build it in Minecraft they got to be able to build it in Stone World.
>> Yeah, right.
>> Man.
Computers that people build in Minecraft is insane.
>> People build Pong and Doom and all kinds of [ __ ] in there.
It's crazy.
>> Dude, and then other games and stuff where you can like have some kind of crafting and people do that kind of stuff too in other stuff and I'm like what? How do you make a calculator in here? You know? Like I can't believe you did that.
Little Big Planet used to do some crazy stuff too.
>> Yeah.
Swapping game cartridges while the game's running to like manipulate the memory or whatever.
>> Yeah.
There's some speed run things that do that or whatever, too, and it's so that they had to make different categories where it's like, "Well, you can't do that. You you broke it too much."
200,000. So, a lot of them need made.
>> Yep.
>> I wonder how many people they'll wake up at Corn City to do that, you know?
>> 200,000. Everyone makes one.
>> Everyone makes one.
>> That's so wasteful.
>> How much corn >> That's [laughter] so wasteful.
>> How much corn and food do you >> You got TO KEEP FEEDING ALL THE PEOPLE.
>> They're fine.
>> corn >> Okay. 100,000. Everyone makes two.
>> No.
>> Yeah.
>> Just wake up like I don't know.
>> How What's a decent amount of to make?
And then let's figure out the number that we need to break out.
>> Like, how quickly do you need the made?
Cuz like >> I'll make 10 and I'm done.
>> Yeah, you know.
>> It's It's not just the winding of the wire. Sure, the like making the wire, stretching it, pulling it through dies and everything, making the little donuts, baking them.
Like, that's going to take time and space to do.
But like, how how many would each person be able to make in a day? And how many days do you want this project project to last?
>> It's going to be like Calvin and those two people with a workshop that just made chain mail.
>> Just made chain mail.
>> for like nine years.
>> [laughter] >> I would hate that job.
>> That's all they did.
>> Two people putting the chain >> real good at making chain mail, though.
>> I'd want more than 200 people cuz I don't want to be making a thousand.
>> Yeah, right.
>> That's too many.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah, but how many could you make in one day?
>> That's That's it. I'll make as many as I can make in a day once.
>> You get like a batch out.
>> That's so wasteful.
>> [laughter] >> I got other stuff to do.
>> Like what? You're stoned.
>> I mean They can >> Stone me again when you're done.
>> There's a lot of like uh >> That's wasteful, too.
>> You know?
>> Yeah.
>> There's a lot of room. There's a lot of resources. We can start getting civilization going. Just get [snorts] some people up and >> Yeah, I'll go start farming or something, you know?
>> Isn't that the whole thing of like, "No, we don't want to just choose who gets stoned and who gets woken up because that's like >> Decide in a way.
>> That's like the end of of the worst version of having immortality that we can think of, right?
>> Let's bring these 100 people back so they can make our [ __ ] and stone them again so we don't have to feed them.
>> Yeah, that's horrible. [laughter] >> That's a great That's a great idea, right? I I thought I just thought of this. Look what I can do.
>> No, I'd I'd bring back like >> Look, if you're if you're [ __ ] is otherwise like, "Hey, bring back someone random and you just woke up me and you're like, 'Hey, you got to make 100,000 of these.'" I'd be pissed off.
Just stone me again, you know? I don't want to do it.
>> [laughter] >> Bring me back when someone else did it.
>> sounds better than that or being trapped in a body you can't move and just like, "Fuck, what do I do now?" I don't >> My Hey, I >> I can't imagine anything. What am I What am I going to do? I'm going crazy.
>> I was in a wake, okay? You woke me up. I was in slumber.
>> You're sleeping?
>> Yeah. I was in slumber at the time, so.
>> How long was it when like the birds started stoning before mankind got stoned?
>> It was >> It was definitely like the day before the day of or day before or whatever it was, right?
>> It was like weeks to months because they were they had to like assemble like a task force or >> stuff and they had things like that.
That's true.
>> Because I wonder if >> Senku was doing experiments and stuff.
>> I wonder if mankind will have to go through a similar process this time. If we'll have like an early warning system of like, "Oh no, man, the birds are getting stoned again."
>> I think that was mankind perfecting the the science to work on human physiology.
>> Yeah.
>> Or >> So he's just testing >> testing on birds and making sure that he can stone birds and revive them. So the science is sound. Now we just have to change the I don't know, frequency or polarity or whatever [ __ ] to make it work on humans.
>> Yeah, I wrote down about birds, but I didn't write down how long.
>> Cuz like we have no idea how long we have before he just decides to snap us.
>> Sure.
>> If he can. We don't know if he can.
>> That's why we need to develop some kind of some kind of system >> We also don't know about >> that everybody can wear or at least one person can wear that's like a belt that like after a certain amount of time that you're inactive for like more than a day or something like that and it just breaks.
>> Yeah.
One drop of bat urine.
>> Yeah, and it it just splashes a little bit on you just enough to to revive you.
And then you can go to like the the vat of stone >> have like a mini explosion rigged on you with a a long timer and just like reset that timer every day or something.
>> Sure. Something like that.
Some like kind of self-winding thing.
>> Yeah.
>> The >> Well, make it so that on motion it will self-wind.
So that when there is no motion for a long time, it pops.
>> Sure.
>> And there you go. Because like they have those watches, right? Where it's like as you move them and stuff they >> Sure, it has the it has the weight in it that oscillates that you can >> So now you make that so that it pops whenever you don't.
And then if you're stoned for too long, but it would have been stoned too [clears throat] though, so >> The the technology doesn't stone.
>> Large reserves of it buried away so you don't have to spend years making it again.
>> Yeah.
>> Cuz they're always naked. So like their clothes didn't stone so their stone their clothes wore out over time probably.
>> Yeah.
>> That's why they need leaves when they revive them.
Cuz if the technology stoned, then that speaker system with the lightning strike wouldn't have worked and wouldn't have shattered the thing and brought >> No, sure. Not not that stuff, yeah. I was thinking of like oh well, they had a watch on their body would have been stoned, but it wouldn't have they would have just worn away.
>> [snorts] >> Well, I'm excited to see what they do with the computer and how long it takes to build and if I guess we're going to are we heading to Japan to rebuild the people then? Is that what we're doing?
>> I think so.
>> I guess >> revive the the original village again.
>> Yeah.
>> Maybe, yeah.
>> Uh the other island.
>> Yeah, I can't you what the name was.
>> Uh that was Treasure Island.
>> Treasure Island, yeah. Where the uh >> the uh >> was.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Treasure Island, Ishigami Village [snorts] in Japan.
Right? Ishigami?
>> Ishigami.
>> All right, well, let's go to Japan.
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