The Secret Codes that Printers Put on Every Paper

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  5 лет назад +1781

    What's your favorite brick fact?
    Mine's that if you suggest an HAI topic and we use it, we'll send you a free t-shirt. Do that here:
    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUdlvw6YgU44J8AnM2U_ZvRMyvh_CUM51LYSqF5nYJB9d1-w/viewform?usp=sf_link

    • @SubscribersWithNoVideosC-ee2ji
      @SubscribersWithNoVideosC-ee2ji 5 лет назад +46

      Bricks are sexy

    • @duncandelanodonut5326
      @duncandelanodonut5326 5 лет назад +68

      A 7 bit counter can in fact NOT count from 1 to 127, it can count from 0 to 127, hence why most people believe it can count to 128, binary ALWAYS counts from 0

    • @crazycatcrazyschool1779
      @crazycatcrazyschool1779 5 лет назад +15

      Probably the frog side, because I never knew that, and would of never expected that to be a debate among people!

    • @Ida-xe8pg
      @Ida-xe8pg 5 лет назад +3

      dollar shave club sponsored HAI
      meanwhile
      skill share: ......

    • @alexmabie4485
      @alexmabie4485 5 лет назад +10

      I tend to place the frog diagonal

  • @rubenvd3913
    @rubenvd3913 5 лет назад +1773

    I am more amazed by the fact that there are bricklaying forums than about the secret codes thing.

  • @TheRsBritain
    @TheRsBritain 5 лет назад +11489

    I would actually be interested in a brick video.

  • @loranpangemanan4660
    @loranpangemanan4660 5 лет назад +2138

    Thats why my windows always asked me "do you trust this printer?" i shouldve known!

    • @accountdeactivated5546
      @accountdeactivated5546 4 года назад +51

      Printer rights matter!

    • @andrewrivera8651
      @andrewrivera8651 4 года назад +54

      Yes, your windows. Who put them in your walls?

    • @GvinahGui
      @GvinahGui 4 года назад +40

      Gates knew this all along and was trying to secretly warn us. I'm sorry, Bill, we should've pay more attention to your message.

    • @MidnightThunderYT
      @MidnightThunderYT 4 года назад +13

      He warned us about pandemics as well. (Before corona)
      Also there is a wire inside a laser.printer used to reset the charge on the drum. It is called the corona wire!

    • @sheerajzakir
      @sheerajzakir 3 года назад +4

      @@MidnightThunderYT exactly!! It's gives positive charge to photoreceptor drum.

  • @alessandroceloria
    @alessandroceloria 5 лет назад +2251

    FBI: **uses yellow dots for identification**
    Me, an intellectual: **prints on yellow paper**

    • @chloroclymor8388
      @chloroclymor8388 4 года назад +212

      Alessandro Celoria the codes were made to stop counterfeit money and no one will take yellow money

    • @pandapotato1617
      @pandapotato1617 4 года назад +269

      Stephan Timmy they were just making a joke

    • @jdd109
      @jdd109 4 года назад +118

      @@chloroclymor8388 r/wooosh

    • @theyande
      @theyande 4 года назад +3

      Wot

    • @fuckedupfuckedup1191
      @fuckedupfuckedup1191 4 года назад +30

      @@chloroclymor8388 then paint it over with green

  • @yestermorrow3223
    @yestermorrow3223 3 года назад +243

    We deserve a video that sounds like it’s gonna be about the feds but turns out to be about bricks.

  • @mini-botco.4364
    @mini-botco.4364 5 лет назад +6247

    But I wanna learn about bricks. :(

    • @fishcereal9940
      @fishcereal9940 5 лет назад +61

      Don’t worry, I do too

    • @rock.entity
      @rock.entity 5 лет назад +23

      Me too

    • @Cristian145
      @Cristian145 5 лет назад +112

      Can he actually make a video about bricks (like I'm being serious)

    • @arthurchadman5787
      @arthurchadman5787 5 лет назад +29

      HEAR OUR VOICES, WE NEED A BRICK VIDEO

    • @FoxBoi69
      @FoxBoi69 5 лет назад +11

      i have no idea about bricks but i want those symbols up so when i find a brick in the ground that was once the foundation of a building i can see the symbol

  • @marbleswan6664
    @marbleswan6664 5 лет назад +1251

    We all demand a brick video. At the beginning you can put the location of all the nuclear silos in the US, so the bricklayer assigned to your channel will get bored and leave.

  • @Koolkyle7
    @Koolkyle7 5 лет назад +4491

    No wonder why my printer always “runs out of yellow ink”...

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak 5 лет назад +692

      And doesn't print black and white when it's out of color inks.

    • @GetBuckAU
      @GetBuckAU 5 лет назад +261

      @@KafshakTashtak Thats because even when printing black and white the printer uses a tiny bit of colour every time, so over time you eventually run out, forcing you to buy more etc etc...

    • @TheReal_ist
      @TheReal_ist 5 лет назад +97

      u could just get a black and white ONLY printer.
      dumbass........

    • @geetakhatri4591
      @geetakhatri4591 5 лет назад +68

      What if i built my own diy printer haha

    • @baljeep_gay
      @baljeep_gay 5 лет назад +52

      @@geetakhatri4591 well all public drivers (code thing) will have this software. And good luck getting windows to recognize it

  • @robk5969
    @robk5969 5 лет назад +43

    i knew about the code, didnt know it had the time and date too..
    fun fact: in some printers, you can swap the ink cartridges around, put the black or blue cartridge in the yellow spot.
    makes it easier to see.
    some printers check if the right colour is in the right spot though, and wont print unless they are correct

    • @Nhan_nguyen271
      @Nhan_nguyen271 4 года назад +12

      just replace the ink inside and you good to go, diy catridge :))

  • @robertkopp873
    @robertkopp873 5 лет назад +699

    7bit is, in fact, 128 values. Not 127. All zeroes, adding to "0", is what you forgot in your explanation. Hence, a total 128 unique values. Signed, Computer Guy.

    • @IntelCorei-KProcessor-go2to
      @IntelCorei-KProcessor-go2to 5 лет назад +36

      Ah that's why I thought something was off but couldn't pinpoint what. Thank you, Computer Guy.

    • @scotthenrie5674
      @scotthenrie5674 5 лет назад +9

      0 = 1 and 1 = 0.

    • @thedarknesst5995
      @thedarknesst5995 5 лет назад +8

      Not to mention that he said "1 to 127" but the animation lit 64 not 1

    • @fyggy5480
      @fyggy5480 4 года назад +14

      actually, it isn't signed

    • @DRSDavidSoft
      @DRSDavidSoft 4 года назад +5

      @@fyggy5480 Yes, that's unsigned 7-bit.

  • @AboboKing
    @AboboKing 5 лет назад +1992

    Can I bill the government for yellow toner wasted? Color toner is crazy expensive.

    • @anSealgair
      @anSealgair 5 лет назад +33

      AboboKing The money probably pays for the cost of the program.

    • @maverick2377
      @maverick2377 5 лет назад +60

      I just buy an ink refill kit from eBay and I refill the same ink cartridges multiple times for SUPER cheap. Make sure you buy the correct color ink. (and don't buy the HUGE black ink bottle, just buy the small kit with all 3 colors and black)

    • @nadzurrkas1917
      @nadzurrkas1917 5 лет назад +3

      Probably yes

    • @iwiffitthitotonacc4673
      @iwiffitthitotonacc4673 5 лет назад +40

      @@maverick2377 If anyone plan to do this, buy a printer without DRM cartridges or you literally won't be able to refill them without the printer refusing to work.

    • @maverick2377
      @maverick2377 5 лет назад +16

      @@iwiffitthitotonacc4673 Yes! If anyone is wondering, my printer that allows me to refill is the Canon TS3122.
      Bought it at Walmart for cheap.

  • @crazycatcrazyschool1779
    @crazycatcrazyschool1779 5 лет назад +1651

    Is there a whole episode about bricks spread out between your videos?

    • @calebmurray3945
      @calebmurray3945 5 лет назад +88

      no. as far as i know there are only two times when he talked about bricks.

    • @bbenny9033
      @bbenny9033 5 лет назад +9

      @@calebmurray3945 this and?

    • @andymadden8183
      @andymadden8183 5 лет назад +48

      The video about JANET - the US government's secret airline.

    • @xramejin
      @xramejin 5 лет назад +47

      No, he cannot release an episode about bricks, otherwise Freemasons will get angry for releasing their secrets!

    • @MrBuschi531
      @MrBuschi531 5 лет назад +10

      I want a full video about Bricks now

  • @skyvenrazgriz8226
    @skyvenrazgriz8226 5 лет назад +2114

    And hear we thought our IT teacher was nuts,
    always keeping his 'old' printer cause the gov was tracking printouts...
    that was 2003... i feel stupid now

    • @soaringvulture
      @soaringvulture 5 лет назад +421

      He might still have been nuts. It's just that he was right. You can be both nuts and right at the same time.

    • @ypop417
      @ypop417 5 лет назад +46

      I kept my old HP black only laser printer Just in
      case

    • @soaringvulture
      @soaringvulture 5 лет назад +52

      @@ypop417 My HP 2100 is my main printer. Damn good printer ever since I got it in 2000. It don't talk to anybody.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 5 лет назад +78

      The greatest protection against the government invading your privacy is the fact that they probably don't care. (Unless you're doing counterfeiting in your basement or something.)

    • @ypop417
      @ypop417 5 лет назад +11

      @@soaringvulture Yep just black and white no color

  • @adub1300
    @adub1300 5 лет назад +63

    “The world government, based in DC” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 that got me good

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 5 лет назад +1073

    I wanted to know about frogs on bricks.
    I've never thought I would say that

    • @Julio974
      @Julio974 5 лет назад +9

      r/brandnewsentence

    • @teyo5693
      @teyo5693 5 лет назад +3

      same here

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 5 лет назад +1

      *BRRRRRRICKFROG!*

    • @cmoore_8234
      @cmoore_8234 5 лет назад +3

      If you want to know about frogs in bricks, then I'm sure you'll be equally as interested in learning about frogs on horses. Google it!

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 5 лет назад +1

      Catherine Moore
      I read that as “frogs *in* horses” and got scared…

  • @JanSenCheng
    @JanSenCheng 5 лет назад +911

    I legit want an episode on bricks.

    • @aro2866
      @aro2866 5 лет назад +26

      Are you stupid or something? That's what you just watched.

    • @art1637
      @art1637 5 лет назад +16

      tuukka aro we want more brick episodes, or even better, a channel dedicated to bricks.

    • @arielsproul8811
      @arielsproul8811 5 лет назад +2

      what if there is a video about bricks and the have to peice it back together

    • @eeeeeoww
      @eeeeeoww 5 лет назад +1

      Jan-Sen Cheng finally an episode the FBI won’t know about

    • @CountlessPWNZ
      @CountlessPWNZ 5 лет назад +1

      bricks of what? dope?

  • @criodanomurchu1075
    @criodanomurchu1075 5 лет назад +656

    Haha, jokes on you FBI. Anytime I want to use my printer, it doesn't bloody work/connect to my wifi/etc

    • @Sirenhound
      @Sirenhound 5 лет назад +41

      Anytime I use mine, it's out of yellow!

    • @thestovietunion790
      @thestovietunion790 5 лет назад +11

      Mine prints error messages!

    • @thequantaleaper
      @thequantaleaper 5 лет назад +14

      I think this only applies to color laser printers, don't see any dots on stuff I printed on Inkjet.

    • @postvideo97
      @postvideo97 5 лет назад +10

      @@thequantaleaper Inkjet print quality is too low to counterfeit money anyway.

    • @EugeneAyindolmah
      @EugeneAyindolmah 5 лет назад +5

      Mine always has connection issues, paper jam, or error state

  • @akshagarwal1178
    @akshagarwal1178 4 года назад +289

    Him: They use yellow dots
    Me an intellectual: Black and white printer

    • @gleysonoliveira802
      @gleysonoliveira802 4 года назад +18

      Aksh The Friendly Potato And then, no fake dollar bills

    • @baxthered
      @baxthered 4 года назад +8

      Intelligent, mister intellectual.

    • @akshagarwal1178
      @akshagarwal1178 4 года назад +7

      @@gleysonoliveira802 Fair enough

    • @allanshpeley4284
      @allanshpeley4284 4 года назад +4

      I'm sure you're a great potato and all, but writing "Me an intellectual" suggests otherwise.

    • @MaddJakd
      @MaddJakd 4 года назад +1

      Omega secret sauce algorithm that creates color out of your black and white ink 😈 👓

  • @boogerking7411
    @boogerking7411 5 лет назад +177

    I'm suing the government for using and stealing MY ink to print this code without my consent!

    • @addust
      @addust 5 лет назад +12

      actually do it

    • @swanos6483
      @swanos6483 4 года назад +12

      Only sue them for the yellow ink expenses lol

    • @theeclipsemaster
      @theeclipsemaster 3 года назад +3

      @@aram7863 the government

    • @cliche_5860
      @cliche_5860 3 года назад +1

      @@aram7863 its pretty obvious patrick star would be judging the case.

    • @dtikvxcdgjbv7975
      @dtikvxcdgjbv7975 7 месяцев назад

      Brick-gate 🤣🤣🤣

  • @GameKraken
    @GameKraken 5 лет назад +476

    Bricks are a really fascinating topic. Glad you're one of the few RUclipsrs to talk about them.

    • @sc0rps63
      @sc0rps63 5 лет назад +7

      You’re helping us hide this from the fbi, thank you

  • @bandimint
    @bandimint 5 лет назад +3392

    I'm more shocked about the fact that the US used DD/MM/YYYY

    • @thesmiffable
      @thesmiffable 5 лет назад +25

      @Shy'mGagaFan2007 it's wrong I tell you!!!

    • @WSmith1984
      @WSmith1984 5 лет назад +405

      It is the superior date format.

    • @canderson7776
      @canderson7776 5 лет назад +126

      @No Charge Everyday Americans use it too for their arguably most important date, 4th of July.

    • @luked8449
      @luked8449 5 лет назад +50

      Winston Smith When someone asks you what day it is, you don't say "the 25th of March" or "the 7th of September", you say "March 25th" or "September 7th". Why should writing it down be any different?

    • @canderson7776
      @canderson7776 5 лет назад +123

      @@luked8449 why is today then "4th of July" ?

  • @nickolascrousillat4265
    @nickolascrousillat4265 5 лет назад +2098

    You require yellow ink.
    But I'm printing in black.
    YOU REQUIRE YELLOW INK.
    But its 40 dollars.
    *YOU REQUIRE YELLOW INK.*
    WHY THE FUCK DO I NEED YELLOW INK?
    *Knock Knock Knock*
    *FBI OPEN UP!*

    • @thinkdifferent6403
      @thinkdifferent6403 5 лет назад +303

      i bet that's why you need color cartidges to print B&W

    • @brandonservis9791
      @brandonservis9791 5 лет назад +56

      Lol, I've been looking for a comment like this.

    • @tbucknor
      @tbucknor 5 лет назад +80

      This happened to me just a couple of days ago! My yellow ran out and I hadn't used the printer much since intalling it. I was asking for a b/w print, but it would because the yellow was gone.

    • @baconatoromg6062
      @baconatoromg6062 5 лет назад +151

      It's because printers mix colors to give " blacker blacks and whiter whites" when in reality Its just a way to get people to use up their color cartridges without knowing

    • @AlexanderBarrow
      @AlexanderBarrow 5 лет назад +8

      Might as well get some minerals. You might require more of them anyways.

  • @Maxime_K-G
    @Maxime_K-G 2 года назад +8

    After learning this I was surprised how easily I could see the pattern of red dots after printing something with a yellow background. Can't believe this wasn't discovered earlier!

  • @akira2477
    @akira2477 5 лет назад +13

    Me: doesn't put yellow ink into my printers.
    FBI Agent on My Computer: Jimmy get the terror squad ready. They found out about the printers.

  • @nicholasr79
    @nicholasr79 5 лет назад +1081

    This guy's transitions into his ads are smoother than a government spy.

    • @JosephDavies
      @JosephDavies 5 лет назад +18

      Honestly I find them to be pretty jarring.

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim 5 лет назад

      Lol yeah

    • @NinjaArmy36
      @NinjaArmy36 5 лет назад +3

      He gives Linus a run for his money

    • @nathanielluke2084
      @nathanielluke2084 5 лет назад

      As a person watching linus, he also used a similiar pattern, aka not smooth enough. Smoothes transition award goes to Internet Historian

    • @harryballs6652
      @harryballs6652 5 лет назад

      getting blocked by me for that shilling. there's more shilling than content.

  • @kabochaVA
    @kabochaVA 5 лет назад +239

    4:26 "And nobody ever figured out what the 15th column does"
    Maybe some sort of checksum? (to detect if there is any mistake due to some missing dots)

    • @Eisfalken
      @Eisfalken 4 года назад +44

      It could be that, or possibly a code for the manufacturer, country of origin, or some other geographical ID. That reduces the problem of having to police printer companies too much to make them use different SNs for their products, as well as helps you target specific countries and/or companies for having any printers capable of counterfeiting for economic reprisals (increased fees, fines, tariffs, etc.).

    • @michaeldesanta5810
      @michaeldesanta5810 4 года назад +10

      Its a parity bit to make total number of dots in a row even. If total no of dots in a row is not even then there is error in the code.

    • @bradnelson3053
      @bradnelson3053 4 года назад +2

      Beings that's how barcodes work, I think that's what it is

    • @lukethekuya
      @lukethekuya 4 года назад +1

      Serial number perhaps to identify the said printer?

    • @tcoren1
      @tcoren1 4 года назад +2

      @@michaeldesanta5810 isn't that what the "row parity" column is for (2:37)?

  • @randomcannon3260
    @randomcannon3260 5 лет назад +1321

    That's why I print my documents on yellow paper.

    • @lemmykilmister5293
      @lemmykilmister5293 5 лет назад +300

      Goverment: he played us like damn fiddle

    • @potatoman8609
      @potatoman8609 5 лет назад +6

      You do know that doesn't make a difference right?

    • @alanowa123
      @alanowa123 5 лет назад +28

      @@potatoman8609 i you first print all yellow paper (print yellow on white) then something on it it does difference cause yellow on dots is same as yellow of paper

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 5 лет назад +12

      if u'd use purple paper the yellow dots would be easiest to see.
      maybe black works too

    • @potatoman8609
      @potatoman8609 5 лет назад +3

      @@alanowa123 The government won't be fooled by easy tricks.

  • @Someone-cd7yi
    @Someone-cd7yi 5 лет назад +40

    Damn it, I was really enjoying the brick part!

  • @stefanandrejevic2570
    @stefanandrejevic2570 5 лет назад +21

    Half as interesting is basically school but more interesting and with memes.
    *I LOVE IT*

  • @qubecraft1047
    @qubecraft1047 5 лет назад +293

    Nobody:
    Make a video about something important
    Everybody:
    Is the frog of the brick up or down?

    • @gui18bif
      @gui18bif 5 лет назад +1

      Down

    • @facitenonvictimarum
      @facitenonvictimarum 5 лет назад

      Frogs facing each other for a secret long term hiding compartment.

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 5 лет назад +338

    The US used day/month/year in something?

    • @SleepyHarryZzz
      @SleepyHarryZzz 5 лет назад +37

      No, looks like they used year - month - day (like they should base on iso8601), but you read the columns backwards.

    • @maskedpotatoes
      @maskedpotatoes 5 лет назад +7

      Given that basically every column seems to be backwards, I'd say that they're probably just printing those codes all backwards and the YY/MM/DD format is actually used, probably because those codes are read by machines only.

    • @KiinaSu
      @KiinaSu 5 лет назад +5

      @@jbird4478 There is even a reddit for ISO8601. I agree it's the best format for most things, but for some things other formats also have good use.

    • @overloader7900
      @overloader7900 5 лет назад +1

      FBI is already raiding your house bitch

    • @SapphFire
      @SapphFire 5 лет назад +3

      @@jbird4478 Isn't day month year as logical though?
      I'm probably missing something.

  • @MR-kt4wz
    @MR-kt4wz 5 лет назад +3

    I just have to say, I’m a mason, and I got super excited when you started with bricks. And yes, the debate is raw with the masons on frogs. The Red Seal standard is frog up. Fortunately cored brick is more common then frogged brick.

    • @bikeny
      @bikeny 2 года назад

      Why is that mark called a frog is where my brain went when he told us about it. thx.

  • @owendavies3786
    @owendavies3786 5 лет назад

    I really enjoyed this video about brick laying, the fact that you spoke about brick laying and nothing else for the entire video is brilliant

  • @maozedoinked8972
    @maozedoinked8972 5 лет назад +501

    FBI: There is no way this man can make another brick video
    *Wendover: Hold my Brick*

  • @vector9511
    @vector9511 5 лет назад +160

    Could you do a HAI episode about laying bricks, specifically frog up vs down? I was actually interested in learning about it.

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq Год назад

      always use frog up
      it uses up less mortar

  • @qubecraft1047
    @qubecraft1047 5 лет назад +774

    "Finally the FBI is gone"
    CIA joined the chat

  • @danielr.
    @danielr. 5 лет назад +32

    I would already love it if my printer just prints without problems.

  • @McMurica
    @McMurica 3 года назад +5

    Now that there is a brick video, can you please make a compilation of all brick scenes? lol

  • @erazure.
    @erazure. 5 лет назад +193

    3:02 just a slight correction, it’s between 0 and 127

    • @sret5354
      @sret5354 5 лет назад +5

      Yes

    • @alexismandelias
      @alexismandelias 5 лет назад +16

      Yep. That's what happens when you talk about a topic you know nothing about

    • @Horse-zs4xp
      @Horse-zs4xp 5 лет назад +45

      @@alexismandelias Yep. A small mistake completely ruins this content. 0/10 ign, would not recommend, would never watch again.

    • @amorag59
      @amorag59 5 лет назад +5

      BCD, literally the most simple computer science topic lol

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 5 лет назад

      @@amorag59 BCD is binary coded decimal where 4 bits encode a decimal digit

  • @anne.andromeda
    @anne.andromeda 5 лет назад +204

    HAI: Changing topic from bricks to FBI secrets.
    FBI agent that is interested in bricks: "You weren't supose to do that!"

    • @boxybox100
      @boxybox100 5 лет назад +1

      He actually was supposed to do that if you check the title

  • @georgew.9663
    @georgew.9663 5 лет назад +107

    I genuinely want to see a full wendover or hai video on bricks because this is interesting as hell and I’m a dork

  • @sherpaderpdingo3405
    @sherpaderpdingo3405 5 лет назад +17

    I guess I'll never know if frog up or frog down.

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid 4 года назад +1

      Ribbit!

    • @tognasaurogna
      @tognasaurogna 3 года назад +1

      Down. You want to put that frog down.

  • @mr.baofeng4769
    @mr.baofeng4769 5 лет назад

    Ok, this video is super helpful and I’m glad I found it when I did. Whenever I print something out off of my printer, I always examine the paper thoroughly and any dots that are found, will have white out put over them. I also switched to a black and white printer to make things easier and removed the yellow ink cartridge from my color printer and got rid of the colors that could be used to make yellow. Government isn’t gonna get me today.

  • @aiyhavnouneim
    @aiyhavnouneim 5 лет назад +258

    I seriously want a vid of you talking about bricks, pls make one....
    Uuhhhh, i mean.... Great video about bricks, very interesting, nothing suspicious in here

  • @c.james1
    @c.james1 5 лет назад +192

    7 bit is any number between 0 and 127 i.e. 2^7 = 128 numbers. Don't forget zero :)

    • @hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447
      @hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447 5 лет назад +7

      Haha yes! I thought something was off when he said 127

    • @c.james1
      @c.james1 5 лет назад +13

      @@hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447 Well 127 is the maximum number that can be achieved with 7 bits, but people always forget to count zero as a number!

    • @jerryluo4771
      @jerryluo4771 5 лет назад +1

      @@hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447 It actually goes up to 127 because that is the sum of 2^0 through 2^6. This is why binary works. The sum of the previous powers of 2 is always 1 less than the next power of 2.

    • @pitaya4151
      @pitaya4151 5 лет назад +1

      @Gary Bea Possibly the last column shows the order for a zero?

    • @nemanja98rs
      @nemanja98rs 5 лет назад +3

      @@pitaya4151 last one was prob error detection and it showed if the whole row was odd or even etc

  • @jimbabbington
    @jimbabbington 5 лет назад +238

    * Printer runs out of yellow *
    Printer: I'm the brick now.

  • @Santiago-eq6zb
    @Santiago-eq6zb 5 лет назад +11

    now i know why the printer demands all the colors just to print in black and white

  • @ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser
    @ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser Год назад +2

    This is why you should intentionally set your printer to the wrong time
    4:30 The last column is your general location. However, this feature is redundant, as each US state sells a different kind of ink so investigators can trace where the counterfiet was made.

  • @Roxor128
    @Roxor128 5 лет назад +377

    This sounds like a good argument for making an open-source printer!

    • @ewmegoolies
      @ewmegoolies 5 лет назад +19

      That is actually a really good idea!!!!

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass 5 лет назад +5

      Isn’t open source only for code?

    • @ivandiaz5791
      @ivandiaz5791 5 лет назад +69

      @@reyariass No, open source hardware is absolutely a thing.

    • @ajax700
      @ajax700 5 лет назад +19

      @@reyariass
      Many years before arduino or today's open source hardware, sparc processors already were. Remember that sparc cpus were (and probably are today) one of the very best performing cpus in the world.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSPARC

    • @addyfe
      @addyfe 5 лет назад +15

      @@reyariass Hardware can be open-source too. The current trending topic is RISC-V processor.

  • @Nanakuri
    @Nanakuri 5 лет назад +10

    I actually noticed these dots as a kid, especially on printouts that had been left in the sun to bask in UV for a long time, but had always just chalked it up to print heads being bad and leaking yellow or something. Now I finally know what they were for.

  • @lucasechenique39
    @lucasechenique39 5 лет назад +610

    Who would win? A bunch of professional government workers with unlimited resources at their disposal
    OR
    Yellow sheet of paper

    • @machy8515
      @machy8515 5 лет назад +13

      Yellow paper

    • @FDAviation
      @FDAviation 5 лет назад +17

      Pellow Yaper

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass 5 лет назад +10

      Pallow Yeper

    • @painkillerjones6232
      @painkillerjones6232 5 лет назад +19

      You can't really counterfeit with yellow paper.

    • @count7340
      @count7340 5 лет назад +11

      @@painkillerjones6232 Chinese money.

  • @pine.app.le-pizz.a
    @pine.app.le-pizz.a 2 года назад +2

    1:37 “its not weird ok its fashionable” 😂

  • @JackalBruit
    @JackalBruit 3 года назад

    Dude!
    That ... That ... That has got to be 1 of the best visual demos of binary code is have yet to see!
    Well done

  • @capitancapitanov5654
    @capitancapitanov5654 5 лет назад +455

    What if you artificialy print some extra dots?

    • @nathanadler8316
      @nathanadler8316 5 лет назад +102

      This could theoretically work but you'd have to be VERY precise in your scaling and placement of dots for them to line up. Also your calculations would have to be derived from a previously printed sheet from the specific printer, and the dot pattern would change as time passed, so you'd have to factor that in too. Or print a complete field of dots (all ones, no zeroes), but it'd still have to perfectly match the generated pattern to work.
      Not that I've ever given any thought to that question before...

    • @onlyGGG
      @onlyGGG 5 лет назад +140

      Great question. Software to do just that was produced by TU Dresden. It prints additional yellow dots to disrupt the machine identification code. Its purpose is anonymity, specifically among whistleblowers.

    • @Lychwee
      @Lychwee 5 лет назад +12

      @@onlyGGG any name for that software?

    • @petermuller6799
      @petermuller6799 5 лет назад +44

      It's called DEDA Toolkit.

    • @AS-mw6pw
      @AS-mw6pw 5 лет назад +1

      nathan adler but surely someone could design a software for counterfeiters to use. Surely it wouldn’t be that hard to do

  • @DankMatter
    @DankMatter 5 лет назад +198

    You know that when HAI pulls out its brick facts, it's gonna be one of _those_ videos

    • @kairon156
      @kairon156 5 лет назад +5

      Fun Facts about Bricks.

    • @err53
      @err53 5 лет назад +16

      Fun
      Brick
      Information

    • @PitterPatter20
      @PitterPatter20 5 лет назад +1

      @@err53 That's incredible. Well done.

    • @tessjuel
      @tessjuel 5 лет назад +1

      Halfbrick as Interesting?

    • @nootchan4855
      @nootchan4855 5 лет назад +1

      With a profile pic like that, you must be a man of culture

  • @blazemctriggerface7311
    @blazemctriggerface7311 5 лет назад +129

    *prints paper*
    *activates LED light*
    *decodes*
    *”they dun figured me out”*

  • @Fine_i_set_the_handle
    @Fine_i_set_the_handle 7 месяцев назад +1

    3:05 how are you going to explain this programming concept better than any programmer i've ever heard it from. I finally get it, and its so simple wtf.

  • @mac4951
    @mac4951 5 лет назад

    I swear, you guys have the best ad transitions...and I love it.

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC 5 лет назад +221

    The code actually just says that you just ran out of printer ink, and that you should buy some right now to finish printing whatever you were printing.

    • @JerichoJulius0
      @JerichoJulius0 5 лет назад +11

      Finally, a logical explanation. It's not that the company that sells printers would voluntarily oblige handing out such customer-sensitive documents to the government by labeling codes

  • @europeansovietunion7372
    @europeansovietunion7372 5 лет назад +353

    *Gov:* "We need you to print a secret code on every page..."
    *Company:* "Can we print it in color? And replicate it all over the page?"
    *Gov:* "Yes... ? "
    *Company:* "Say no more!"

    • @alessandroceloria
      @alessandroceloria 5 лет назад +98

      Me: **tries to print black and white document**
      Printer: *RePlAcE cOlOr CaRtDrIdGe*

    • @MidnightBloomDev
      @MidnightBloomDev 4 года назад +13

      How is this a joke?

    • @bhavyajain638
      @bhavyajain638 3 года назад +8

      @@MidnightBloomDev because printer companies are happy if you buy more ink.

    • @moritz584
      @moritz584 2 года назад +2

      Uh ok

    • @tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916
      @tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916 2 года назад

      @@MidnightBloomDev It's not a joke, it's the fact that we've all been using a substantial amount of extra ink than we've been led to believe we are.

  • @GreenArrow18
    @GreenArrow18 5 лет назад +208

    AH, so that's why I can't print black and white documents when I'm out of Cyan Ink

    • @MrKo1233
      @MrKo1233 5 лет назад +30

      Omg I always got frustrated like YOU DONT NEED FKING YELLOW TO PRINT MY BLACK TEXT but now I know

    • @springbok4015
      @springbok4015 5 лет назад +3

      I thought the codes were only in yellow?

    • @musicalhistory4392
      @musicalhistory4392 5 лет назад

      This seems to be for only color based printers, so if your out of a color, it should print in black and white only, it’s just the manufacturer having a bad design if it won’t let you choose.

    • @silvervens
      @silvervens 5 лет назад

      Get an 1980 printers

    • @kabochaVA
      @kabochaVA 5 лет назад

      @@silvervens ...and a computer with a serial port to connect the printer to.
      ...also, some ancient Operating System for the whole thing to work.
      ...and good luck finding the toner/ink cartridge for it!
      Apart from those "minor" details, yes, that should work.

  • @nickbruck1017
    @nickbruck1017 3 года назад

    i just found this channel and i love it!!! I've been watching wendover productions for forever and never would have thought you were so funny!!!

  • @eetuthereindeer6671
    @eetuthereindeer6671 2 года назад

    I can't believe how good of a teacher half as interesting actually is. They're explaining things so simply that i actually understood how the 1's and 0's work in binary code

  • @AkashYadavOriginal
    @AkashYadavOriginal 5 лет назад +142

    That's it I am filling my yellow ink cartridge with black ink

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 5 лет назад +27

      That'll make the dots easier to see.

    • @scotthenrie5674
      @scotthenrie5674 5 лет назад +5

      @FIN_LehtiOnTäällä LEHTI invisible ink can become visible when heat is applied, which oxidizes it making it absorb some visible light

    • @ashkechum101
      @ashkechum101 5 лет назад +7

      Scott Henrie fill it with water then

    • @JocaPlays87
      @JocaPlays87 3 года назад

      @@ashkechum101 that will make the paper wet, just put white ink

    • @danielduncan6806
      @danielduncan6806 3 года назад

      You idiot, the dots would still be there. And for those suggesting any other color, including white, same deal for you morons. Anyone with a loop could see white printed on white. Because white is almost always not white. It will merely be more difficult to see, but most definitely not impossible.

  • @MRERE-bz1yp
    @MRERE-bz1yp 5 лет назад +59

    so THAT'S why my yellow ink always gets depleted even when i print in only cyan
    well shit my cyan monopoly money s getting tracked down

    • @ypop417
      @ypop417 5 лет назад +6

      The Monopoly Police will be knocking on your door any day now!

    • @MaddJakd
      @MaddJakd 4 года назад

      Rolling 'go to jail' way more than usual suddenly

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 3 года назад

      Arrest has increased to 99.81

  • @mooonblooom
    @mooonblooom 5 лет назад +33

    this is an amazing video about bricks, i love it
    ok now that the government agent is gone, wow thats actually pretty cool...the government can be so smart that sometimes it scares me

  • @dylanp_ayz8016
    @dylanp_ayz8016 3 года назад +1

    Nobody does intros like this guy.
    Be like this guy.

  • @Nexxarian
    @Nexxarian 5 лет назад +10

    Oh, so that's why I'm always low on colored ink.

  • @teamcoltra
    @teamcoltra 5 лет назад +26

    Printers now also analyze what they are printing every time you print something to make sure it's not money. So basically every time you print your printer says "Is this money? nope, just a cat saying "hang in there" go ahead"

    • @teamcoltra
      @teamcoltra 5 лет назад +2

      @queeditchable that's true, it doesn't know it's a cat... That was more for what I was hoping would be comedic effect

    • @allanlindskoog
      @allanlindskoog 5 лет назад +2

      This answers my question: Does this still happen, or are there new ways that the Gov't checks for counterfeiting? I am aware that printers/copiers are able to automatically shut down if they get bribed to copy currency, but enlighten me further!

    • @vitalnutrients744
      @vitalnutrients744 5 лет назад +1

      Besides paper money is obviously fake feeling versus the cotton money is made of. People would notice right away

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 4 года назад +2

      @@vitalnutrients744 well, if you could manufacture the correct material, there's really nothing stopping you from running it through a printer

  • @JoeChalk
    @JoeChalk 5 лет назад +40

    I honestly really want to know more about the frog debate now 😳

  • @comments6482
    @comments6482 5 лет назад +18

    The 15th code shows which side frogs on bricks should face.

  • @DJPastaYaY
    @DJPastaYaY Год назад +1

    Bricks are actually so interesting. I wonder if HAI has a video on it? 🤔

  • @HustleMuscleGhias
    @HustleMuscleGhias 5 лет назад

    I'm so glad that I still have that old Remington manual typewriter and that old beater Panasonic dot matrix printer and a large supply of carbon paper.

  • @bb3nji
    @bb3nji 5 лет назад +53

    New game. Every time HAI and Wendover Productions does their intro's, try to guess the sponsor

  • @OverUnity7734
    @OverUnity7734 3 года назад +29

    Back in 1994 , before I knew about it, I accidentally found them when I was trying
    to make a photo quality print.
    I kept getting these yellow dots messing up my expensive photo
    paper and figured my printer was breaking down .
    Found out years later what it really was .
    Now I dont trust any technology to be anonymous .

  • @HimanshuKumar-km3xt
    @HimanshuKumar-km3xt 5 лет назад +37

    *We're spilling some secret government tea.*
    Also half as interesting: *titles video named secret codes *

  • @WontonSauce
    @WontonSauce 5 лет назад +4

    I never knew bricks could be so interesting! I would love a follow up video to explain some of the divots that weren’t covered in this video :)

  • @luiscastle9804
    @luiscastle9804 4 года назад +1

    Your videos are so entertaining that I wasn’t going to click away from a video about which way a brick should face

  • @laratheplanespotter
    @laratheplanespotter 2 года назад

    I’m a student forensic scientist and I did document analysis yesterday. This is fascinating!

  • @samjz1774
    @samjz1774 5 лет назад +26

    u got me to start to research about bricks. pls do a video about it

  • @hyperpickle4277
    @hyperpickle4277 5 лет назад +78

    Mom: why are you looking at piece of paper with a magnifying glass
    Me: yellow are our enemies, we must kill them at all costs

  • @Spencer481
    @Spencer481 5 лет назад +42

    Totally missed out on the chance to use the scene from office space of them smashing a printer!

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 5 лет назад +1

      *PC load letter?!?!?* 🤬

  • @alx2900
    @alx2900 4 года назад +1

    That dollar shave club ad at the end was imidietly executed

  • @DMH-bt2zo
    @DMH-bt2zo 5 лет назад

    The "Bricks for the FBI" continuation is so damn good..... well done Sam, well done indeed.

  • @aycc-nbh7289
    @aycc-nbh7289 5 лет назад +14

    This is now one more reason why I don't want my printer's "diagnostic" data being sent to HP, as personal information could be leaked. Although would all documents have this tracking system, whether it's being sent to anyone or not?

  • @gmet12915
    @gmet12915 5 лет назад +15

    You always know it's going to be a good episode when he starts talking about bricks.

  • @suirahplanogemo3407
    @suirahplanogemo3407 5 лет назад +33

    Strange, I find Half as Interesting videos at least twice as interesting as Wendover Videos

  • @TijmensAviation
    @TijmensAviation 5 лет назад +4

    4:12 That’s literally exactly 1 year before I was born 😳

  • @bradnelson3053
    @bradnelson3053 4 года назад

    I thought half as interesting was may be a one off but now I'm hooked

  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521
    @-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 лет назад +97

    Us government: this youtube channel knows too much, take them out

    • @nolanwestrich2602
      @nolanwestrich2602 5 лет назад +2

      HAI is figuring out the secret codes we've put in all bricks!

  • @waasar
    @waasar 5 лет назад +10

    I can't believe I never knew about this. When I read the video title I initially believed this claim must be exaggerated. Thanks for the heads up!

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 5 лет назад +63

    **Printer companies want to know your location**

    • @misaalanshori
      @misaalanshori 5 лет назад +11

      **Printer companies already know your location**

    • @thebigsad9463
      @thebigsad9463 5 лет назад +3

      @@misaalanshori oh no

    • @TopShot501st
      @TopShot501st 5 лет назад +4

      @@misaalanshori *loud knocking*
      "FBI OPEN UP!"...

  • @maradupras7278
    @maradupras7278 4 года назад +3

    As a Coloradoan, I can confirm that the Denver airport does house aliens.

  • @MM-zw8sm
    @MM-zw8sm 5 лет назад +5

    I like how he says, World government based in DC.
    I get the sarcasm 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Wesley_H
    @Wesley_H 5 лет назад +40

    Paper beats brick, government beats paper...
    Does brick beat government? 🤔

    • @gofergofrunio6281
      @gofergofrunio6281 5 лет назад +14

      If you throw it hard enough.

    • @apoc0110
      @apoc0110 5 лет назад +3

      Freemasons....

    • @nate_river_
      @nate_river_ 5 лет назад +5

      Depends if it’s frog-up or frog-down bricks.

    • @Wesley_H
      @Wesley_H 5 лет назад

      Nate River Would that effect the aerodynamics? Like would the frog create a magnus effect or drag? Would backspin or a spiral mitigate or aggravate the condition?

    • @Wesley_H
      @Wesley_H 5 лет назад +1

      Nate River Better yet, forget the ones with the frogs, use the ones with speed holes.

  • @NorthEevee
    @NorthEevee 5 лет назад +39

    Damn it, now I need to know what side frogs go! Thanks for ruining my day!

    • @qwertyuiopzxcfgh
      @qwertyuiopzxcfgh 5 лет назад +14

      I prefer bricks without a frog. However, when I have to use bricks with a frog, the frogs go on the bottom. If you put the frogs on the top, it's more difficult to spread an even layer of mortar over them. Also, if you have the frog on top, it can fill with water, which can freeze and damage the wall during a strong winter.

    • @NorthEevee
      @NorthEevee 5 лет назад +2

      @@qwertyuiopzxcfgh Thanks. I'm glad no more than 3 hours were ruined!
      Also, before this video I didn't even knew bricks had frogs...

    • @lucascb8446
      @lucascb8446 5 лет назад +1

      @@NorthEevee Thats because like he said not all bricks have frogs.

    • @NorthEevee
      @NorthEevee 5 лет назад +1

      @@lucascb8446 Yeah, but I've been on this earth for 18 years and around 7 months and have never heard of bricks with frogs. That in part might be because I live in western Europe and it might not make all that much of a difference from using flat bricks around here.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli 5 лет назад

      @@qwertyuiopzxcfgh Thank you. I mean that sincerely.

  • @prakhar.29december
    @prakhar.29december 5 лет назад +8

    5:06 I randomly thought that green soap has WENDOVER engraved into it.

  • @LiveeviL6969
    @LiveeviL6969 5 лет назад

    Working in the copier industry for 35 years, we knew about this after the first color machines came out. Most machines now will refuse to print/copy copy-protected originals such as currency and some checks. How they react varies from machine to machine; some though service codes, others will just print solid black. We get calls from banks trying to copy checks, you would think that they would know better! Now if you distort the image such as reduce or enlarge it, on some machines they will allow you to copy in B/W.

    • @LiveeviL6969
      @LiveeviL6969 5 лет назад

      Oh, and it's not every copy or print is reported to the government. Just if there is a case of counterfeit and they need to investigate where it has originated.

  • @thorskjelver8564
    @thorskjelver8564 5 лет назад

    That was interesting, and the beat below was pretty dope.