Abstraction
Okay, so this covers knot theory which is nothing to do with anything we cover. However, what is important is abstraction. Jade goes through the steps of removing all the unnecessary steps. I wouldn’t expect you to solve this problem, but I would expect you to take another problem and get rid of all the …. Read More
CAPTCHA – When you get asked to copy some letters
You will have used some form of CAPTCHA, this is a nice break down on what it is and where it came from.
Game hackers who were sued
Blizzard, Activision, XBox, Playstation and several other companies decided to sue people who were hacking games. It’s worth a watch and figure out what you think. Were the companies justified? Were the hackers in the wrong?
Sprites vs polygons
Little look at why pixel graphics are making a comeback, but polygon graphics can look dated, even though they’re newer. A good excuse to stick to 2D pixel graphics for A-level projects!
Chinese Remainder Theorem – Mod meets magic
Mod (remainders: 7 mod 3 is 1. Meaning 7 รท 3 is 2 with 1 remainder) is essential for computer science. This video shows a magic trick which is essentially an maths formula utilising mod.
What Tricks Do Developers Use To Identify Game Pirates?
A look at some real games and techniques they used to stop piracy. And why DRM is bad.
Why 3D sucks
Explanation of why 3D technology hurts.
Internet across the Atlantic
This video is probably a bit long to show during the lesson on the Internet, but it’s a good video about how they got the different sides of the Atlantic connected. Goes all the way back to Morse code in 1937 and on to fibre optic internet.
Big-O notation
https://developerinsider.co/big-o-notation-explained-with-examples/ http://www.souravsengupta.com/cds2016/lectures/Complexity_Cheatsheet.pdf https://medium.com/@salmaeng71/big-o-notation-cheat-sheet-4a7e5632c93e Some interesting articles trying to explain Big-O notation. Insultingly enough video is Tom Scott on his series called “The Basics”. It’s a nice introduction to it if you don’t know Big-O notation, A-Level students need to be able to identify what complexity a given algorithm is, and order the different types from …. Read More
Noughts and crosses matchboxes
So he’s made an AI for playing noughts and crosses. Out of matchboxes. Why not? Does anyone have any spare matchboxes we can borrow?