Man, I suck at Tetris. It's now to the point where I lose every time, without fail. These days, all I can do is struggle for a few minutes before defeat, and then tell the victor that "at least I've seen a real vagina." This a*shole is really good - I played him for his job, as well as an invite to the Epic Games offices, and lost both times.
Imagine how much harder this game would be on an oscilloscope. I'll tell you one thing now: I wouldn't want to play Tetris against someone smart enough to build a game out of an oscilloscope. Better yet, I would never play anyone who claims to understand this:
With an R-2R ladder, a value expressed in digital bits can be converted to a corresponding analog voltage. The circuit makes the most significant bit affect the voltage with Vcc/2, the next bit with Vcc/4, the next Vcc/8 and so on. For instance, the R-2R ladder configuration for a 4-bit converter is as follows...
Lars Pontoppidan does understand, and he built this game called game called Scopetris. Witness geekdom at its finest as someone plays a good game of Tetris on modded electronic test equipment while listening to DRAX. That's like a quadruple geek whammy!
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Also, not sure I should admit this, but in context I do understand that :-/