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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by chaosmachine on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:28AM (#2221273)
After not being able to find a suitable online stream of this event (I don't have cable), I gave up and built a rudimentary antenna for my TV. Basically, I just wound a bunch of copper wire around a piece of cardboard and stuck it in the window. The other end of the wire went into the cable port on the back of my TV. Surprisingly, I was able to pick up the game in crystal clear, digital 1080p!
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by jonknee on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:42AM (#2221336)
There's something fitting about fashioning your own antenna to watch AI compete on Jeopardy. True hacker.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by jordanlyall on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @01:06PM (#2222381)
It may have been crystal clear, but it wasn't in 1080p. It was either 1080i or 720p. 1080p over-the-air broadcasts still do not exist.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by chaosmachine on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @02:39PM (#2222858)
You're right, my mistake, it was 1080i.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by Swizec on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:36AM (#2221310)
That's pretty impressive, mind sharing a photo with us? I just want to understand what this level of awesome looks like.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by chaosmachine on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @02:35PM (#2222833)
Thanks, I just wrote it up and took some pictures:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2222827

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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by ableal on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:43AM (#2221562)
Antennas made of a straight bit of wire of about 1/4 the wavelength usually work well. Think FM radios: freq about 100 MHz -> lambda = c/freq = 300 cm -> antenna of 75 cm (30 in).
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by fuzzythinker on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @02:33PM (#2222819)
The non-realtime/non-hacking way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdkJpAtt1I (part1, part2 link on screen)
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by coffeedrinker on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @12:40PM (#2222241)
I grabbed it out of youtube not long after it played on the East coast.

youtube search: jeopardy watson

search options: upload today

edit: I think I may have included the date in the search

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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by coffeedrinker on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @08:56PM (#2224542)
For anyone searching for it, including today's show:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Rashad8821

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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by minouye on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:54AM (#2221614)
Before I signed up for cable, I built this and had pretty great reception. Just a couple of parts from Home Depot/Radio Shack and you're good to go:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker-workshop-dtv-...

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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by bvi on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:49AM (#2221595)
For the sake of clarity, could you explain the set up? How many channels could your copper wire pick up?
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