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Ten Illegal Things To Do In London

150,589 views 1 year ago

A quick and dirty video from Tom (http://tomscott.com - @tomscott) and Matt (http://mattg.co.uk - @unnamedculprit) - ten illegal things to do in London. Yes, these are all properly illegal: you can see our references at http://tomscott.com/law/

Tom's Talks and Sci-Fi Shorts Play

Tom talks about the internet, the accelerating pace of change, and occasionally tea cozies.

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Danger: Humans
- by Tom Scott
- 2 months ago
- 660,203 views
http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - A message from the Interstellar Safety Council. What if the rest of the universe wasn't built on "survival of the fittest"?

The post and discussion that inspired ...
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2:16
Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen.
- by Tom Scott
- 7 months ago
- 30,016 views
http://tomscott.com - @tomscott
Or: what happens when you privatise Big Brother.
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2:45
Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers
- by Tom Scott
- 1 year ago
- 1,422,295 views
http://tomscott.com - Or: what you see when you die.

If you liked this, you may also enjoy two novels that provided inspiration for it: Jim Munroe's Everyone in Silico, where I first found the ide...
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Single Point of Failure: The Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords
- by Tom Scott
- 2 months ago
- 49,382 views
http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - I spin a (fictional) tale of the day that Google accidentally opened everything. Performed at GeekyConf, with thanks to Betsy Weber and Natalie Downe on camera.
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"Is This You?" - lifelogging, privacy and scandal by Tom Scott at Electromagnetic Field 2012
- by Tom Scott
- 1 year ago
- 31,916 views
http://tomscott.com/ - @tomscott - A five-minute story of a possible future: lifelogging, privacy, and a member of Parliament caught in a scandal.
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I Know What You Did Five Minutes Ago
- by Tom Scott
- 3 years ago
- 98,694 views
http://tomscott.com - My talk from Ignite London 4 (http://ignitelondon.net): in which I rattle through the online privacy settings of fashionable web services, and leave a surprising message.

FAQ...
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Citation Needed, from the Technical Difficulties Play

New episodes every Wednesday! And new audio episodes over at techdif.co.uk.

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The Newgate Novel: Citation Needed 1x02
- by Tom Scott
- 2 days ago
- 2,997 views
http://techdif.co.uk - We're going highbrow this week. Or at least, we're trying to. It all falls apart when Matt suggests some unusual toast preferences.
18:39
The Big Lobster: Citation Needed 1x01
- by Tom Scott
- 1 week ago
- 5,528 views
http://techdif.co.uk - In the series premiere, Gary, Chris and Matt are faced with two challenges: first, a Big Lobster, and second, trying not to offend Australians too much.

Things You Might Not Know Play

A new Thing every Monday!

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Privacy In France: A Lot Of French People Might Be About To Sue Me
- by Tom Scott
- 8,904 views
1:46
Point Zero: Where All Roads Start
- by Tom Scott
- 10,886 views
1:30
The 19th Century Channel Tunnel Wasn't Just A Dream
- by Tom Scott
- 8,397 views
1:44
British Tanks Are Better Than All Other Tanks, And Here's Why
- by Tom Scott
- 12,554 views
1:53
The London Railway of the Dead
- by Tom Scott
- 8,917 views
1:45
Britain Has 555 Phone Numbers Too
- by Tom Scott
- 9,441 views
2:13
Never Call Someone "Tired and Emotional" In England
- by Tom Scott
- 12,022 views
1:51
Origami In Space
- by Tom Scott
- 14,253 views
1:59
Why Do We Not Have A Cure For The Common Cold Yet?
- by Tom Scott
- 9,637 views
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Let's Talk About Names. In Iceland.
- by Tom Scott
- 11,061 views
2:30
Why Do Hypothermia Victims Take Off Their Clothes?
- by Tom Scott
- 10,341 views
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Moss Is Terrible For Emergency Navigation
- by Tom Scott
- 10,189 views
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Adventures from Tom and Friends Play

The highlights from Tom's YouTube channel.

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Breaking the News: Tom Scott and Matt Gray bonehead the budget
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 53,320 views
http://www.tomscott.com - http://www.mattg.co.uk

The biggest project we've ever tried: on Budget Day 2009, Tom and Matt headed down to London. With a camera crew in tow and a command centre in Y...
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Ten Illegal Things To Do In London
- by Tom Scott
- 1 year ago
- 150,589 views
A quick and dirty video from Tom (http://tomscott.com - @tomscott) and Matt (http://mattg.co.uk - @unnamedculprit) - ten illegal things to do in London. Yes, these are all properly illegal: you can...
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Robocoaster Challenge: Reciting Shakespeare while attached to a giant robot arm
- by Tom Scott
- 2 years ago
- 25,570 views
http://tomscott.com - Tom attempts to recite the prologue of Romeo and Juliet while being flung around by the Grand Pier robocoaster in Weston-Super-Mare.

With thanks to the Grand Pier - http://gr...
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Google Street View Race - The Technical Difficulties, Show 1
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 84,422 views
http://techdif.co.uk - Gary is beamed into San Francisco through the wonders of virtual reality. With Google Street View and a virtual reality headset, he races his virtual screen against a real ca...
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Lies on the London Underground
- by Tom Scott
- 10 months ago
- 74,916 views
Tom Scott (http://tomscott.com @tomscott) and Matt Parker (http://standupmaths.com @standupmaths) investigate some of the London Underground's greatest lies.
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Kinect-Controlled Tesla Coils: The Evil Genius Simulator
- by Tom Scott
- 3 years ago
- 296,153 views
http://imakethin.gs http://tomscott.com http://brightarcs.com

In the pub after Day 1 of the 2011 Maker Faire UK, Tom Wyatt and the London Hackspace team came up with an idea — Kinect-controlled ...

Tom's Half-Arsed Science Play

Scientific tomfoolery and culinary experiments.

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How Many Gs Do You Pull in an Elevator?
- by Tom Scott
- 5 months ago
- 7,707 views
http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - In one of the tallest buildings in London, Tom answers the question of how many Gs you pull in a lift, with the help of some sugar and a very dirty kitchen scale.
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Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 518,841 views
http://www.tomscott.com - "Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff - b'doom, tssh". That's the joke: but does it really give you that rimshot sting you hear in comedy? We investigate.
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The Robin Hood Sandwich Challenge
- by Tom Scott
- 3 years ago
- 125,169 views
http://www.tomscott.com - One mysterious archer. One overenthusiastic toaster. One Robin Hood sandwich.

The music is a version of Handel's "Zadok the Priest".
0:46
The Large Piña Collider: a pina colada with SCIENCE.
- by Tom Scott
- 1 year ago
- 3,477 views
http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - One pineapple. One coconut. Two giant slingshots. SCIENCE. (Yes, we know we should have angled the board downwards. And yes, we know that a pina colada uses coconu...
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2:51
Salmon in a Dishwasher
- by Tom Scott
- 5 years ago
- 82,313 views
http://www.tomscott.com - The idea of poaching salmon in a dishwasher has been around for a long time. Bob Blumer, the Surreal Gourmet, claims to have poached salmon in more than 100 dishwashers on...
2:54
Breakfast: Fortified With Iron
- by Tom Scott
- 7 years ago
- 37,553 views
http://www.tomscott.com - The Iron Chefs: Cooking bacon and eggs using nothing but a regular household iron and a lot of ingenuity. Cheers to Gary, Olly and Toast!

The music is "At Least You've ...

Comedy Shorts Play

Short bits from Tom and friends.

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Google Glasses: A New Way to Hurt Yourself (parody of Google's Project Glass)
- by Tom Scott
- 2,760,809 views
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The Queen's Birthday Surprise
- by Tom Scott
- 19,604 views
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5 Cat GIFs Reenacted by a Human
- by Tom Scott
- 8,672 views
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Nyan Fax!
- by Tom Scott
- 26,468 views
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Yorkshire Yoga
- by Tom Scott
- 4,957 views
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The Guy Who Audio Describes Porn
- by Tom Scott
- 18,215 views
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0:33
If Self-Checkout Machines Used Famous Voices
- by Tom Scott
- 7,474 views
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Human vs Rat: The Maze Challenge
- by Tom Scott
- 45,688 views
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1:01
Captain Obvious
- by Tom Scott
- 59,147 views
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The London Hyperloop: An Announcement from the Mayor of London's Office
- by Tom Scott
- 11,677 views
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The 30 Second Bacon Sandwich
- by Tom Scott
- 10,701 views
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Be A Safe Ninja This Winter
- by Tom Scott
- 46,473 views
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My videos for Computerphile Play

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- by Computerphile
- 107,852 views
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- by Computerphile
- 205,196 views
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- by Computerphile
- 139,689 views
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- by Computerphile
- 68,012 views
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- by Computerphile
- 94,765 views
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- by Computerphile
- 183,204 views
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- by Computerphile
- 120,900 views

Tom's Language Files Play

Videos about linguistics, languages, and love. But mainly linguistics.

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Making Flaps Vibrate In Your Throat: Voicing
- by Tom Scott
- 10,108 views
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Why You Can Tweet More In Japanese: What Counts As A Character?
- by Tom Scott
- 20,911 views
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Adjectival Order: Why A "Big Red Balloon", not a "Red Big Balloon"?
- by Tom Scott
- 13,130 views
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3:40
Why Do We Have "Ye Olde"? Obsolete Letters, and the Mysteries of Ye Olde Ming
- by Tom Scott
- 13,682 views
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2:28
Mele Kalikimaka: Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian
- by Tom Scott
- 20,165 views
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3:49
Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them
- by Tom Scott
- 45,657 views
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3:20
Ghoti and the Ministry of Helth: Spelling Reform
- by Tom Scott
- 14,681 views
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3:01
There's Nothing Wrong With Saying "10 Items or Less": Descriptivism vs Prescriptivism
- by Tom Scott
- 19,333 views
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2:50
Why You Swear in Anglo-Saxon and Order Fancy Food in French: Registers
- by Tom Scott
- 19,452 views
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2:56
All The Colours, Including Grue: How Languages See Colours Differently
- by Tom Scott
- 23,813 views
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Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language
- by Tom Scott
- 43,718 views
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3:16
Why Jonathan Ross Can't Pronounce His Rs
- by Tom Scott
- 23,492 views
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The Technical Difficulties: Highlights Play

The best bits from The Technical Difficulties

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Date This Man - The Technical Difficulties, Show 1
- by Tom Scott
- 3,916 views
2:04
Monument Morse - The Technical Difficulties, Show 2
- by Tom Scott
- 2,362 views
3:29
The Battle of the Beer № 2 - The Technical Difficulties, Show 2
- by Tom Scott
- 1,345 views
3:04
The Iron Chefs - The Technical Difficulties, Show 3
- by Tom Scott
- 3,801 views
3:08
The Battle of the Beer № 3 - The Technical Difficulties, Show 3
- by Tom Scott
- 1,205 views
2:35
The Cone - The Technical Difficulties, Show 3
- by Tom Scott
- 2,859 views

The Technical Difficulties: Full Shows Play

The full shows from the Technical Difficulties

12:35
The Technical Difficulties: Show 1
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 7,115 views
http://techdif.co.uk - Show 1. In which Tom gets decked, Gary can't believe his eyes, and Toast gets a big ad in Cardiff.
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The Technical Difficulties: Show 2
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 3,162 views
http://techdif.co.uk - Featuring a discussion about fitting Ray Mears in a Swiss army knife, and some big explosions.
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The Technical Difficulties: Show 3
- by Tom Scott
- 4 years ago
- 2,515 views
http://techdif.co.uk - Tonight, our energy-saving solution fails spectacularly, and we startle a passing dog.

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