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kleinbl00  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This was broadcasted on BBC News today.

A switching rehearsal.

Intro, push.

Deco, push.

Deco, push.

Deco, push.

Deco, push.

That's someone practicing their moves prior to broadcast (weewooweewoo says "broadcast" but I'll bet this was only streamed, as indicated by the iPlayer bug)) and having it accidentally stream to the Internet. It's as simple as having one button out of a hundred lit up and you miss it, especially if you're only going to the Internet and there isn't someone sitting there going "oh shit we're live". Granted, it's usually a prominent button but there are a lot of buttons:





user-inactivated  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's the big deal, then?

kleinbl00  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Civilians generally don't get to see this stuff.

Doing one of these things live with manned cameras, talent, and the pressure of a live broadcast is fucking amazing. It's like this without the chaos.

What you're looking at there is probably switched by that little guy. The stuff I work on starts in places like this.

user-inactivated  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You must feel like the goddamn Aleph.

kleinbl00  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not gonna lie. Shit tons of faders is fuckin' dope.

user-inactivated  ·  2471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Imagine the kinds of video games you can play with those.

You can also probably run a one-man city-wide surveillance operation with those. *cue Person of Interest theme*