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The Goggles, They Do Nothing

Suchetha writes "In anticipation of a slow news day i would like to direct the Slashdot hordes to Akiyoshi Kitaoka's Optical Illusions page. The page also has explanations on why/how they occur (in icky PDF format). The page is on a .jp uni server so they SHOULD be able to handle the herd of rhinos that is ./."

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  1. Heh by thewldisntenuff · · Score: 3, Funny

    The page is on a .jp uni server so they SHOULD be able to handle the herd of rhinos that is ./.

    He should have called us a "herd of nerds" :)

    -thewldisntenuff

    1. Re:Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      He should have called us a "herd of nerds" :)
      I think the correct term is a "hurd of gnerds."
  2. Temping fate. by DAldredge · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's nearly dead. That is what you get for tempting fate in your fscking summary. ;->

  3. irony: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

  4. amazing by antani · · Score: 3, Funny

    let's try ascii art .o. o.oo .o. o.
    . o.o.. o.o .o o.

    if you shake your head you can see the dots moving!
    and no headache! w00t!

    sure, today is a slow news day, what boring. gee.

    1. Re:amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The one I personally love is to get your favorite vibrating instrument and place it in your mouth(personally I prefer an electric toothbrush, though others may have slightly, *cough*, different tastes), then stare at a digital LED clock face for jumping number fun.

  5. /.ed by m_c_rose · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The page is on a .jp uni server so they SHOULD be able to handle the herd of rhinos that is ./." Or Not.

  6. sweet christ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm in cafe nursing a severe hangover. That shit almost made me yak all over my laptop.

  7. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures.

    FINALLY, a web page that can kill! Its like one of those crappy movies from 1994 when the net seemed super-cool to Hollywood.

    "Slaughter.org: The Cyberkiller"

    "Jenny! Don't click on that hyperlink!"
    "Oh noze! She has been capslocked by the optical illusions! When the machine boots, it will lock down her mind forever!"
    "I can't reach the caps lock key!"
    "We'll have to hit the caps lock key... IN VIRTUAL REALITY!"

  8. Answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, your eyes will shortly fall out of their sockets.

    Hopefully you're able to read this before that happens.

  9. I know a certain coworker... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... who is coming in to a new background image on their machine.

  10. Re:Heh, er... by Schreckgestalt · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... what the hell is a ".jp uni server"

    that would be a japanese university server. you must be american.

  11. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess this guy is rich and famous now.

  12. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by linguae · · Score: 2, Funny
    Caution: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.
    It must be a good thing that I didn't RTFA before reading the comments....
  13. Bathroom Wallpaper by Superfreaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had seen this before and was looking for a custom wallpaper manufacturer to have the Rotating Snakes illusion made into wallpaper for my bathroom. Just for the entertainment of having my friends to to go to the bathroom after a long night of drinking...hilarity ensues.

    1. Re:Bathroom Wallpaper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hilarity Ensues...

      Famous last words of a man about to re-wall paper his bathroom--yet again.

  14. Re:Coral Cache Link! by orkysoft · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, that smoking hole in their server room doesn't look like an optical illusion...

    --

    I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
  15. Re:Mirror by sabNetwork · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn.

    I read your subject and I was hoping for the optical illusion of a mirror.

    Alas, it was only a copy of the website.

    --

  16. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is it with the Japanese and seizures? First it was Pokemon, now this. OK - that's only two examples, but I'm still convinced that they love their seizures.

  17. Re:Coral Cache Link! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Doesn't that defeat the point of the Slashdot hordes?

  18. Re:t-shirts? by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need to stare at it for a bit for it to work... a casual glance won't do it. Now maybe if it was on the front of a girl's tshirt...

    Actually that might be a good protection for girls that don't like guys staring at their chests :) Guy stares... 5 seconds later... epileptic seisure!

  19. Re:Heh, er... by zulux · · Score: 1, Funny

    that would be a japanese university server. you must be american.


    And you, sir, must have no 'shift' key.

    --

    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  20. Who...? by mrdogi · · Score: 2, Funny
    the herd of rhinos that is ./."

    So, just exactly who IS "./" ?

  21. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by at_slashdot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was thinking to put a huge poster like this in my room to make my guests sick, but than I realized that my room would make any "potential" guest sick anyway.

    --
    "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
  22. Re:Heh, er... by MMMDI · · Score: 2, Funny

    Chairs are for sitting, PDF is for printing

    I completely agree with that, but decided to click the link anyway. Read halfway down, glanced over to the side, and what do I see?

    Free Chapter from "Son of Web Pages That Suck" (PDF from Sybex via ftp 3.25Mb)

    Thank you kind sir, for the hearty laugh.

  23. Thank you Slashdot by ribo-bailey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I have a headache.

  24. Lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Square A has an RGB value of 107,107,107 while square B has an RGB value of 109,109,109!!!

    1. Re:Lies! by sonicattack · · Score: 4, Funny

      That has to be the nicest color illusion I've seen. I believe that the illusion is so good, that the only reason the dropper shows both squares being (170, 170,170) is that even the GIMP was fooled by the shadow.

  25. Re:Heh, er... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "that would be a japanese university server. you must be american."

    Look! Mozira!! RUN!!!

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  26. Re:Mirrordot to the rescue! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You fool! Don't /. the mirror that helps against /.ing!

  27. Re:My favorite optical illusion by Dalcius · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many people actually opened this up in Gimp?

    How many of you swore that each checkerbox was different and got thoroughly pissed off when you checked the hex value with the dropper and they were the same?

    How many of you physically cut and moved one box next to its partner and back again over and over, screaming in mental anguish as one moment they're obviously the same and the next they're two different colors?

    Count me in. This illusion pisses me off. :)

    --
    ~Dalcius
    Rome wasn't burnt in a day.
  28. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by has2k1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Akiyoshi Kitaoka looks nerdy with those titanic size spectacles. After all that work, wouldn't it be an incredible feat if he didn't have any glasses at all.

  29. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was a time when I wished the FBI would go around seizing Pokémon momentos...

  30. Re:My favorite optical illusion by cyfer2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wasn't, I rushed to the bathroom and began to vomit.

    --
    There is a spark in every single flame bait point.
  31. Re:My favorite optical illusion by secretsquirel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Surley this has got to be a flaw inthe matrix.

  32. Re:Google Image Search has some copies by MikeDX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, so The Googles, They Do Something!

  33. Mirrordot/microdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At first I thought the parent said "microdot to the rescue" - that would certainly explain why these images seem to move.

  34. Re:My favorite optical illusion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.harmonmiller.com/funnies/illusion.jpgTh is is another rather stunning optical illusion.