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The Goggles, They Do Nothing

Posted by michael on from the do-not-view-while-operating-machinery dept.

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. dotslashdot? by kagelump · · Score: 1, Insightful

    they SHOULD be able to handle the herd of rhinos that is ./.

    you mean /.. , right?

  2. Appropriate Penny Arcade Reference by Vaystrem · · Score: 2, Insightful

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

    Baby vs Rhino.

    That baby... er server doesn't have a prayer.

  3. The good doctor... by eddy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... should use PNG instead of GIF. First, as we all know, PNG aren't animated, so no-one will be fooled into thinking that maybe these are animated gifs ;-)

    But jesting aside; 310097 rotsnake.gif vs 262253 rotsnake.png, 46.7KB saved for that single image, or about ten seconds download time for a modem user.

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  4. Re:Interesting warning on the site... by The+Snowman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't it also mean that you can't see the "illusion" at all? I'd be interested to know if the images still appear to wobble and roll and such when you look at them.

    You could always test that out by closing one of your eyes ;)

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  5. Re:Coral Cache Link! by G-funk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Goddammit I wish somebody would update snpp, wolfcastle says "The goggles do nothing!", not "The goggles, they do nothing!"

    *apologies for the hj*

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