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OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 12:47 PM

You know those "squint and stare for 30 seconds" staticy-fuzzy pictures? I can NEVER see the pictures. I don't know why.

warch · 06-07-2004, 12:57 PM

Metaphor.

hot_pastrami · 06-07-2004, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
You know those "squint and stare for 30 seconds" staticy-fuzzy pictures? I can NEVER see the pictures. I don't know why.

No one can... there IS NO PICTURE HIDDEN IN THOSE RANDOM SPECKS.... it's all a lie! A conspiracy! Everyone is trying to...!

Oh wait, there it is. A sailboat. Pretty.

Radar · 06-07-2004, 01:13 PM

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They probably were able to think for themselves too.

I've got no problem with that. I couldn't stand to be with a stupid or poorly educated woman. I'd hardly have anything to talk about with her.

lumberjim · 06-07-2004, 01:39 PM

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glatt · 06-07-2004, 01:47 PM

Hey! How about a "Not Safe For Work" label on that thing! You could poke an eye out! Trying to get me fired?!

perth · 06-07-2004, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by hot_pastrami
Oh wait, there it is. A sailboat. Pretty.

It's a schooner.

lumberjim · 06-07-2004, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by glatt
Hey! How about a "Not Safe For Work" label on that thing! You could poke an eye out! Trying to get me fired?!

well, glat, i didnt think it was something your boss would pick up at a glance. plus, since i shrunk it to fit under the filesize cap, i cant even see it anymore...and i know what it is.

Happy Monkey · 06-07-2004, 02:19 PM

Back when those things were all the rage, I was able to see the picture in a tiny photograph of the cover of the book in a magazine ad. They actually scale pretty well.

lumberjim · 06-07-2004, 02:28 PM

can you make that one out? maybe it;s my angle?

Clodfobble · 06-07-2004, 02:50 PM

I could see it, but it took longer than it takes me when it's not on a computer screen.

Onyx, have you ever done the "floating sausage" trick with your fingers? You hold your index fingers pointed at each other, about six inches from your nose, and then focus on something beyond them (like your keyboard.) You will see a little floating piece of finger in between your fingertips.

That's essentially what you're trying to do with the stereograms, focus past them. Try switching back and forth between focusing on your keyboard and your fingertips, and then try to do the same eye muscle movement while looking at the picture.

hot_pastrami · 06-07-2004, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
can you make that one out? maybe it;s my angle?

I can see it just fine. But it is taking an effort of will to resist making a wisecrack about Clodfobble's "floating sausage" metaphor.

Happy Monkey · 06-07-2004, 03:02 PM

I had no problem seeing it. Of course, once I saw it, that's another story.

SteveDallas · 06-07-2004, 03:47 PM

I've always found the ones that involve pictures to be easier than random-dot ones like this one. And like Clodfobble I find it easier in print than on a screen.

tw · 06-07-2004, 04:00 PM

Got it on the third try - the whole time mad because as Catwomen said, there are no petals and roses. I know I am being lied to and therefore am solving the problem by thinking like a liar. By putting myself in the perspective of a liar, then, I guess, it was easy to solve.

06-07-2004, 12:47 PM	#61
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	You know those "squint and stare for 30 seconds" staticy-fuzzy pictures? I can NEVER see the pictures. I don't know why. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 01:39 PM	#65
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	. Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2004, 02:19 PM	#69
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Back when those things were all the rage, I was able to see the picture in a tiny photograph of the cover of the book in a magazine ad. They actually scale pretty well. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-07-2004, 02:28 PM	#70
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	can you make that one out? maybe it;s my angle? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2004, 03:02 PM	#73
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I had no problem seeing it. Of course, once I saw it, that's another story. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-07-2004, 12:57 PM	#62
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Metaphor.

06-07-2004, 01:47 PM	#66
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hey! How about a "Not Safe For Work" label on that thing! You could poke an eye out! Trying to get me fired?!

06-07-2004, 02:50 PM	#71
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I could see it, but it took longer than it takes me when it's not on a computer screen. Onyx, have you ever done the "floating sausage" trick with your fingers? You hold your index fingers pointed at each other, about six inches from your nose, and then focus on something beyond them (like your keyboard.) You will see a little floating piece of finger in between your fingertips. That's essentially what you're trying to do with the stereograms, focus past them. Try switching back and forth between focusing on your keyboard and your fingertips, and then try to do the same eye muscle movement while looking at the picture.

06-07-2004, 03:47 PM	#74
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I've always found the ones that involve pictures to be easier than random-dot ones like this one. And like Clodfobble I find it easier in print than on a screen.

06-07-2004, 04:00 PM	#75
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Got it on the third try - the whole time mad because as Catwomen said, there are no petals and roses. I know I am being lied to and therefore am solving the problem by thinking like a liar. By putting myself in the perspective of a liar, then, I guess, it was easy to solve.

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