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Max Headroom · 03-20-2005, 05:07 AM

Check out this photo in this this link, but more importanly read the caption below. Interesting questions and observations in the second paragraph.

Go here for a closeup view of this digital oddity.

Any one have any thoughts on this? I say it's the CIA

Malmal11787 · 03-20-2005, 05:16 AM

dunno what to think. my head hurts from looking at it for so long. it draws me in!

shmitty · 03-20-2005, 06:26 AM

I did the test my self because I'm skeptical. I created a large black background and created large white crossed bars on top of the pattern. Right away I saw the little circles (more of squares because of the size I made it). I used the eyedrop tool to select the section that looks darker and it was the same as the white around it. I don't think the algorithm "falls" for the optical illusion. I don't see how it could anyway because it looks at small sections at a time and compresses it that way. In order to fall for an illusion like this you have to see a significant amount of the picture at the same time. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

melissa · 03-20-2005, 09:35 AM

It's weird, but I don't think it's the CIA.

Max Headroom · 03-20-2005, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by melissa

It's weird, but I don't think it's the CIA.

That's EXACTLY how the CIA does it. That or the three men in black suits who run the world.

They run everything I tell ya, EVERYTHING!!!!

Frieda · 03-20-2005, 10:46 AM

shhhh! dont let em know you know!

03-20-2005, 05:07 AM	#1
Max Headroom monkey Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 20 minutes in the future Posts: 1,098	This is odd Check out this photo in this this link, but more importanly read the caption below. Interesting questions and observations in the second paragraph. Go here for a closeup view of this digital oddity. Any one have any thoughts on this? I say it's the CIA

03-20-2005, 06:26 AM	#3
shmitty monkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 248	I did the test my self because I'm skeptical. I created a large black background and created large white crossed bars on top of the pattern. Right away I saw the little circles (more of squares because of the size I made it). I used the eyedrop tool to select the section that looks darker and it was the same as the white around it. I don't think the algorithm "falls" for the optical illusion. I don't see how it could anyway because it looks at small sections at a time and compresses it that way. In order to fall for an illusion like this you have to see a significant amount of the picture at the same time. Correct me if I'm wrong please. __________________ I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -Douglas Adams In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. -Douglas Adams

03-20-2005, 09:35 AM	#4
melissa monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: on the go Posts: 3,657	It's weird, but I don't think it's the CIA. __________________ "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."

03-20-2005, 10:46 AM	#6
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,504	shhhh! dont let em know you know! __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

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03-20-2005, 05:16 AM	#2
Malmal11787 Coming in Last Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sunny Arizona! Posts: 311	dunno what to think. my head hurts from looking at it for so long. it draws me in!