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Author Topic: Optical Illusions Bob Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 146 From: Grand Rapids, MI Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-22-2002 01:19 AM                        Check this one out: http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/optical_sabotage.asp  |  IP: Logged Gordon Hedges III Jealous of everyone not me Posts: 212 From: Severn, MD Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-22-2002 01:31 AM                     WHOA!!! DUDE!!! That was so cool  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-22-2002 01:43 AM                     My friend has a spinny circle thing you put on the table that's the same as that last one. Not as scary as this one tho! =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-22-2002 01:44 AM                     Cool! Here is one you can try in a restaurant....stare at the paddle fans on the ceiling, and if your sight hits it just right, it appears that the fan is running backwards. Blink your eyes, and it is running in the correct direction.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-22-2002 02:53 AM                     That is because your eyes can only "see" x times per second, so that when a certain speed is reached you see the spokes at 0 then 30 then 60 degrees etc. As seen on 1000 westerns  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 11-22-2002 04:10 AM                     I fell in a trap like that months ago at work. Everyone in the office jumped when I screamed. This morning, with the stuff on the above link, I was quietly enjoying a cup of tea when viewing it, and I jumped so violently that my tea is now covering the keyboard, the phone, the desk and the wall to the right of my desk. Fortunately, the Deskjet and the camcorder weren't hit. Well, let's calm down.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-22-2002 04:06 PM                     I wondered if something like that would happen! Scared the crap outta me! And then I laughed like I haven't laughed in a long, long time. I don't usually email jokes or chain mail, but that one was an exception.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2002 12:33 AM                        When you hit the "send this to a friend" button at the end, the resulting window has "Don't bookmark this you bastard" in the title bar. Funny !  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-23-2002 02:47 AM                        I loved this... I read the replies before I checked the site out. I was thinking ok... I am prepared... I Am Not going to jump... Guess What?!??! I jumped.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-23-2002 12:30 PM                     Bah!  |  IP: Logged

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