OT: Rotating Circles [Archive]

Nodachi

June 9th, 2003, 05:26 AM

Come on now, Fyron's post count accounts for less than 5%(barely) of the total Posts on this forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Come on Fyron, you can do better than that! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Ed Kolis

June 9th, 2003, 07:12 AM

Hey, that's freaky, they really do rotate... I was expecting something along the lines of a vorpal bunny appearing and an earsplitting shriek being emitted from the speakers... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Kamog

June 9th, 2003, 07:13 AM

That's a neat optical illusion! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Do you see the same thing I see? When I move my head towards the screen, the inner circle turns counter-clockwise and the outer circle turns clockwise. When I move my head away from the screen, the directions reverse. But if I look directly at the diamonds and move my head, it doesn't turn.

It's interesting how the shadow effect affects our depth perception on those diamond shapes. The diamonds near the top of the circles appear to be raised, and the bottom ones appear to be depressed. Somewhere on the sides, there's a transition point where the mind switches its perception from raised to depressed, but as I keep staring at it, that transition point keeps changing. If I turn my head 90 degrees, then whichever side of the circle which is now my "top" looks raised and the "bottom" looks depressed.

Fyron

June 9th, 2003, 07:14 AM

You've been tricked by one too many link in the past Ed. I'd never post such a tricky link. Or would I... hmm...

If you stare at a point halfway between the dot in the center and the right side of the circles and move your head, it looks really funny. The left sides of the circles seem to rotate, but the right sides don't! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ June 09, 2003, 06:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Andr�s

June 9th, 2003, 05:26 PM

I should start posting in threats like this to increase my rank http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

mottlee

June 9th, 2003, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Nice touch http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ragnarok

June 9th, 2003, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

If you stare at a point halfway between the dot in the center and the right side of the circles and move your head, it looks really funny. The left sides of the circles seem to rotate, but the right sides don't! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Proving once again Fyron has too much time on his hands. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

oleg

June 9th, 2003, 05:38 PM

Odd. They rotate when I move head back and forth.
But they don't when I grab monitor and push it and pull. May be because I could not make it drink as much beer as me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Narrew

June 9th, 2003, 05:57 PM

Originally posted by Kamog:
Do you see the same thing I see?All I saw was a BIG single boob with a very small nipple, but then again I am an old perve, so I doubt that we saw the same thing... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

rdouglass

June 9th, 2003, 06:57 PM

If we're talking optical illusions here, this has always been one of my Favorites:

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/fooled.jpg

geoschmo

June 9th, 2003, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You've been tricked by one too many link in the past Ed. I'd never post such a tricky link. Or would I... hmm...
You would, you bloodsucking vampire you. Or did you think we had forgotten. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I must be wired wierd. I don't see rotation. Instead I see wave motion circling around.

EDIT: Oh wait. I hadn't followed the directions. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I wasn't moving my head. Now I see it. Does anyone else see the wave motion when you are holding still. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Geoschmo

[ June 09, 2003, 18:03: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

General Woundwort

June 9th, 2003, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by rdouglass:
If we're talking optical illusions here, this has always been one of my Favorites:

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/fooled.jpg[Looks at it, downloads it, examines it in MS Paint...]

Good grief... they ARE the same shade! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Ragnarok

June 9th, 2003, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by rdouglass:
If we're talking optical illusions here, this has always been one of my Favorites:

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/fooled.jpg[Looks at it, downloads it, examines it in MS Paint...]

Good grief... they ARE the same shade! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif <hr /></blockquote>How'd you come to that conclusion? I'm guessing you just a RGB color picker comparison type deal to find out right?
Edit: Never mind. I got it, I just opened PSP7 and used the color picker and rolled over each tile. Each of the 3 RGB numbers are 107 for both tiles.

If you like Optical Illusions then here is a site with a few of them. Yes, click here. (http://www.optillusions.com/)

[ June 09, 2003, 18:17: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

Fyron

June 9th, 2003, 07:48 PM

You would, you bloodsucking vampire you. Or did you think we had forgotten.
The popups were unintentional and you know it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

geoschmo

June 9th, 2003, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
<blockquote>quote:<hr /> You would, you bloodsucking vampire you. Or did you think we had forgotten.
The popups were unintentional and you know it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <hr /></blockquote>Oh, don't even get me started on the popups. I wasn't even talking about the popups. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Loser

June 9th, 2003, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Does anyone else see the wave motion when you are holding still. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

GeoschmoMan, I see all kinds of stuff when I hold real still.

But seriously, seeing a waving motion when you are stationary is a sign that you are dehydrated. Not dangerously dehydrated, but dehydrated none the less.

I'm going to use that big word one more time. Caffeine, nicotine, other stimulants and antihistamines will all cause you to become dehydrated.

Loser

June 9th, 2003, 09:33 PM

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by General Woundwort:
...
[Looks at it, downloads it, examines it in MS Paint...]

Good grief... they ARE the same shade! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif ...
Edit: Never mind. I got it, I just opened PSP7 and used the color picker and rolled over each tile. Each of the 3 RGB numbers are 107 for both tiles.<hr /></blockquote>[Pokes two holes in a piece of paper and holds it up to the monitor...]
[Wonders if anyone hear can start a fire with sticks...]
[Successfully determines that at least one person cannot, sets about removing splinters from hands...]

Lisif Deoral

June 9th, 2003, 09:38 PM

Originally posted by Loser:
I'm going to use that big word one more time. I like that big word! I think I'll name my next battlecruiser class "Dehydrated"... or maybe "Dehydrator"... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Loser

June 9th, 2003, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by Lisif Deoral:
I think I'll name my next battlecruiser class "Dehydrated"... or maybe "Dehydrator"... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Hey! RonCo Shipset!
Or at least the Popeil name-file. Yeah, that'd be cool.
(And by "that'd be cool." I mean that I am briefly impressed by the idea, would be truly impress were it to fine execution, but in no way do I see myself accomplishing this, myself... myself.)

oleg

June 9th, 2003, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by Loser:
I'm going to use that big word one more time. Caffeine, nicotine, other stimulants and antihistamines will all cause you to become dehydrated.No, you get dehydrated when you pee too much.

Ed Kolis

June 9th, 2003, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by Andres:
I should start posting in threats like this to increase my rank http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif Yeah, good idea, post in threats, that'll increase your rank! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Andr�s

June 10th, 2003, 12:06 AM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Yeah, good idea, post in threats, that'll increase your rank! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I mean I usually don't post unless I have something interesting to add, never just for the sake of doing it.

Jack Simth

June 10th, 2003, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by Andres:
I mean I usually don't post unless I have something interesting to add, never just for the sake of doing it.I suspect Ed is trying to make a joke out of a mild misspelling that produces a valid (but different) word (normally not worth mentioning, especially as you don't appear to have English as a first language, and are better at it than some native speakers I have met):
What was typed: threats
What was (apparently) meant: threads

Fyron

June 10th, 2003, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by oleg:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Loser:
I'm going to use that big word one more time. Caffeine, nicotine, other stimulants and antihistamines will all cause you to become dehydrated.No, you get dehydrated when you pee too much.<hr /></blockquote>All of those things cause you to become dehydrated. There are many many sources of dehydration.

Andr�s

June 10th, 2003, 06:07 AM

Actually there's only one source of dehydration: lack of water.
All those things can make you develop sympthoms (sp?), such as peeing or sweating too much or diarrea that will make you lose more water than what you drink.

Jack, do you think I don't make as many typos in my mother tonge. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
I suspect that it must have something to do with the fact that I hardly ever re-read my Posts before hitting the Add Reply button. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
...and very rarely afterwards...

BTW
Ed! Rank me with 5 stars or your family will suffer...

[ June 10, 2003, 05:09: Message edited by: Andres ]

narf poit chez BOOM

June 10th, 2003, 08:21 AM

dizzy!

Fyron

June 10th, 2003, 10:03 AM

Those things lead to a lack of sufficient levels of water, which causes dehydration. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Loser

June 10th, 2003, 02:14 PM

A lack of water does not cause dehydration, it is dehydration. A lack of water could cause a person to be diagnosed with dehydration, but I'm awfully sure dehydration is the name for a lack of water, not the result of a lack of water.

Note: latex paint causes dehydration.

Fyron

June 10th, 2003, 08:46 PM

Dehydration is an extended lack of sufficient levels of water. You can become dehydrated while drinking very small amounts of water. Or while drinking sea water, which is indeed water, but the salt content makes it very very bad for humans. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

oleg

June 10th, 2003, 09:16 PM

That's what I telling you ! You guys pee too much. Certainly. Keep it tight and you will be alright next morning even after the 0.45L C2H5OH stimulation.

Just don't sue me for the friendly advice http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

narf poit chez BOOM

June 10th, 2003, 09:49 PM

although i've heard that you can drink sea water in very small quantities in an emergency.

Fyron

June 10th, 2003, 11:03 PM

Oleg, holding in urine for extended periods of time causes more problems than urinating too often (which really is not a problem, just drink more water and no adverse effects will be felt). Bacteria grow and multiply in urine, and if you keep it in there too long, you run the risks of getting some nasty infections.

Erax

June 10th, 2003, 11:17 PM

When you begin to deyhdrate, the first thing your body does is try to hold the liquid in. So dehydrated people do not pee.

Incidentally, that's why drunk people smell so bad - alcohol inhibits your kidneys, but your body still needs to get rid of its urea, so it eliminates a part of it through the sweat glands - yes, very drunk people literally begin to sweat urine.

I just think I'll go and have a shower now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

oleg

June 11th, 2003, 01:15 AM

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
When you begin to deyhdrate, the first thing your body does is try to hold the liquid in. So dehydrated people do not pee.

Incidentally, that's why drunk people smell so bad - alcohol inhibits your kidneys, but your body still needs to get rid of its urea, so it eliminates a part of it through the sweat glands - yes, very drunk people literally begin to sweat urine.

I just think I'll go and have a shower now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Hmm... I was always under _very_ strong impression beer stimulates my kidneys all right. But I'll better take shower just in case http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Erax

June 11th, 2003, 02:36 AM

Um, no, I got it wrong. (Dammit Jim, I'm an engineer, not a doctor !) Yes, alcohol will make your kidneys work overtime, so you will lose too much liquid and become dehydrated (that's what a hangover is, really - mild dehydration, so drink plenty of water before going to sleep and you'll avoid the worst of it).

Once you are dehydrated, your body stops eliminating liquid, but it must eliminate urea and so on and so forth.