Mind f**k thread

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Post by Nokatus » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:08 pm

I have always found Akiyoshi's stuff to be brilliant:

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

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Post by nolus » Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:46 am

xrayfish wrote:
when i look at it early in the morning when i start work she is usually going clockwise, then when i wake up she starts going the other way.


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Ive got it - look at the foot that sticks out. Say to yourself 'left foot left foot' and it rotates anticlockwise.

Say 'right foot right foot' and it goes clockwise.

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The clue is in the shadows

If you think of the foot that sticks out as the right foot then the shadow of the foot - which you can only see 50% of the time - turns in the opposite direction to the actual foot.

The only interpretation that makes sense is that she is spinning anticlockwise and the foot that sticks out is the left foot.

With practice you can make her swing left and right like a can can dancer.
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Post by husker » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:07 am

sporkles wrote:Not nearly as cool, but still... And I believe we have CW on this board too :D
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That is definitely nearly as cool 8)

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Post by forge » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:35 am

there are side effects to the Seizure Walken

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Post by Nokatus » Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:47 pm

nolus wrote:The clue is in the shadows

If you think of the foot that sticks out as the right foot then the shadow of the foot - which you can only see 50% of the time - turns in the opposite direction to the actual foot.

The only interpretation that makes sense is that she is spinning anticlockwise and the foot that sticks out is the left foot.
Edit: I first wrote "Actually, there is no clue in the shadows. The shadow, just as the main figure, is just a 2D silhouette which lacks depth information per se", but then: crap, right after I wrote that I realized what you meant by the suggested interpretation. You're right, there is an actual difference when you consider the arc of the extended leg and the lower part of the shadow going outside the frame. Well spotted.

But still, no left/right brain stuff there :). Before, I would have said there's none of that whatsoever - but now, I suppose the conclusion you can make on the basis of the shadow fits the (traditional) "left brain" type of thought, making the counter clockwise rotation more valid in that context. But still, even after that analytical approach, you can of course "see" the actual figure change direction at will.

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Re: Mind f**k thread

Post by smutek » Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:05 pm

husker wrote:
snowtires wrote:
husker wrote:Plenty of geeks on this forum to appreciate this sort of thing...this just blows my mind 8O

Square A and Square B are the same colour....go on check it...

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Anyone got more of these?
the squares definitely aren't the same color, but the letters might be.
As long as you're sure :lol:
Square A and square B are the same colors, both of them have RGB values of 120/120/120 - The letters A and B are different colors, but not the squares.

Neat.

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Post by nathannn » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:24 pm

no matter what i do the spinning chic is moving counter clockwise..
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Re: Mind f**k thread

Post by Tone Deft » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:34 pm

smutek wrote:
husker wrote:
snowtires wrote: the squares definitely aren't the same color, but the letters might be.
As long as you're sure :lol:
Square A and square B are the same colors, both of them have RGB values of 120/120/120 - The letters A and B are different colors, but not the squares.

Neat.
this is total bullshit, why should I use a brain with these kinds of egregious bugs in it while the whole time god just sits on his lazy fat ass getting all the thanks and praise for this bullshit?!!! I mean, how hard can it be to code a fix for this, sure, he can invent boobies but can't fix a stupid little thing like THIS?? sure, keep staring at those tits fellows, nevermind that that's not how they really look. fuck god, fuck the brain, I want my money back!!! I refuse to use my brain anymore.
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Re: Mind f**k thread

Post by djgroovy » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:17 am

Tone Deft wrote: this is total bullshit, why should I use a brain with these kinds of egregious bugs in it while the whole time god just sits on his lazy fat ass getting all the thanks and praise for this bullshit?!!! I mean, how hard can it be to code a fix for this, sure, he can invent boobies but can't fix a stupid little thing like THIS?? sure, keep staring at those tits fellows, nevermind that that's not how they really look. fuck god, fuck the brain, I want my money back!!! I refuse to use my brain anymore.
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Post by rbmonosylabik » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:28 am

I can't make her go clockwise :cry:
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Post by udp » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:48 am

May I suggest a book. "This is Your Brain on Music" by Daniel Levatin. He explains a lot of how listening, studying and creating music develops one's brain. Craw definitely is correct that the Left and Right Brain stuff is basically old thinking and modern science reveals far more connectedness. It is astounding the number of areas of the brain that are used to listen to music.
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Re: Mind f**k thread

Post by Tone Deft » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:36 am

djgroovy wrote:Welcome to the Matrix. So, you want the red pill then? :)
PILLS!! YES PLEASE!!!

I'd also like The Dance Music Manual, the max/msp reference and Qbert's scratch skills uploaded.
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Post by Patch » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:34 am

I'm pretty cut up - I can't do shit with any of the animations in this thread. Fuck left brain/right brain stuff - I'm gonna start writing again...

Leave the muse to the Muso's, and the Grafto the writers...

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Re: Mind f**k thread

Post by husker » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:25 am

Tone Deft wrote:
this is total bullshit, why should I use a brain with these kinds of egregious bugs in it while the whole time god just sits on his lazy fat ass getting all the thanks and praise for this bullshit?!!! I mean, how hard can it be to code a fix for this, sure, he can invent boobies but can't fix a stupid little thing like THIS?? sure, keep staring at those tits fellows, nevermind that that's not how they really look. fuck god, fuck the brain, I want my money back!!! I refuse to use my brain anymore.
Interesting (no really!)...Maybe the thread title should be F**cked mind thread. It is rather pathetic that it can't even tell when 2 simple shades of grey are the same. Pah! :!: How can you believe anything you see when it can't even something that simple right. Time to go and build some robot implant eyes that do better...

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Post by ethios4 » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:00 am

There's a crapload of optical illusiony mind-bending stuff here.
Whoa!

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