Hello there! I’ve found some interesting things out, yes indeedy. For
isntance, is there a particular reason there’s two different accessability
entryways for Windows? I was just shown last night there’s a magnifying
glass on here,(and fuck knows it wasn’t located the easy route, it makes
me wonder what else windows has been hiding from me) which for some
Godforsaken reason I need to use because the font on java refuses to enlarge
itself. It’s only, like, a millimeter high. A very, very small millimeter.
Even had remote assistance download/update the newest java (he was a sweetheart, really, most people would’ve sneered and gapped, I think he just snickered a bit at the ineptitude) but it didn’t make it any bigger. Damn java, been messing with me for *Years*, I tell you. Years.
There’s more interesting things than java, though. I found an optical illusion
page! They’ve got some nice stuff, though some of it doesn’t ‘work’ quite right.
For instance, on one illusion there’s supposed to be narrowing lines of black
and white checkers moving crossways, but it only takes a second or three to relax your eyes and watch the checkerboard for a while without the narrow-ness. If you’re having trouble with it, try not to focus on the individual squares, which is what you’re eyes are being drawn to because of the contrasting color and opposite movement, but the square board as a whole instead. May take practice, but it’s interesting to watch a whole checkerboard moving in straight lines.
Link for Checkered Squares here
This one I adore, the rotating snake effect. I could watch that for quite some time and not get bored. Love the Snake illusions, all wonderful.
Link located for Rotating Snake here
Then there’s this one, where the rings are supposed to rotate but don’t. Hopefully you’ll get something out of it.
Link to Irritating Non-Rotating Movement here
This one here is fun, and it’s a simple one. That and I find the hidden message incredibly amusing.
Link located for Message here
I don’t understand the Waterfall Affect with the Buddah. I think I know what’s supposed to be going on, is the Buddah supposed to be wavy after it appears? Because it’s flat, and the Buddah itself is off-center, but not wavy. From the description it seemed like the type of illusion that would work, I tried lengthening and shortening the times before the Buddah statue appeared and it’s irritating me that it doesn’t seem to be working, so what is happening to the Buddah statue? What’s it doing or are other people (You, perhaps) getting errors?
Link for Buddah Located here
Then there’s this one, where one colored bar is supposed to be looking as if it moves to the right. Doesn’t seem to be, looks like it’s moving to the left, but at a slower pace.
Link located for Bars here
Here’s another image that ‘works’, but this one takes a bit of practice. The subtlety is practically dripping off the monitor, I tell you.
Link for Eye Jittering here
There’s a swirly thing, but I’m not sure I believe the description on why it looks ’swirly’. To me, doesn’t seem like you need to focus on on the middle at all. There’s three separate parts to the picture, and each has it’s own black/white/black alternating sequence moving in a different direction, and as the colors switch the edges of the sections play off each other, which to me, is why it’s ’swirly’. But then, it also says that the ’swirling’ motion won’t stick if you look at the center, then look away, and I haven’t seen a change in the motion with those directions, so it might not be doing what it’s supposed to. It’s still an interesting image, though, all things considered.
Link to Swirls located here
Here’s a set bar, where you’re supposed to see four black squares. There isn’t four, there’s only two of each color, they’re black and white and they interchange very rapidly. Reminds me of those florescent bars people use in lighting large buildings, they’ve got the same flicker rate. Not as annoying as the lights, though.
Link located here
Not last and not least, Daisy’s Shadowed Dancing Figure! Interesting thing, apparently the image was ganked and the maker was removed, n’then Someone Unknown stuck some crap about which way the figure rotates being the hemisphere people use, among other misinformation. I hate misinformation. Also, I take the half-circle comment back, and I’m gratuitously blaming my java for it on the old pc. It was an awfully jerky thing, runs much smoother now, and it doesn’t look like it jumps anymore, either, which was probably where the half-circle fallacy came from. Boy was I wrong on that one. Weird thing, though, if you hit one of the tiny tiny buttons in the picture up top and to the right, it gives the figure *Eyes*. Really, really creepy yellow pinpoints. Very Creepy. Gave me an idea for a painting, and I’ve so many ideas squirreled away that I don’t need another, but oh-well. Still find it easy to change the figure’s direction, though.
Link located for Shadow Figure here
On the upside, I think I found the problem with some of the color-perceived-different images.
It isn’t in 3-D. Or rather, it is, but it also looks flat, which is why the colored squares on some change and some don’t. I notice that if the squares I’m asked to be viewed are closer together, they change if the perspective is different. If they’re not close, and a few things are between them, they (the colors) don’t visually change, or they don’t do it well irregardless of the square’s angle, at least enough for me to take note.
Good example here, where the colors of the squares don’t change for me after the red bars are removed.
Link located for Example 1 here
Here’s another example, where the first square color visually ‘changes’, while the second square’s colors don’t.
Link located for Example 2 here
Have fun with the optical illusions, there’s quite a few on that page, and most of them I found enjoyable. There’s some interesting ‘animals’ coming up tomorrow, that aren’t alive but were based on nature, very interesting, too. He’s a wonderful mechanic, his creations remind me a little of the optical illusions, I’m hoping you’ll enjoy them.
