Bill Pragnell wrote:

> If you have one eye that behaves differently to the other, you will 
> never see one.

That reminds me of a lecturer we had at uni. One eye would look at you, 


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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>>>>> Try staring cross-eyed at this image for a while...
>>>>
>>>> <shrugs> I can't get any of those types of things to work, it's all 
>>>> a bunch of characters/dots/squiggles to me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I could never see anything on these. Both character-based and 
>>> image-based.
> 
> If you have one eye that behaves differently to the other, you will 
> never see one. You can be e.g. shortsighted, as long as both eyes are 
> equally shortsighted! If both your eyes are the same, practice is all 
> that's required...


Yep - never ever been able to see one.

I understand the principle, but again...  never ever been able to see one.



Tom

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Invisible wrote:
>> Now try to somehow incorporate the actual transcendental sequence into 
>> it :)
> 
> I was going to make it out of the digits of Pi - but the digit sequence 
> repeats too much, which screws up the illusion. (Actually, virtually 
> every digit sequence I tried repeats too much. Hence the letters...)
> 

  3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.1415926
5897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384
  3.141592653 3.11592653 3.11592653 3.11592653 3.111592653 3.111592653
5897932384625879323846258793238462587932384625879332384625879332384625
  3.141592653 .1141526533 .1141526533 .1415526533 .1415526533 .14155265
5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 3.415226533 3.415226533 3.4152265
5897932384625897933846225897933846225897338446225873338446225873338446
  3.141592653 3.145926553 3.145926553 3.1492655533.11492655533.11492655
5897932384625897323846625897323846625897328466258997328466258997328466
  3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.1415926
5897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384

;)

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> ;)

Mmm... your ASCII art is better than mine...

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Mike Raiford wrote:
>  3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.1415926
> 5897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384
>  3.141592653 3.11592653 3.11592653 3.11592653 3.111592653 3.111592653
> 5897932384625879323846258793238462587932384625879332384625879332384625
>  3.141592653 .1141526533 .1141526533 .1415526533 .1415526533 .14155265
> 5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
>  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
> 5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
>  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
> 5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
>  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 31415526533 31415526533 314155265
> 5897932384625897932846225897932846225879322846225879322846225879322846
>  3.141592653 3.141526533 3.141526533 3.415226533 3.415226533 3.4152265
> 5897932384625897933846225897933846225897338446225873338446225873338446
>  3.141592653 3.145926553 3.145926553 3.1492655533.11492655533.11492655
> 5897932384625897323846625897323846625897328466258997328466258997328466
>  3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.141592653 3.1415926
> 5897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384625897932384
> 
> ;)

Good one! The digits get quite confused, but I suppose it can't be 
helped in a situation like this :)

Sam

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