Re: Do you see what i see?

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Kip Williams <kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>mike weber wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:03:17 +0000 (UTC), goldfarb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> (David Goldfarb) wrote:
>> 
>>> For myself (and I suspect I've posted about this before) I
independently
>>> invented the technique when quite young -- I discovered that if I
looked
>>> at a chain link fence using it, it made the fence seem much closer
>>> than it really was, which I thought was an interesting illusion.
>>> Worked on hexagonal bathroom tiles, too.  So when the "Magic Eye"
>>> stuff came along I was all ready.
>> 
>> WHich make sense, because they were developed to exploit that effect
>
>The technique is handy for "spot the difference" puzzles, or real-life 
>instances of needing to spot differences.

     My old reel-to-reel recorder had separate VU meeters for left
and right channels.  For recording, I'd stereo them to adjust them
to approximately the same level.  For playback, it was fun to just
watch that needle swing about in three dimensions.

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