Curse

zehly · Oct 08, 2005, 04:43 AM // 04:43

IF YOU HAVE EPILEPSY, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU -- DO NOT TRY THIS -- THOUGH IT IS MADE TO BE A FUN WAY TO RELAX, DO NOT DO IT!!!

Ok.

You need the following:

A vast selection of trance, techno, synthpop, or dance music.
A pair of diffraction lenses, preferably not cheap ones. (These are sometimes mistaken for 3D-glasses, but they are not.)
Some good Winamp Visualizations.
A very, very dark room.
A record for not having siezures.

I'm sure many of you guys have sat infront of the monitor with sweet visualizations staring at them. I'm not sure how many of you have ever sat there with diffraction lenses over your eyes watching these visualizations.

This picture, with diffraction lenses, will seem to jump out at you:

It's fantastic. Remember though, you need to be careful doing this. Seriously, you do. First, it's entrancing. I actually didn't realize it, but I once sat here for about an hour and a half staring and lost. If it weren't for an IM popping up, my brain might have fried. Ah, that's another thing. No interruptions. Your brain will get used to the pulsing of lights and the way the diffraction lens "diffract" light. If you have a sudden interruption, it might lead to a core dump.

You can really fry your brain like this. I'm living proof. But, for what it's worth, it's fun as hell.

This is another crazy thing not to do,
brought to you by the one and only
ZEHLY!

Arturo02 · Oct 08, 2005, 05:13 AM // 05:13

I still don't see the sailboat

Nick The Nicker · Oct 08, 2005, 05:18 AM // 05:18

hahah thats crazy i love it

Divinitys Creature · Oct 08, 2005, 11:04 AM // 11:04

I don't have those lenses to hand :'( But have plenty of other psychotic episode causing objects @.@

LeftAlone- · Oct 08, 2005, 11:05 AM // 11:05

Share em with us

Btw.. Hows K A R M A doing? Havent really heard anything of you guys.. Had fun being completely wiped out by you in Tombs ages ago.

Xue Yi Liang · Oct 08, 2005, 02:29 PM // 14:29

Zehly, you're priceless.

You've made my day with this post. I imagine you there with those funky glasses on slouched back in a chair staring ahead for over an hour. Yeah, I've done it too (just not with the diffraction lenses yet).

The iTunes visuals on my Mac are much nicer than the winamp ones.

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Originally Posted by Arturo02

I still don't see the sailboat

It's a schooner.

Divinitys Creature · Oct 08, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

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Originally Posted by LeftAlone-

Share em with us

Btw.. Hows K A R M A doing? Havent really heard anything of you guys.. Had fun being completely wiped out by you in Tombs ages ago.

Heh heh, there's those magic image books you get that you don't need any lenses for, just have to look at the pictures and focus slightly past the page or in front of it. We officially moved to Battlefield 2 just before faction was introduced since we didn't agree with grinding for skills. A couple of us stayed behind. We joined [joke] (a refugee guild) and later Starlight Extinction [sE]. One of us played with Final Dynasty for a while IIRC. We don't play GW much anymore. I stopped after Sorrows Furnace came out and Faction finally reached a reasonable and permanent level. So I'm ok with how the game is now compared to release.

PieXags · Oct 08, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23

Out of curiosity, how many people really have diffraction lenses around the house?

kitolz · Oct 08, 2005, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by zehly

This is another crazy thing not to do,
brought to you by the one and only
ZEHLY!

Thanks for the heads up! It's good to know you're looking out for us.

Xue Yi Liang · Oct 08, 2005, 09:53 PM // 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by PieXags

Out of curiosity, how many people really have diffraction lenses around the house?

You can easily simulate that effect if you just drag a cheese grater across your eyeballs.

Witchblade · Oct 09, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by PieXags

Out of curiosity, how many people really have diffraction lenses around the house?

I was just about to post the same thing

Saiph · Oct 09, 2005, 02:24 AM // 02:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arturo02

I still don't see the sailboat

Hahaha ohh Mallrats...

Divinitys Creature · Oct 09, 2005, 02:15 PM // 14:15

You get them with some mags like 3d glasses for those 3d pictures. Zehly, these are usually linear polarised lenses, that's the ones you mean right? The lenses are at different polarisations (at 45 degree w.r.t each other) to get the effect.

zehly · Oct 10, 2005, 04:17 AM // 04:17

**UPDATE**

I do not recommend partaking in this kind of activity under the influence of alchohol or other substances that can alter perception. It can be scary, but YMMV (your mileage my vary).

~zehly

conker · Oct 10, 2005, 04:23 AM // 04:23

lol not to flame or ne thing, u have all that grammar and stuff, but u spelled seizure wrong.

zehly · Oct 10, 2005, 04:39 AM // 04:39

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Originally Posted by conker

lol not to flame or ne thing, u have all that grammar and stuff, but u spelled seizure wrong.

Not to flame or anything, but you're in no real position to comment about spelling or grammar when you type like a pre-teen Trillian user who thinks he/she is 22 on MySpace and is upset because mommy made you get offline at 9:00 so that you can be up early for school tomorrow and take your pet rabbit to school for show-and-tell. Once you get a sticker on your 150 word English research paper that you're going to do on the Magic School Bus, we can discuss the nature of grammar, syntax, semantics, and spelling. Until then, why don't you go practice your skateboard tricks over molten lava.

[example of (1) run-on sentence, (2) irritated zehly, (3) a sarcastic irony.]

sino-soviet · Oct 10, 2005, 05:13 AM // 05:13

While Conker's comment was thoughtless and stupid, he has a right to point that out. Just because your own grammar is superior to his does not mean he has "no right" to make a comment. Why don't you ignore him like a mature person would rather than retorting with some purposely inflammatory remarks?

Xue Yi Liang · Oct 10, 2005, 07:20 AM // 07:20

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Originally Posted by sino-soviet

Why don't you ignore him like a mature person would rather than retorting with some purposely inflammatory remarks?

Because she can.
I've also had days where it wasn't beneath me to throw it back.

unienaule · Oct 10, 2005, 08:45 AM // 08:45

So its cool if Zehly flames, but not other people... Anyway, I know my professors wont flame me if they put in plus sign where then wanted a minus sign and I point it out before they fill up a chalkboard with wrongness. Yeah, I said wrongness. "Because I can."

Itami · Oct 10, 2005, 09:34 AM // 09:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by PieXags

Out of curiosity, how many people really have diffraction lenses around the house?

I have one, in a little cardboard slide. You can actually stick it in a slide projector for a nifty rainbow effect.

My Chem 101 instructor bought a ton of the things so everyone could take one home.

Speaking of which, i should find it, tape it to one eye and try this.

*goes rumaging through boxes*