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Postby neo-dragon » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:54 pm

As seen on hatrack, this is the coolest thing ever. Which way is she spinning?

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Postby Wil » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:29 pm

Clockwise... and it must be cold.

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Postby Oliver Dale » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:33 pm

Yeah, I'm confused. Definitely looks clockwise to me. Moreover, I can't even force myself to see it any other way.

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Postby Syphon the Sun » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:46 pm

Mostly counter-clockwise. After imagining what it would look like for her to be going clockwise, I could see it. But every time I go back to it, I see it counter-clockwise first. But, I can switch at will, now. This is cool! Thanks for the link.

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Postby neo-dragon » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:46 pm

That's exactly what I said at first, but then...

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Postby Rei » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:45 pm

I'm trying to see it anti-clockwise, but it's just not happening for me.
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Postby Claire » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:50 pm

I can't see anything other than counter clockwise.

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Postby Bevis » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:50 pm

I was able to see her going both ways but it was tough to get my brain to switch back & forth. I only accomplished it by concentrating on some other task for a few minutes. On a side note, while looking for points of dimension to help me out I noticed this poor woman is awfully cold.

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Postby Rei » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:51 pm

Probably not as cold as the Golden Boy.
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Postby neo-dragon » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:54 pm

Well, I naturally see clockwise, but after a while I found that I could switch if I focus on the legs; particularly when they appear to overlap. Sometimes I can switch at will, but sometimes I still need to concentrate.

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Postby Eaquae Legit » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:05 pm

Naturally I see clockwise, but I find I can switch pretty easily if I focus on her foot.
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Postby Craig » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:49 pm

I can't see anything but counterclockwise. Crazy though. I'm gonna have to look at it again.

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Postby Craig » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:50 pm

Holy freaking crap, that's the craziest thing I've seen in a while... Wow...

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Postby Noodle » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:23 pm

I started out only clockwise, but after trying to focus on something else 5 different times I was able to switch to counter clockwise.

I needed to have the image on the screen and focus on the white part so she was spinning in my peripheral vision, with that trick I can make her change directions with little thought.
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Postby Rei » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:28 pm

I've finally managed to get her to turn anti-clockwise. But it takes me a lot of effort to see that.
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Postby Amka » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:32 pm

I find that if I realize that it is a 2D picture, then I could switch but not so much at will.

Another interesting thing is our first impression. Does it mean anything or have any correlation?

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Postby Rei » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:36 pm

A friend of mine gave me this link which has some text to go with the image.
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Postby vendor » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:26 am

Gah! every time I blink she changes direction!
...but paranoia is all I have!!

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Postby BonitoDeMadrid » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:04 am

Gah! every time I blink she changes direction!
After some practice, that's the situation for me, as well. ^_^
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Postby neo-dragon » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:10 am

A friend of mine gave me this link which has some text to go with the image.
So I'm more right-brained oriented since I see clockwise naturally? That's weird, because I match the left-brain characteristics more than the right.

I showed the image to my brother, and he had trouble picking a direction because he said it looked like it kept switching spontaneously.

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Postby Dr. Mobius » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:24 am

According to to line separating her legs in frame 13 she is spinning anti/counterclockwise.
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:13 am

I'm with Ollie, all I see is clockwise. But I'll have 8 eight hours to stare at this while at work, so if I don't get it by then, I am never going to get it.

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Postby Oliver Dale » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:50 am

Another day, another dollar, and now I can see her spinning counter-clockwise. However, the insubordinate hag won't go the other way. Apparently, I have no control over it whatsoever.

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Postby Luet » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:05 am

Well, so far I can't see it any way other than clockwise.
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Postby Bevis » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:15 am

According to to line separating her legs in frame 13 she is spinning anti/counterclockwise.
The doctor has officially cured fun.

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Postby Wind Swept » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:58 am

It took a lot of effort to make her go counterclockwise... Though, now I can just make her turn back and forth rather than make a circle. Which is fun.

It helps if you move your head in the direction you want her to go.
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Postby BonitoDeMadrid » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:08 pm

It helps if you move your head in the direction you want her to go.
Or, in my case, in the direction you don't want her to continue going in; When I turn my head sharply to the right, she starts spinning to my left- AKA, clockwise- and vice versa, though this doesn't work all the time.

Try blinking when she's at the point where it's as if you looked at her from the side, or very close to that point. That's what I do, and it works, for me at least.
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Postby neo-dragon » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:03 pm

I got my whole department staring at it and arguing today. :D

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Postby caretgraff » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:39 pm

that's crazy. and awesome. even the little icon in the address bar seems to switch directions.

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Postby Jayelle » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:51 pm

Probably not as cold as the Golden Boy.
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Postby starlooker » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:01 pm

Clockwise. Definitely clockwise. I hate these things. I can never make them work the way they're supposed to. My verizon phone, when it's holding or making me wait has arrows supposedly going forwards in a counter-clockwise circle, but I can only see that rarely with a lot of concentration. Normally they look like they're going backwards, clockwise.

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Postby Rei » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:30 pm

Probably not as cold as the Golden Boy.
That's where I live!!
It is indeed! Actually, it came into my head because whenever we'd drive by it, my mum would comment that he must be awfully cold.
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:30 pm

A new day and hours of staring later, still clockwise. I see no counter clockwise and think all of you people are lying!

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Postby Bevis » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:39 pm

Eddie's figured us out! We need a webinar!

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Postby starlooker » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:35 pm

A new day and hours of staring later, still clockwise. I see no counter clockwise and think all of you people are lying!
That's my conclusion, too. Screw it. She's going clockwise and we're either witnessing a conspiracy or a mass hallucination.
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