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(Points to self, looks left and right)"Me?"

February 28, 2007

Just got this e-mail. Some may call it "spam", but I call it funny as hell.
From Mr. Norgan Rogers. Today is my lucky day! First, I sell out MSG and now this!!!

The Auditor/Head
of Computing Department
Bank of Scotland,
United Kingdom.
Dear Friend,
In order to transfer out £52,000,000.00 (Fifty Two Million Pounds Sterling) from our bank here, I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that you willnever let me down either now or in future.I am the auditor and head of computing department of a bank here in Scotland,United Kingdom. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since my inception into office in 2001,nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files,I discovered that if i do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we have never met. But be sure that this transaction is real and genuine too. I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the foreign payment department.With assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing and possible investments. Please reply immediately.
Thanks,
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Norgan Rogers

The Droste Effect

February 28, 2007

Big ups to Edison's big ups...

Which makes me think of...

THE DROSTE EFFECT:
"The Droste effect is a Dutch term for a specific kind of recursive picture. A picture exhibiting the Droste effect depicts a smaller version of itself in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear. This smaller version then depicts an even smaller version of itself in the same place, and so on. Technically this can go on forever, but practically it continues as long as the resolution of the picture allows, which is relatively short since each iteration exponentially reduces the picture's size.
The term Droste effect was coined by the poet and columnist Nico Scheepmaker, at end of the 1970s. It is named after Droste, a Dutch brand of hot chocolate, whose box has a picture of a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup and a box of the same brand of hot chocolate."

"An example of the Droste effect can be easily created by placing two mirrors in front of each other. Another method would be to film one's own television with a video camera, while displaying the output of the video camera on the same television."