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From: scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones)
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Subject: Re: Beer Can Physics
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Date: 12 Sep 90 14:47:02 GMT
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In article <1990Sep6.002506.3313@wsrcc>, wolfgang@wsrcc (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
> I don't know anything about that, but a really neat effect occurs when
> eating something extremely crunchy such as taco chips in front of a
> CRT.  Seems that the brain can compensate for a shaky optical
> platform, but is really a loss when the viewed object changes rapidly
> as a function of time.  Try it. The picture really distorts.

Another interesting effect can be seen by humming the lowest tone
you can (the closer to the vertical refresh rate the better) while
looking at a CRT.  The whole screen will "swim" at the beat frequency.
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