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Based on the angle of the walls at what appears to be the entrance to the stairs, I'd say the cat is going up.

Based on the angle of the walls at what appears to be the entrance to the stairs, I'd say the cat is going up.

If it weren't for the cat, I could see this as a "flip illusion" like the cup/faces, but as is, I can only see the cat going up most of the time, and I certainly can't see the cat *backing up* the stairs the other way!

THAT would be viral Youtube gold!

Quote from: Stoic Joker on April 12, 2015, 09:37 PM

Based on the angle of the walls at what appears to be the entrance to the stairs, I'd say the cat is going up.

You say up, I say down.

I agree due to the design of the stairs.

If we had a poll option here, I would ask how many people are interested in this Youtube copy of the original Max Headroom movie (20 Minutes Into The Future).

...Not From Aliens Parkes Observatory Clarifies Radio Signal Bursts Come From Kitchen Microwave

"Oops!"

A new country just started in Europe: Liberland.

http://liberland.org/

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/17/taxes-are-optional-and-there-is-no-military-welcome-to-liberland-europes-brand-new-country/

The tiny country sits on about seven square kilometers (less than 3 square miles) of land along the Danube River, between the official borders of Croatia and Serbia. According to Liberland’s President Vit Jedlicka, the land was considered “terra nullis” or nobody’s land.

Despite being just under three square miles in area, Liberland is not the smallest country on the planet. In fact, it is larger than the Vatican and Monaco.

According to a news release posted on the Liberland site, the founders are Czech citizens who formed something called a “Preparatory Committee,” elected a president (Jedlicka) and decided to declare their new state and planted a flag.

Image source: Liberland.org
President Jedlicka (second from right) and other Liberland founders at flag raising. Image source: Liberland.org
Those interested in becoming a citizen of the fledgling nation need to file an application. However, there is no official time frame attached to the process. According to the site, applications will be dealt with “in due time.”

What does it take to qualify to be a Liberland-ian? According the web site, potential citizens must:

- have respect for other people and respect the opinions of others, regardless of their race, ethnicity, orientation, or religion

- have respect for private ownership which is untouchable

- do not have communist, nazi or other extremist past

- were not punished for past criminal offenses

More at the link.

http://truucoin.com/2015/04/18/established-european-nation-to-operate-in-bitcoin/

http://liberland.org/en/news/the-newly-declared-state-of-liberland-is-making-headlines-all-around-the-world-thousands-of-people-want-to-become-citizens-23.htm

British media about Liberland:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/czech-declares-new-nation-republic-liberland-no-mans-land-between-croatia-serbia-1496715
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32332473

Czech media about Liberland:

http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/367000-clen-svobodnych-vyhlasil-na-uzemi-byvale-jugoslavie-vlastni-stat.html
http://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/zpravy/kauzy/Cesky-politik-zalozil-v-Evrope-vlastni-stat-Nejedna-se-o-vtip-370737
http://zpravy.e15.cz/domaci/udalosti/cesi-v-uzemi-nikoho-u-dunaje-zalozili-novy-stat-liberland-kvuli-byrokracii-1180861
http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/cech-zalozil-v-evrope-novy-stat-chcete-byt-obcany-liberlandu.html

Slovak media about Liberland:

http://www.sme.sk/c/7751515/cech-si-medzi-srbskom-a-chorvatskom-zalozil-vlastny-stat.html
http://www.tvnoviny.sk/zahranicne/1790739_cech-si-zalozil-v-europe-vlastny-stat.-mozete-uz-ziadat-o-obcianstvo
http://www.pluska.sk/krimi/domace-krimi/to-je-blazon-cech-vyhlasil-vlastny-stat-dovody-vas-pobavia.html

Polish media about Liberland:

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/ciekawostki/liberland-nowe-panstwo-na-balkanach/kjl6ln
http://pikio.pl/na-balkanach-powstal-liberland-panstwo-marzen-korwinistow/

Hungarian media about Liberland:

http://index.hu/kulfold/2015/04/15/mikroallam_liberland_vajdasag_cseh/
http://444.hu/2015/04/15/uj-orszag-jott-letre-a-vajdasag-mellett-liberland/

Austrian media about Liberland:

http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/nachrichten/europa_cee/4708803/Tscheche-proklamiert-eigenen-Staat-zwischen-Serbien-und-Kroatien
http://www.krone.at/Welt/Tscheche_proklamierte_eigenen_Staat_an_der_Donau-Liberland-Story-448505
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/k/politik/aussenpolitik/4708809/Neue-Grenzen_Kurios_Tscheche-proklamiert-eigenen-Staat-an-der-Donau
Turkish media about Liberland:

http://www.ahaber.com.tr/dunya/2015/04/15/yeni-bir-devlet-kuruldu-liberland
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/28745773.asp
http://www.sabah.com.tr/dunya/2015/04/15/yeni-bir-devlet-kuruldu-liberland

Serbian media about Liberland:

http://inserbia.info/today/2015/04/czech-proclaims-new-sovereign-state-between-serbia-and-croatia-liberland/
http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/550905/Ceh-proglasio-nezavisnu-drzavu-Liberland-izmedju-Srbije-i-Hrvatske
http://www.tanjug.rs/novosti/174087/ceh-osnovao-liberland---novu-drzavu-izmedju-srbije-i-hrvatske.htm
http://www.kurir.rs/planeta/imamo-nove-komsije-ceh-proglasio-drzavu-izmedu-srbije-i-hrvatske-i-dao-joj-ime-liberland-clanak-1741441

Croatian media about Liberland:

http://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-gets-a-new-neighbour-as-liberland-declares-independence/
http://www.jutarnji.hr/hrvatska-dobila-novog-susjeda-ceh-na-granici-sa-srbijom-proglasio-nezavisnu-drzavu-liberland-/1331520/
http://www.dnevno.hr/vijesti/regija/jeste-li-culi-za-liberland-ceh-osnovao-drzavu-izmedu-hrvatske-srbije-8526/
Video reports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRccMnuiEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp9Blx7B-Po

Not so much from American media so far.

A new country just started in Europe

Starting is easier than staying, it would seem.  

And an interesting Vice article on the micronation:

http://www.vice.com/read/a-czech-libertarian-has-declared-his-own-state-ln-eastern-europe-417

No quotes. It's worth checking/skimming at a minimum.

Google Handwriting Input Writes Text in Android the Old Fashioned Way

Thanks for this, it looks good at first try. I tried MyScript Stylus (Beta) for a while, and even Swype, but some issues always forced me back to the default keyboard, even though I'm an old (Palm) Graffiti fan and would like to use handwriting, if it's faster than typing.

A Defense of Comic Sans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCcObwIsOs

interesting :-)

on a lighter note, it reminded me of this one:

Quote

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You think I’m a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I’m Comic Sans, and I’m the best thing to happen to typography since Johannes f***ing Gutenberg.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole