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    Image of mfusion mfusion
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    noticed: there is a legend that uses red arrows for apparent water flow, and blue arrows for actual water flow. i don't see any blue arrowsof the same shade in the diagram.

    and the light blue one of the air being pumped into a sealed tank doesn't count.
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    08/25/09

    @mfusion: Look to your left.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    I recall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park there was a similar effect. A road and a stream are side by side, but he road slopes in the opposite direction of the stream. The slopes are so subtle the average passerby percieves the stream to be flowing uphill.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    erm. is it still there?
    this was built for the 2003 Show.. I'm not sure if it would still be on display?
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    08/24/09

    In reply to James Dyson's 'Wrong Garden' Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill
    I'm just waiting for Mister Dyson to make a vacuum cleaner that will actually cause a hurricane. Then I can finally give up on this dreaded doomsday weather control machine.
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    08/24/09

    @senatormayer: He did. Back in '05. From what I heard, it was immediately bought by the Bush administration.... But perhaps I've said too much.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    08/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasADDWRTRouter: Well, he has had an irrational fear of pretzel crumbs for quite a while...
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    08/24/09

    @anexanhume aka Flintheart Glomgold: Think about what happened in 2005 that involved a hurricane, and how supposedly the BA created it.
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    08/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasADDWRTRouter: Think about how a pretzel almost killed the most powerful man in the world. I deliberately misinterpreted your statement to make a joke. I do that sometimes.
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