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- dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -7/+544@sarahlee
not only is that scary imagine how many people its going to screw
FriendA-*pushes elevator button*
elevator arrives
FriendB: hold on whoa it doesn't have a floor
FirendA: *starts to enter* no dude its cool. i saw it on digg dot coooooooooo.... - NekoIan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+126"I won't spoil it...take a look."
ummm the title is "Cool Picture of the Day: Elevator Floor Illusion"...
you ruined it for me. - Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+87yes...painting illusions....that guy invented them.
Come on. - sarahlee, on 10/12/2007, -10/+84pretty scary
- BevansDesign, on 10/12/2007, -6/+64That's what I thought too. And I don't know Japanese at all.
- snypa, on 10/12/2007, -15/+70Ahem, http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Elevator_Floor_Illusion (original submission, plus a few extras)
Mirror in case: http://www.glowfoto.com/static_image/17-130640L/6785/jpg/02/2007/img4/glowfoto - Rayza, on 10/12/2007, -2/+54His shoes fell down I guess..
- shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Your Japanese must REALLY be rusty if you can't tell it's not even Japanese.
- Tanpreet, on 10/12/2007, -9/+49@xisupermanix
who cares how longs its been on the internet for, its not like the picture has an expiry date - adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Who did this, How do I contact them, and how much do I have to pay them to come in and do this to the elevator at work in one night?
- shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34@profit42
It'd help if that was even Japanese. The text is Chinese. - JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29It's Chinese. Yes, Chinese Characters are used as Japanese Kanji, but its almost impossible to write a coherent thought without some form of Kana (non-chinese charachters which look very different than Kanji).
- Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19or to my front door's entrance way.
- tonicboy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19@Masna
Do all Italians assume all asian people are Japanese and ask ignorant questions? - undersky, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16The sign reads:
1. Literal Translation:
!CAUTION!
// // // // //
Communication/Journalism Second Grade Final Class Class...
HUMAN FLESH WAR VEHICLE
6/28 6/29 6/30...
$@#!$@$ [unreadable]
2. Functional translation
Caution.
Class of 2009 Dept of Communication/Journalism Final Project...
Human Tank
[Dates...]
[Writing.....]
Judging by the elevator mirror sign and the clothing of the kids as well as the elevator design, I must say it's in Taiwan. It is most likely (99%) in a college campus, a project done by communication/journalism student. (Apparently in that school those two majors are one single major.)
Translation for the elevator post:
WARNING: Motorcycles are not allowed into elevator. Close Circuit Television is monitoring. Violator will be prosecuted.
Note: motorcycles in Taiwan are mostly scooters. Most students use them.
/I lived in Taiwan for 15 years and Japan for several month.
Edit: I just read Void's comment...apparently he already figured out where that was located. - hourigan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Here are some more shots of the elevator. http://www.scaryideas.com/print/805/
- danklogix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I used to stone in public.
- edmeister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I am fluent in Japanese, so I can say that It is not Japanese.
The first row says "caution!" which is the same in Japanese or Chinese, but the characters in the second row says something like "Human Meat Battle Car" which amounts to "Human Tanks" and no, I don't know what the heck it means.
The Chinese character for "battle" is a little different from the one that is used in Japan, so I am sure it is Chinese.
Is there any Chinese speaking reader out there who can read this? - cleber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@cawpin: That's chinese writing on the wall, not japanese.
- Infidelephant, on 10/12/2007, -10/+15I think that the next Digg article that is posted that relates to this story should be something along the lines of:
"Man falls down elevator shaft thinking that it was a clever fake picture.
(I won't spoil it... take a look)" - shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Umm.. no they aren't? There is no hiragana or katakana present in any of the text in that picture. Are you just being sarcastic, or do you really believe there's no one on Digg that can decipher the grand mystery that is Asian writing?
- undersky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Second Grade" can be better translated as Sophomores...I shouldn't have translated it into "class of 2009." I tired to do a functional translation, and a conversion at the same time, but I guess "sophomore class" would suffice in this case.
Btw, National Taiwan Univ is the flagship Univ of Taiwan. Graduates can easily go into Ivy League schools in America for graduate studies. - voidvector, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The floor of this elevator is a wallpaper. This elevator is located in National Taiwan University.
One of the picture on Flickr shows the floor wallpaper being printed out:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%E4%BA%BA%E8%82%89%E6%88%B0%E8%BB%8A&w=22588609%40N00 - wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ya think that if I had this painted on my elevator floor at work there would be some people late for work on Monday?
- linuxinit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Have you ever been stoned in Publix? That place trips me out...
- bmoseley07, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Considering you can see the light reflection and scuff marks, I didn't know what was so damn special about the pic until I read some of the comments and was told that it was supposed to look like there was no floor. I can't believe this has gotten almost 3,000 diggs.
Take away the scuff marks and this might look kinda real. - PlasticSolution, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4That's part of the illusion, doofus.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+2Man..."Human Flesh War Vehicle" sounds way cooler than "tank"
- aussiedigga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the illusion only works form the viewpoint of the camera taking the photo.
- Cnote1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@hutectro
thx for your brilliant insight, i was having some trouble figuring it out myself - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is so old! I saw this a while back, and there are supposed to be more pictures of it.
- funkspiel, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7It's amazing how many people can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese.
- Danl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oldie but goody
- shatters, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you say that as a bad thing....
- icejust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's called anamorphosis. Read the article in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis
- daverave999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'd think if you were in the elevator you might *just* realise it's an illusion.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2We need this to be printed out on a large sheet of paper to place in front of a door way. I would carry it around everywhere.
- Tetraca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Witchcraft I tells ye!
- phairphair, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dupe.
- ericyu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1According to the Flickr album, it's not from the National Taiwan University. It is from http://www.usc.edu.tw/college/vision/index.asp.
The Dept. of Communications Design, Shih Chien University, located in Taipei. - shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1bury
- shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Resize the picture, blow it up, do whatever you need. There is no Kana in this picture whatsoever. Where are you getting this from?? Furthermore several people below have identified this as being in Taiwan. I've been studying Japanese for years and am even studying abroad in Japan RIGHT NOW -- I know that there is no kana in this picture. It is all Chinese lettering, as it should be, since its from TAIWAN!
- battleroyalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1too bad this illusion will be useless once it gets dirty / scratched
- shawnz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What are you people doing to only see a black floor? I clearly see a painted elevator shaft...
- Legion303, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Shirosamurai: while some of the writing is Chinese characters, the fact that there are also Japanese hiragana and katakana in plain view should tell you that the signs are in Japanese. You know, what with the trendy Japanese handle you sport and all.
- ynkm8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it's
- ynkm8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+011111
- jdonner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+03829 diggs for an old digg of an old digg, of an old digg, of an...
Digg.... it was fun while it lasted.... - LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I like the one from the movie House On Haunted Hill better.
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