LL :: Volume 40 :: LR

This pattern, of course, gives a dizzying aura of unbounded height to the building -- particularly if you stand at the base and look upwards. But the effect goes beyond that. The pattern constantly moves upward, at a pace just visible to the eye. Thus the building appears to be rising forever, vanishing into its own event horizon at the roof.

The original plan, according to D4-interest foam, was to have the pattern move sideways. But everyone who tried a visualization came out screaming that the building was toppling over...

Smile! twing

The plugin produces an analogous visual effect for words. If you stare at the word "blue" for a few moments, and then shift your attention to a neutral background, you will sense the word "red" hovering there -- not quite visible, but implied. The logic uses your own verbal association network to determined the "true" opposite of a word. (Actually it uses a context-sensitive balancing algorithm, so you may -- often will -- see two or three words, each contrary in a different sense, dancing about.) The negation extends up to the granularity of short phrases, though usually not complete sentences.

The effect is weak enough not to be distracting when reading prose. But if you glance away from your book, you will get the impression of fleeting clouds of text, commenting on and contrasting with what you have read. Surprisingly often, we have found, the generated text leads to an interesting thought -- if only for a moment.

The sport does not appear to be taken too seriously, even by devotees. Some foam alleges that the true challenge is the creation of the jokes, which is done by the spectators of the matches, beforehand...

You may ask which are the spectators and which the contestants. Do not, however, ask it at a joke-race. No one will laugh.