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Title: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Malthus on November 13, 2009, 04:53:40 PM
Very neat: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/

No, no tentacle-rape. Just 3-D-ish old photos of Japan.  ;)
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Viking on November 13, 2009, 05:01:25 PM
tottemo naisu  ;)
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Grallon on November 13, 2009, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 13, 2009, 04:53:40 PM
Very neat: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/

No, no tentacle-rape. Just 3-D-ish old photos of Japan.  ;)


Why is it that sumo wrestlers in the late XIXth century are slim athletes and today are blubby tubs of lard?




G.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 13, 2009, 06:15:56 PM
Professional athletes tend to look more unusual than amateurs.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Josquius on November 13, 2009, 07:24:04 PM
This is weird, I don't get it.
Its just a flickering image yet somehow looks to have depth...


Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 13, 2009, 06:15:56 PM
Professional athletes tend to look more unusual than amateurs.
Thats it I guess.
Compare regular athletes of that time (runners and the ilk) to modern ones too- they looked like regular guys.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Octavian on November 13, 2009, 07:58:00 PM
Quote from: Grallon on November 13, 2009, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 13, 2009, 04:53:40 PM
Very neat: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/

No, no tentacle-rape. Just 3-D-ish old photos of Japan.  ;)


Why is it that sumo wrestlers in the late XIXth century are slim athletes and today are blubby tubs of lard?




G.

They come in all forms and sizes - both then and today.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: grumbler on November 13, 2009, 08:38:48 PM
Thanks, Mal.  I enoyed that far more than I do the usual "Languish link."

That isn't damning with faint praise, BTW.  :P
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: DisturbedPervert on November 13, 2009, 10:26:18 PM
Great photos!

Kinda depressing though
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on November 13, 2009, 10:50:14 PM
Quote from: Grallon on November 13, 2009, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 13, 2009, 04:53:40 PM
Very neat: http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/

No, no tentacle-rape. Just 3-D-ish old photos of Japan.  ;)


Why is it that sumo wrestlers in the late XIXth century are slim athletes and today are blubby tubs of lard?




G.

That was as big as they got in those days, rare fattish one then. That's something that's evolved over the last century.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 13, 2009, 11:08:02 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on November 13, 2009, 10:50:14 PM
That was as big as they got in those days, rare fattish one then. That's something that's evolved over the last century.

Yep, and I think that change is mainly due to how lucrative pro sports became. People now have to spend more time molding their body into one that can compete at their sport.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 06:35:20 AM
Cool.

Then they went evil. What a waste.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Pat on November 14, 2009, 06:48:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 06:35:20 AM
Cool.

Then they went evil. What a waste.

If they hadn't, there'd have been no Hiroshima or Nagasaki nuclear bombing.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 06:50:43 AM
Quote from: miglia on November 14, 2009, 06:48:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 06:35:20 AM
Cool.

Then they went evil. What a waste.

If they hadn't, there'd have been no Hiroshima or Nagasaki nuclear bombing.

Point conceded.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Scipio on November 14, 2009, 11:23:48 PM
Those sumos are fucking cut, man.
Title: Re: Animated Stereo-Views of Meji Japan
Post by: Malthus on November 15, 2009, 11:47:10 AM
Quote from: Tyr on November 13, 2009, 07:24:04 PM
This is weird, I don't get it.
Its just a flickering image yet somehow looks to have depth...

They are stereoscopic pictures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy