# Eye Stoppers **URL:** \ **Category:** Context\ **Tags:** photography, images\ **Created:** [20 October 2023 15:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887 "2023-10-20T15:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [20 October 2023 15:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/1 "2023-10-20T15:03:25Z")
![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/3/a/3ab4ad270b155924bac27451de6423c124422f20.png) _[Mechanix Illustrated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanix_Illustrated)_, published monthly from 1928 through 2001, was a delightful source of gee-whiz technology, down-to-earth do-it-yourself projects, and some of the funniest automotive writing anywhere thanks to the incomparable [Tom McCahill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCahill). (By the way, there is large collection of [complete issues of _Mechanix Illustrated_](https://archive.org/search?query=mechanix+illustrated) available at the [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/).) A regular feature was “Eye Stoppers”, which every month presented a page or two of striking images with brief descriptions. That’s what this Scanalyst topic is about: things you’ve seen that caught your eye and are worth sharing. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [20 October 2023 15:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/2 "2023-10-20T15:04:34Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/0/7/07de5c8f57197513afba5bb1fb275507beabd597.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1715072868948533516) Here is more on the [Cornsweet illusion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornsweet_illusion). ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [20 October 2023 15:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/3 "2023-10-20T15:22:28Z")
![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/3/a/3ac826575cc7ecc28aa4c566f9305a3a2163ac43.png) First hit on the fourmilab.ch Web server: ``` grail.cba.csuohio.edu - - [03/Dec/1994:00:26:26 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 ``` This was when you could afford to do a reverse DNS lookup on every IP address that accessed your site. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [21 October 2023 12:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/4 "2023-10-21T12:53:58Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/0/1/0137e9e80b562d64811598d8afb03fd6afd56eeb.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1715441385674015108) ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [21 October 2023 15:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/5 "2023-10-21T15:04:55Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/f/0/f049fbedb5d03ac9f433a5393d661b70feb0c126.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/lhf55472946/status/1715386400537997449) ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2023 14:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/6 "2023-10-25T14:42:38Z")
Discovery of the neutron: [![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/8/5/85ca3063e452c9b9e164fc6e68a5cc2ec9a42521.png)](https://web.mit.edu/22.54/resources/Chadwick.pdf) One author ([James Chadwick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chadwick)), one page, one [Nobel prize (1935)](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1935/summary/). Later in 1932, Chadwick published a less tentative paper, “[The Existence of a Neutron](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspa.1932.0112)” in the _Proceedings of the Royal Society A_. That paper, also by a sole author, was 17 pages and gave a complete description of the experiment and results. The list of authors on [_one_ of the two papers](https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.7214) announcing discovery of the Higgs boson is eight pages long. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 14:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/7 "2023-10-26T14:56:10Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/2/f/2fe17da8c71c95dd4e69c5ee11d8b0187c01b84b.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/Culture_Crit/status/1717217641792671983) Here is more on the [Church of Saint Sava](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava) in Belgrade, Serbia. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 15:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/8 "2023-10-26T15:37:10Z")
![Screenshot 2023-10-26 at 11.34.00 AM](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/3/5/35cbbaac9719be4a6345ae3825c431285c17dd02.jpeg) > The mandir’s construction commenced in 2010. The mandir was built in the Nagaradi style using 68,000 cubic feet of Italian [Carrara marble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrara_marble). The marble obtained from quarries in Europe was shipped to [Rajasthan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan), [India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) where hundreds of artisans carved the stones. After the finished pieces of stone were assembled in workshops, engineers sequentially numbered the pieces and shipped them to Robbinsville. Upon their arrival, the pieces were organized using the numbering system to facilitate the mandir’s construction. > > The mandir was constructed primarily through the efforts of artisans and volunteers who provided an estimated 4.7 million human hours. > **[Largest Hindu temple outside Asia opens in New Jersey, built by 12,500...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/largest-hindu-temple-asia-opens-new-jersey-built-12500-volunteers-rcna119085)** > > The impressive construction prompted a labor lawsuit that’s now on hold, with some saying it raises questions about the line between religious service and labor exploitation. > **[Swaminarayan Akshardham (New Jersey)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaminarayan_Akshardham_(New_Jersey))** > > BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a 183-acre (74.1-hectare) Hindu mandir (temple) complex that encompasses the Akshardham mandir, a traditional temple, a welcome center, museum, and event space. Following the opening of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in 2014, the Akshardham mandir was inaugurated on October 8, 2023 as the world’s 2nd largest Hindu temple. The temple stands 191 feet (58 m) high and is situated 99 km south of New York City. > The BAPS Shri Swaminaraya... ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 15:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/9 "2023-10-26T15:55:35Z")
Bing: > **[Bing Karten](https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=40.253646%7E-74.578172&style=h&lvl=18.1&sp=Point.40.254167_-74.577778_Swaminarayan%2BAkshardham%2B%28New%2BJersey%29___)** > > Ordnen Sie mehrere Standorte zu, rufen Sie Wegbeschreibungen für Fahrten mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln oder Autofahrten bzw. Fußwege ab, zeigen Sie die Verkehrslage live an, planen Sie Reisen, zeigen Sie Satellitenbilder und Straßenansichten an.... Google (a bit earlier in construction): https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.254167,-74.577778&z=14&output=embed&dg=ntvb ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 16:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/10 "2023-10-26T16:17:00Z")
Never change, Microsoft. Here is how this comment was displayed to me. ![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/c/6/c6748140a9aaf0ae9e0a4bfae28afeba0fd64984.png) This is in a browser (Google Chrome), configured for English user interface, with English as the preferred language for Web site communications. So, Microsoft apparently geolocated my IP address, found that it was in Switzerland, and blindly assumed, disregarding the language preference sent them in the HTTP request header, that the reply should be in the language spoken by 65% of the Swiss population, not the 95% of where I actually live. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 19:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/11 "2023-10-26T19:02:59Z")
Actually, this content is pre-fetched by the CH-based server of yours, so we all see it in German 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 19:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/12 "2023-10-26T19:21:30Z")
No, my post was a screen shot so you could see what my browser displayed. If you look at [CTLaw’s original comment](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/9), I’ll bet you see the Bing link expansion in English. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 19:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/13 "2023-10-26T19:45:02Z")
![Screenshot 2023-10-26 at 3.44.44 PM](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/4/0/40b8b1da60874286b32be23530a022ebd8dc5338.png) You lost the bet, what do I get? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2023 19:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/14 "2023-10-26T19:55:10Z")
Which VPN do you use? Actually, I get the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/pturmel/32/111_2.png) [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [27 October 2023 00:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/15 "2023-10-27T00:15:29Z")
I get the same German, no VPN at the moment, from Georgia, USA. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2023 13:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/17 "2023-10-29T13:58:16Z")
![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/7/9/79e027ae83898ab9e6de150899b3fc0f3ac46c2f.jpeg) [Culture Critic](https://twitter.com/Culture_Crit) has posted an 𝕏 thread, [Masterpieces of Art Nouveau](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1698772579983482921.html). [Art Nouveau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau), is “a nature-inspired, decorative movement which flourished between 1890 and 1910 across Europe and the Americas”. Above is the interior of the [Gran Hotel Ciudad de México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Portal_de_Mercaderes_(Mexico_City)#Gran_Hotel_Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico), built in 1918 when the building was a department store. This is an elevator at Majolica House, Vienna, dating from 1898. ![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/0/b/0baa46c58f0e59417186783b3308807d6f62eff6.jpeg) Below is a chart of inflation-adjusted [world GDP per capita](https://austingwalters.com/the-opportunity-cost-of-war/normalized-world-gdp/) from 1820 through the early 2000s. ![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/2/4/24a0d03650fa4a6e9a831c89eb1fbbda2a4518af.png) Why don’t we build beautiful things? ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2023 15:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/18 "2023-10-29T15:16:41Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/c/3/c3b022b8a288c2c1bec7b76b22b44b435a7a9b56.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1718544568424022527) Click to play video in 𝕏. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2023 15:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/19 "2023-10-29T15:22:32Z")
It’s Hallowe’en time again! [![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/8/7/8700019e2c3b2fab786af5308c47a398f776d54a.jpeg "Pumpkin Carving with the FN 545 Suppressed!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL9pk9TUA7U) [![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/9/0/9083e56a45d61d13ed64f50a878b895a3547d521.jpeg)](https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Fourmilab-Pumpkin-Head-and-Decoration/22695803) ---
**Author:** ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2023 15:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/20 "2023-10-29T15:36:41Z")
Impressive! Free hand shooting. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [30 October 2023 14:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887/21 "2023-10-30T14:58:56Z")
Here’s another approach to this: [![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/4/9/499a0cd605024955e5b5a9ab83967b3d70d9208e.jpeg "Spiral tunnels") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Rp2H_eBVs) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/eye-stoppers/3887.md?page=2)