Does the leaf have a hole in it?

SpectateSwamp:

Download the original video and start looking at 52.26 in the lower right hand corner. thru till 53.07 The tobacco leaf flyer goes up the the clouds.

There are a number of other fly-bys that the leaf does. The first one took place in .05 seconds. Come on somebody else look at this leaf with your video editors.

I'm afraid you didn't take into account that planet Earth has what the scientists call an atmosphere, which is basically a layer of various gases that surround this planet. You may be confused because most (over 99%) of the planet's atmosphere is nitrogen and oxygen, both of which are transparent and colourless. Earth's atmosphere is also subject to various sort of flow phenomena, some of which can be very localised and powerful, especially near the surface of the planet. Many of these flow phenomena are extremely easy to observe, however; the good news for you may be that there may be even previous research on this field, because in ancient times, atmospheric motions of light objects such as leaves were often observed by scientists to study and predict the workings of the atmosphere.

I haven't yet seen your video - we'll see if I eventually get around to watching it, it's such a giant file. However, I can analyse your statements and the pictures provided. I am not sure there will be anything out of ordinary in the video, however, based on your comments and the pictures alone.

Your images seem to be consistent with a flow phenomena that are often called wind, a flow of atmospheric gases that is generally parallel to the ground. Surprising motions in directions that are not parallel to the ground are often caused by heat-related convection: In daytime, ground is disproportionately heated due to different types of surface, which causes varying amounts of updraft. While these updrafts are generally not discernible to most humans, who have rather high mass and are generally unaffected by many weaker flow phenomena, they may have surprising effects on lighter objects, such as leaves.

I did the following screen reshoot so I could show the action to people

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2491448387537557028

 The 2 specks that circle each other happens at 1:05:26 in the original video

the cloaked artifact is about the size of your fingertip and moves slowly from left to right on the screen. To see it you need to play it back at normal speed from about 50 seconds in through 1min and 10 seconds. One of the specks comes very close to it.

 

http://www.archive.org/details/Strange_strange_artifacts_in_the_clouds

So you will need some software to see the tiny ones. My program does a wonderful job. Doesn't it.

Most of you have been looking at screens too long. Your eyes get weak doing that.

 

 

 

SpectateSwamp:

 The 2 specks that circle each other happens at 1:05:26 in the original video

the cloaked artifact is about the size of your fingertip and moves slowly from left to right on the screen. To see it you need to play it back at normal speed from about 50 seconds in through 1min and 10 seconds. One of the specks comes very close to it.

 

Birds, bats or similar would easily account for the black blobs you are pointing out, either poor resolution or compression artifacts (or probably both combined) would result in the poor detail.

 

SpectateSwamp:

So you will need some software to see the tiny ones. My program does a wonderful job. Doesn't it.

No your software doesn't do a wonderful job, it can't even display video without using media player behind the scenes. Therefore all anyone would need to use is media player.  

SpectateSwamp:

I did the following screen reshoot

(oh dear Lord)

SpectateSwamp:

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2491448387537557028

Allow me to express my analysis in swamp-speak: Leaf in wind. Wind is good. Leaves is good. But wind is natural too. And leaves are natural too. No conspiracy. But challenge for more proof.

SpectateSwamp:

One of the specks comes very close to it.

 

Perhaps you should learn about parallax, distances, and other three-dimensional phenomena.

Assume there's 3 people on the same side of a street block. One standing on each corner, and the third standing in the middle of the street, then from the point of view of either corner person, the other two people will APPEAR to be touching. But in reality they're 50 or more meters apart.

Just because you see an insect come close to a video artifact on your screen doesn't mean they "touched". The insect existed wherever you shot the video, the artifact exists only in your video, so they never touched, because one doesn't really exist.

 

Besides, do you think the Galactic Overlords would come all this way and hide in the sky in cloaked ships, but decide to save a few bucks and buy the Walmart discount version of the cloaking device so people like you could see them? Rather stupid of them.

SpectateSwamp:

My program does a wonderful job. Doesn't it.

No, it doesn't do video at all. It's Windows Media Player doing all the heavy lifting of decoding/displaying the video. Claiming that SSDS does video because you use MCIsendstring to tell Windows to play a video is like claiming you personally moved 5 tons of dirt and rock, when in reality it was the Bobcat you rented to excavate a hole. All you did was push a lever and twist a knob or two.

SpectateSwamp:

Most of you have been looking at screens too long. Your eyes get weak doing that.

Your eyes must be smoking craters in the middel of your face, having had to sit there watching random text/video/images flash by for years on end in the hopes of finding what you were looking for. 

 

MarcB:

Besides, do you think the Galactic Overlords would come all this way and hide in the sky in cloaked ships, but decide to save a few bucks and buy the Walmart discount version of the cloaking device so people like you could see them? Rather stupid of them.

Some somebody. A stone carrier. A software program that allows me to examine video in super slow motion. A Digital Camcorder and I was hunting them by that time. The Mushroom Clouds I videoed got me seeing things. Then I was obsessivly searching for them. Damn they were everywhere and different shapes too.

 

I'm just downloading the last couple mushroom cloud clips 5 and 6 to go. Then I'll show you more... 

SpectateSwamp:

Some somebody. A stone carrier.

 

I'm a stone carrier too... I keep them in the soles of my shoes, where they get randomly picked up and dropped off as I'm walking along.

SpectateSwamp:

A software program that allows me to examine video in super slow motion.

I have that too. It's called "pause". Can't get any slower than "not moving". And then I can move forward/backwards frame-by-frame using the left and right arrow keys. Wow...

SpectateSwamp:

A Digital Camcorder and I was hunting them by that time.

So you're saying an Analog camcorder wouldn't have spotted them? That strongly suggests you're stalking phantom artifacts caused by digital compression. Of course, with an analog camcorder, you'd be stalking the wily "generation loss" monster anyways. Nasty beast. Big sharp pointy teeth with breath most foul.

 

SpectateSwamp:

The Mushroom Clouds I videoed got me seeing things.

Just because a cloud looks like a mushroom doesn't mean it is a 'shroom. I saw a cloud that looked like a bunny rabbit just the other day... and so close to Easter too. Must be a sign of some sort.

And of course, here's more proof that our alien Overlord Masters are on their way, this time spotted over Hawaii. Scary. That circular bit underneath must be where all the teeth are, and swoop down to try and munch you off the ground as you're out stalking the wily Video Artifact Beast.

SpectateSwamp:

Damn they were everywhere and different shapes too.

Yes, clouds are funky that way. Always different shapes and colors and sizes. You'd think they were trying to screw with our minds or something. Or perhaps just be part of that oddball section of stuff called "Natural Phenomena". 

 

SpectateSwamp:

Some somebody. A stone carrier.

Does a bricklayer also get to see aliens?

SpectateSwamp:

A software program that allows me to examine video in super slow motion.

Slower than paused... I doubt it.

SpectateSwamp:

A Digital Camcorder

Because digital gives a clearer image without introducing any compression artifacts? Or some other. Reason?

SpectateSwamp:

The Mushroom Clouds I videoed got me seeing things. Then I was obsessivly searching for them. Damn they were everywhere and different shapes too.

And mushroom clouds are significant how exactly?

SpectateSwamp:

I'm just downloading the last couple mushroom cloud clips 5 and 6 to go. Then I'll show you more... 

Oh lucky us.

 

 

spenk:

Slower than paused... I doubt it.

Pause would be pure silly. When searching I set the swamp search to play at 1/10 speed and I sit close and watch. Hitting enter pauses the video. It takes 10 minutes to view a 1 minute clip as it is. Hitting pause no pause is no way to search for aliens.

 

spenk:

Does a bricklayer also get to see aliens?

You bet they do. If they got great software. and a DVD camcorder like I do.

 

spenk:

Because digital gives a clearer image without introducing any compression artifacts? Or some other. Reason?

Mpeg video allows the program to stop and start anywhere you want it. I set it to start play at a given point in the video. And play for 1/30 of a second and pause for 10/30 second then play the next 1/30 of a second then a pause. Most any operating system has an equivalent to MCIsendstring so this program could easily be ported to run video on Linux or Mac. Check the code where slow motion takes place. Pure genius

 

spenk:

And mushroom clouds are significant how exactly?

There was one exactly like this one in the same location about 2 weeks later. I think they are there looking for Dino Mummys.

 I'll post a couple more strange ones this evening.

 

 

 

 

SpectateSwamp:

Most any operating system has an equivalent to MCIsendstring so this program could easily be ported to run video on Linux or Mac.

 

They do huh?

Is this based on your vast knowledge of the Linux/ Mac operating systems?

SpectateSwamp:

Hitting pause no pause is no way to search for aliens.

 

SS quote of the day....

Pure retarded comedy!

SpectateSwamp:

If they got great software

 

You mean great software, like Windows Media Player? 

Website:

Variable Speed Playback

With this feature, you can easily speed up or slow down audio and video content without changing the pitch and tone of the original audio.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/jukebox.aspx

Gee, I better go download SSDS just so I can type in retarded commands instead of just using Windows Media Player (like SSDS is doing) directly!

 

P.S.: If anyone is interested, View -> Enhancements -> Play Speed Settings in WMP 11.

SpectateSwamp:

Pause would be pure silly. When searching I set the swamp search to play at 1/10 speed and I sit close and watch. Hitting enter pauses the video. It takes 10 minutes to view a 1 minute clip as it is. Hitting pause no pause is no way to search for aliens.

Or pause and stepping frame by frame then.

SpectateSwamp:

 

spenk:

Does a bricklayer also get to see aliens?

You bet they do. If they got great software. and a DVD camcorder like I do.

I really, really want to respond to this but words fail me - not sure if it is this statement or the "pause no pause" one though....

 

SpectateSwamp:

Mpeg video allows the program to stop and start anywhere you want it. I set it to start play at a given point in the video. And play for 1/30 of a second and pause for 10/30 second then play the next 1/30 of a second then a pause. Most any operating system has an equivalent to MCIsendstring so this program could easily be ported to run video on Linux or Mac. Check the code where slow motion takes place. Pure genius

You did kind of ignore my point regarding compression artifacts though.How much research have you done then regarding other operating systems and portability? I challenge you to stand byyour claims of MCIsendstring...

I doubt there is anything in your code that could be called pure genius though,but then again I wouldn't know how to find anything in that code anyway...

 

spenk:

I wouldn't know how to find anything in that code anyway...

Prompt 1:

-ww63 jasnd32

Prompt 2:

ww tt90 ffgf

Then close SSDS because it will crash, then open it back up and repeat.

This will find unrelated stuff in my inmail.txt file. 

 

Oh... and Jam It!

SpectateSwamp:

Mpeg video allows the program to stop and start anywhere you want it.

 

There isn't a video format out there that DOESN'T allow for that. MPEG isn't anything special, it's just one of a few zillion codec formats for video. Hell, you could stop/start anywhere you wanted with good old VHS tapes. It just took a long while to wind the tape to the right spot.

The problem is that a lot of people go to extremes to minimize output file size and only put in a single key frame at the start of the video. That means you can't fast-forward without having to decode/sequence the entire video to reach the spot you're seeking to. And yes, this applies to MPEG as well. If all you've got are I-frames, then you can seek pretty much instantly to any given frame. If you've got one I-frame at the start, and then nothing but B- and P-frames, then good luck seeking at anything but a crawl.

Be thankful your camcorder and camstudio have sane defaults and don't try to minimize size at the expense of seekability.

SpectateSwamp:

Most any operating system has an equivalent to MCIsendstring so this program could easily be ported to run video on Linux or Mac.

 

I wouldn't be so sure about that; don't know about Mac, but I think the closest you could get to MCI on Linux would be hacking something with SDL and/or GStreamer or Xine.   

SpectateSwamp:

The Mushroom Clouds I videoed got me seeing things. Then I was obsessivly searching for them. Damn they were everywhere and different shapes too.

 

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

Since I know you won't read or understand that article, Spectate, let me spell it out for you:You Think The Clouds/Stones.  Are Special. Because You Look For Proof.  That Makes Them Special.  And You Ignore Proof. That Makes Them Ordinary.

Is any of this getting through to you?

You still didn't answer my question. What do you want from this group?  By now you can tell nobody wants to use SSDS,  A few Good Samaritans offered to help you develop SSDS, but you spit in their faces.  Now you are going on and on about medicine stones and aliens, when it is clear nobody believes you or cares.

Are you really that much of a masochist?  Do you enjoy being mocked and laughed at?   

Renan_S2:

I wouldn't be so sure about that; don't know about Mac, but I think the closest you could get to MCI on Linux would be hacking something with SDL and/or GStreamer or Xine.   

 

He doesn't care.  Spectate has obviously never been one to let the truth interfere with his highly-cherished beliefs.

Renan_S2:

but I think the closest you could get to MCI on Linux would be hacking something with SDL and/or GStreamer or Xine.   

 

You are an idiot. Obviously all you have to do is Jam It!

You are just a plant. Another part of this conspiracy.

MasterPlanSoftware:

You are an idiot. Obviously all you have to do is Jam It!

You are just a plant. Another part of this conspiracy.

 

Know-It-All Nerd! You Owe SpectateSwamp $100,000! 

CodeSimian:

Know-It-All Nerd! You Owe SpectateSwamp $100,000! 

 

No I don't. His beard is scraggily and ridiculous. And his mother shares the problem.

I see it now: Spectate was abducted, tortured and experimented upon by the Goa'uld Nirti, who was researching human stupidity (in order to determine what to avoid).

spenk:

SpectateSwamp:

Pause would be pure silly. When searching I set the swamp search to play at 1/10 speed and I sit close and watch. Hitting enter pauses the video. It takes 10 minutes to view a 1 minute clip as it is. Hitting pause no pause is no way to search for aliens.

Or pause and stepping frame by frame then.

I'ld suspect SpectateSwamp doesn't know frames exist and thinks every video has an unlimited frame rate. Therefore it is possible and required to play a video add a playback speed near normal speed divided by infinity.

CodeSimian:

SpectateSwamp:

It helps if you have a bird in the picture. Birds can see video artifacts.

 

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. And if it isn't, it made me forget the most ridiculous thing I've ever read... On the other hand, why should birds not be able see compression artifacts? I mean, the news guy on TV can see me too, can't he?

Swamp, there may be some things you are, but here are three things you are definitiely NOT:

• A Desktop Search expert (you're not even a file search expert...)
• A Video expert
• A sane person

Go get some help and let the grown-ups talk.

SpectateSwamp:

There was one exactly like this one in the same location about 2 weeks later. I think they are there looking for Dino Mummys.

 This is definitely my favorite quote from Mr. Swamp here so far.  I read that and almost laughed out loud in the middle of class. 

tdittmar:

CodeSimian:

SpectateSwamp:

It helps if you have a bird in the picture. Birds can see video artifacts.

 

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. And if it isn't, it made me forget the most ridiculous thing I've ever read... On the other hand, why should birds not be able see compression artifacts? I mean, the news guy on TV can see me too, can't he?

 

Full disclosure: that was just the paraphrased version.  Here is the full quote, in all its glory:

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post349527-9.html

SpectateSwamp:

I have a couple more tips to add to my
Nature and Digital Video tips list.
Check the following clips out first.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...50167775261588

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...48387537557028

You can download the originals and take a more serious look if
you have video editing software. Somebody out there should be
able to explain this stuff away. Can't they. Anyway the tips are:
How to capture video artifacts of your own. Sorta like a strange art
Shoot clouds and sky with the sun at your back. Like in the video.
If you have a bird put it in the video. You'll capture more of them.
Because the birds seem to have the ability to see them too.

 

SpectateSwamp:

Mummified Dinosaur

Do you understand what mummified means?

Wait, no, don't answer.  I already know.

Yes, there are naturally mummified animals, but there were no naturally mummified dinosaurs in Canada. 

SpectateSwamp should watch the movie Blast from the Past staring Brendan Fraser. The character played by Joey Slotnick is strikingly simlar to  SpectateSwamp's personality.  Remember the brown haired pothead that had a tatoo on his forehead ? 

belgariontheking:

SpectateSwamp:

Mummified Dinosaur

Do you understand what mummified means?

Wait, no, don't answer.  I already know.

Yes, there are naturally mummified animals, but there were no naturally mummified dinosaurs in Canada. 

Dino Mummies? Oh yes there are BelgarionTheSwamp.  Roger B. is to drop by today with a picture of the most terrifying Dino Mummy of them all. You'll see it here first.

The video below shows a triangle flyer from 56.27 through 57.16 - It makes a major change in direction just off screen. What's up with this Bug?

http://www.archive.org/details/demo72-pict2

 

SpectateSwamp:

Dino Mummies? Oh yes there are BelgarionTheSwamp.  Roger B. is to drop by today with a picture of the most terrifying Dino Mummy of them all. You'll see it here first.

 

No there aren't. You just don't understand the difference in the terms fossil and mummy.

Of course that might be because you are an idiot.

I don't see no major change in direction... looks like it starts at the lower right (using the roof and the clouds as points of reference) and gradually shifts up and to the left until it is above the cloud (assuming that the camera never moved at all). Nothing to see here folks, keep moving along.

 

Desktop Search - Computings IDIOT button

pitchingchris:

I don't see no major change in direction... looks like it starts at the lower right (using the roof and the clouds as points of reference) and gradually shifts up and to the left until it is above the cloud (assuming that the camera never moved at all). Nothing to see here folks, keep moving along.

Come on PitchingSwamp you need to look a little closer. At 56.27 the flyer comes from the upper lefthand corner. Just after it passes out of view at 57.05 it reappears heading in a completely different direction. As shown in the pictures above. 

SpectateSwamp:

Come on PitchingSwamp you need to look a little closer. At 56.27 the flyer comes from the upper lefthand corner. Just after it passes out of view at 57.05 it reappears heading in a completely different direction. As shown in the pictures above. 

You'd have to do a better job highlighting what you want people to see.. I don't see what the heck you're talking about.

 

 The Sparrow sees the Speck. at 20.01 they are the closest. check the picture. then download the video and examine it.

http://www.archive.org/details/demo13-pict7

Honestly Spectate, why do you ignore us, why ? All you had to do was highlight what you see in response to my previous posts. Instead, you change the subject. Typical.  Signifies self-denial.

SpectateSwamp:

The Sparrow sees the Speck

 

Yes, birds can see insects. Well done. However, insects are NOT "alien flyers". They are insects. You know, just like the ones that operate your brain, except these ones are alive.

CodeSimian:

SpectateSwamp:

The Mushroom Clouds I videoed got me seeing things. Then I was obsessivly searching for them. Damn they were everywhere and different shapes too.

 

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

Since I know you won't read or understand that article, Spectate, let me spell it out for you:You Think The Clouds/Stones.  Are Special. Because You Look For Proof.  That Makes Them Special.  And You Ignore Proof. That Makes Them Ordinary.

Is any of this getting through to you?

You still didn't answer my question. What do you want from this group?  By now you can tell nobody wants to use SSDS,  A few Good Samaritans offered to help you develop SSDS, but you spit in their faces.  Now you are going on and on about medicine stones and aliens, when it is clear nobody believes you or cares.

Are you really that much of a masochist?  Do you enjoy being mocked and laughed at?   

 

 

Concur.  See my post at:  http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/p/7593/141792.aspx#141792 for my initial analysis of the Swampthing. 

Sorry for the poor quality of the picture. Roger was in and out of here. He says that this part of the fish is 8 feet long.

We will go and visit the fish in the next few days. And much better pictures. The first picture he showed me had much better details. 

honestly, you really are a troll. I can make out the crabs and stuff, but what's your point?  What does fish have to do with anything else ?  Could be part of a whale or something if you live on the ocean. While it may be remotely interesting, where does it fit with any other point you have making. I don't know who the heck Roger is, and really don't care. You just make non-symantic posts where nothing is in relation to anything else. Is Roger your alter-ego ?

SpectateSwamp:

JoeMckSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

BelgarionTheSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

MasterPlanSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

PitchingSwamp

Why is everyone he addresses a swamp? Is this supposed to be a compliment or an insult?

joemck:

SpectateSwamp:

JoeMckSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

BelgarionTheSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

MasterPlanSwamp

SpectateSwamp:

PitchingSwamp

Why is everyone he addresses a swamp? Is this supposed to be a compliment or an insult?

 

Both.  He thinks he is being clever and funny, burning us with his subtle wit and making us one of his "Swampies".

http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/p/7593/148996.aspx#148996 

SpectateSwamp:

CodeSimian:

 BTW, another example of annoying behaviour?  Adding "swamp" to the end of people's names.  It is not funny.  There is no "CodeSwamp" or "ElgateSwamp" here.

 

Name abuse is fair play. I have been called lots here. Even my real name. SimianSwamp (I like that better anyway) People who join the post late and don't read the beginning won't know the difference. So I win that way.

joemck:

Why is everyone he addresses a swamp?

 

Not QUITE everyone. I think I may have insulted his beard/mother/bearded mother one too many times. 

SpectateSwamp:

Sorry for the poor quality of my pathetic existence.

 

Fixed that for you.  

Also, you've stopped making sense. I'm not saying you made sense before, but you've now even stopped making the kind of sense that would follow on from the last sense you didn't make.

 

 

 ---------- 

Sorry for the poor quality of the picture. Michael was out and into there. He says that this part of the cat is 4 inches long.

The cat will come and visit us for the next few days. And much better pictures. The first picture he showed me had more left-hand side.

 

 In my spare time I've been searching for random things about SpectateSwamp.  I find him to be quite an interesting subject. 

 Anywho, Here are some interesting 'Things SpectateSwamp'

- Banned from ClubCDFreaks.com , Doom9's Forum , HardwareGeeks.com , Tech Forums.net , DevShed Forums (permanently banned)  

- User comment:  "I, being a Canadian, want to inform the world that idiots like SpectateSwamp are rare here in Canada. Please don't think the rest of us are like him!" 

 - Spectate is rabidly against editing videos: " Editing is ok for: Stitching a bunch of small clips into a big one (Why do that)". Isn't is interesting that his way of handling all his text files is to 'Stitch' them all together into one big file?

-  User comment:  "now don't think i'm an a&&hole, because I rarely am. and I do see your point. but expressing your point in the way you did in the place you did was a blatant attempt to **** people off, and I can't respect that."

   -  "Maybe I should shut up. I'm getting banned everywhere." a final quote from our friendly Swampthing, and I disagree, keep up the talk - it'll help me  finish my doctorale thesis! LOL!

Dr Phil 

DrPhil:

- Banned from ClubCDFreaks.com , Doom9's Forum , HardwareGeeks.com , Tech Forums.net , DevShed Forums (permanently banned)

 

And yet we can't seem to ban him here.  I guess he's finally found his home, because there is no greater WTF than ol' Swampy.

Oh, and it appears I'm back again for more punishment.  I wish I could quit you, SpectateSwamp. 

 Download the original video and look at how these objects move.

http://www.archive.org/details/Mushroom_cloud

The one at the bottom does a tight loop. The one above moves into the clouds

It was the super slow motion of Spectate Swamp Desktop Search that revealed this artifact...

 

40.27 seconds into the clip

Clouds pretty. Pretty like Swamp Stone. You should Bang. Head On stone. Til dead. Good for ManKind.

Great... it took him how long to finally point out a speck in one of his videos and we are supposed to be wow'ed?

Also... FWIW, the correct laymen's term for that cloud is "anvil", not "mushroom".  Mushroom has certain atomic conocations attached to it.  Also, keep in mind that anvil clouds are formed from extremely strong vertical motions of air (i.e. - WIND!).  It is very common for debris like leaves to be picked up.

Hey, Spectate, I know the perfect group of people you should go and talk with.  Why don't you bother the people who follow ChemTrails!  At least you would be among friends there.

 

SpectateSwamp:

 Download the original video and look at how these objects move.

http://www.archive.org/details/Mushroom_cloud

The one at the bottom does a tight loop. The one above moves into the clouds

It was the super slow motion of Spectate Swamp Desktop Search that revealed this artifact...

40.27 seconds into the clip

 

You mean you slowed the video down enough that your brain could keep up with it?  I didn't think that was possible.  That is definitely a lot slower than paused.