Sep 22 2008I Want A Mirror Background On My Monitor
This is old. And sadly hilarious. I can't believe poor Wekweti can even use a scanner. In case you haven't noticed, it's stupid people day here on Geekologie.
How turn computer monitor into mirror? [yahooanswers]
Thanks Roberto, but it will work if I take a picture, right?
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Reader Comments
1. DigitalT - September 22, 2008 3:19 PM
...haha....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
2. Mr.Mitchell - September 22, 2008 3:20 PM
WOW I love dumb people!
3. Jayfournines - September 22, 2008 3:21 PM
Dude...LMFAO...this is just like unbelievable, it's gotta be a joke, right?
www.cafepress.com/angryrobotwear
4. Gingersnapz - September 22, 2008 3:23 PM
He just wants to see what he looks like when he's beating off to internet porn
5. Madgame - September 22, 2008 3:23 PM
Just scan your ass instead...then your monitor will simulate a mirror just fine.
6. Matthew - September 22, 2008 3:26 PM
i refuse to believe that someone attempted to scan a mirror... i REFUSE
7. Mr. Man - September 22, 2008 3:27 PM
I FOUND IT!!
http://www.probottom.com/catalog/images/douche_r1_c1.jpg
wow, I am ugly after all...
8. Bernstein - September 22, 2008 3:30 PM
@5 ROFLMAO ... that was genius.
9. Nikky Raney - September 22, 2008 3:31 PM
LMAO WHAT AN IDIOT
10. Gingersnapz - September 22, 2008 3:35 PM
Maybe I'm just a big idiot, but would it be possible to somehow rig it so that you're webcam somehow gave you a live-feed on your desktop? That would probably be as close to a mirror as you could get.
11. Douchie Mc Bagman - September 22, 2008 3:39 PM
@2 - you must really love yourself then.
12. Mr.Mitchell - September 22, 2008 3:52 PM
@11-Wow are you a member of Mensa. Is that really the best you can come up with?You must be related to Nick Bacon...
13. Miles - September 22, 2008 3:53 PM
What a nob-gobbler.
14. Derrick - September 22, 2008 4:19 PM
OMFG..I am still laughing my ass off....( on a side note..$10 bucks says it was dubbya bush)
15. Thumperchica - September 22, 2008 4:20 PM
I can't decide which is funnier - the Idiot in the post, or the comments thereafter. Thank you again for the lol at work!
16. nick bacon - September 22, 2008 4:25 PM
@number 11, dont bring me into this pal, just buy a f***ing mirror and put it on your bloody desk
17. Dan - September 22, 2008 4:41 PM
I reckon this person could have been excluding the possibility of idiots answering with the suggestion that he could scan a mirror,
Or smart people doing the same thing for humerous purposes.
Still, funny, in a roundabout way.
18. Cheatachu22 - September 22, 2008 5:19 PM
@5: Well done, ROTFL *applause*
This is hilarious. "I can't believe you attempted to scan a mirror!"
19. flyingskeleton - September 22, 2008 5:36 PM
not to easy but, Write a program that interfaces with windows and a web cam software to display the input of a web cam behind the icons on your desktop. then point the web cam towards your face and turn it on. tada... you see yourself..
20. Bean72 - September 22, 2008 6:42 PM
I think this is what Wekweti is trying to accomplish... http://www.freewarepalm.com/misc/yamp-yetanothermirrorprogram.shtml
This guy still needs to get his head checked though...
21. Nacon - September 22, 2008 6:48 PM
Ego = Retardation
22. gingela5 - September 22, 2008 7:02 PM
I've learned to turn just about anything into a mirror...but not a computer. You'd have to be pretty vain if you wanted to stare at yourself while typing on the computer.
23. y2k - September 22, 2008 8:44 PM
I am scanning a mirror right now to see what happens...
stand by...
24. Fuzzbutt - September 22, 2008 11:00 PM
I once saw someone ask this question in a forum... "If I restore my system to previous settings from a few nights ago, will it mess up my subscription to a pay site?"
25. Ginormagantuan - September 23, 2008 1:49 AM
NICK BACON SUCKS!!!!!
26. Wekweti - September 23, 2008 1:51 AM
I just ended up taping a mirror to my monitor. Now i can shave while i surf for porn!
27. minerva - September 23, 2008 9:24 AM
Oh geez... I really hope that whoever asked that was a troll...
28. LSDiesel - September 23, 2008 5:34 PM
Ah, internet porn....the art of left handed clicking.
29. Linah - September 24, 2008 2:30 AM
i just can't believe that somebody is this stupid ..
it's not natural ..
i guess that whoever posted this had to be joking ..
nobody in their right mind would ask a question of that level of stupidity ..
sorry .. i just can't .. it's too good to be true!
30. watercolor - September 24, 2008 12:27 PM
It has to be a troll. A genius one at that.
31. aRTie - September 25, 2008 2:29 PM
How about a webcam that isn't online? Wouldn't that do it?
32. Qing - September 25, 2008 11:43 PM
How is babby formed?
33. funny stuff - September 30, 2008 5:11 PM
Everyone seems to think the op wants to do this for vain reasons. Did anyone think about the option that maybe the op wants to be able to see behind themselves while working at the computer?
34. David Eckert - October 13, 2008 9:07 PM
Actually this has been done..in a way. My wife, a technology reporter, was shown a TV at the Philips offices in Silicon Valley a couple of years ago. When turned off the TV screen became a fully reflective mirror.
In fact, it looks like 5 year old technology.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/111100/philips_unveils_mirror_tv.html
http://www.superwarehouse.com/Philips_23_HD_Ready_LCD_Mirror_TV/23MW9010_37/p/725088
35. Onideus Mad Hatter - December 6, 2008 5:02 AM
Um, actually you can just set your background color to solid black. Most screens are reflective enough that as long as there is no picture you can see a reflection in them (better under certain lighting conditions).
36. me - May 18, 2009 7:25 PM
i would probably just use a webcam and put a mirror in front of it then set the video as my background (joke) but it really can be done with a web cam its pretty easy her is for wondows http://www.desktoptakeover.com/forum/index.php?topic=5.0 and ubuntu http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-934561.html
37. Mrninja - June 11, 2009 2:13 PM
The questions isnt to stupid. We actually ordered a mirror"screen" at work that you put infront of at ordinary monitor. The mirror reacts to the light on the screen and creates the mirror effect when its totaly dark on the screen. That way its possible but not the screen itself.