New Chevy C8 Camo Wallpaper

[John]

GM has again slightly added content to its clock countdown site, including camo wallpaper for desktop, mobile and table applications. [Note please that if you just download on a tablet, it will not load onto this forum because it is a jp2 file. However, if you download then screen print what you have saved, you can load it on the forum as I have done below. I do not know whether you would need to do this extra step for desktop or mobile devices.

To access the clock countdown site, please go into our “Announcements” section, click on the “REVEAL COUNTDOWN CLOCK link.”

[07MontyRed]

Thanks John. I wonder if there is an Easter Egg in there somewhere? Wonder if anybody is bored enough to search for it ?

[Skank]

Ironically, whoever did this used the mirror image centerline function but didn't recenter the camo portion on the verticle centerline of the emblem. The camo was centerlined then mirrored imaged and moved to be centered on the red 8 number.

[ltomn]

What the hell(o) - they either screwed this up or are trying to tell followers something! Ferrari, Pagani, Koenigsegg or McLaren, all of whom, like the ZR1, do center-line book matching would never make this mistake...unless they meant to.

[Skank]

Somebody within Corvette Marketing was clearly directed to centerline bookmatch the background camo. Why would they the feature the centerline on the red number 8 vs the V shaped emblem which creates the whole centerline concept that Pagani instituted?

[Skank]

This whole image was created to give a subliminal message like the ZORA stickers on the NY car with Mary and Tadge

[SheepDog]

Pareidolia

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Satellite photo of a mesa in the Cydonia region of Mars, often called the "Face on Mars" and cited as evidence of extraterrestrialhabitation.
A more detailed photograph taken in different lighting in 2001 shows how it is a natural rock formation.
Pareidolia (/pærɪˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music.

Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the Man in the Moon, the Moon rabbit, hidden messages in recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds, and hearing indistinct voices in random noise such as that produced by air conditioners or fans.^[1]Contents

• 1Etymology
• 2Explanations
• 3Mimetoliths
• 4Projective tests
• 5Art
• 6Architecture
• 7Religious
• 8Mars canals
• 9Computer vision
• 10Speech
• 11Related phenomena
• 12Notable examples
• 13See also
• 14References
• 15External links

The word derives from the Greek words para (παρά, "beside, alongside, instead [of]" – in this context meaning: alternative) and the noun eidōlon (εἴδωλον "image, form, shape" – the diminutive of eidos).
A simple collection of lines can be quickly perceived as a face, and even be interpreted as expressing a particular emotion

Pareidolia can cause people to interpret random images, or patterns of light and shadow, as faces.^[2] A 2009 magnetoencephalography study found that objects perceived as faces evoke an early (165 ms) activation of the fusiform face area at a time and location similar to that evoked by faces, whereas other common objects do not evoke such activation. This activation is similar to a slightly faster time (130 ms) that is seen for images of real faces. The authors suggest that face perception evoked by face-like objects is a relatively early process, and not a late cognitive reinterpretation phenomenon.^[3] A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study in 2011 similarly showed that repeated presentation of novel visual shapes that were interpreted as meaningful led to decreased fMRI responses for real objects. These results indicate that the interpretation of ambiguous stimuli depends upon processes similar to those elicited by known objects.^[4]

These studies help to explain why people identify a few circles and a line as a "face" so quickly and without hesitation. Cognitive processes are activated by the "face-like" object, which alert the observer to both the emotional state and identityof the subject, even before the conscious mind begins to process or even receive the information. A "stick figure face", despite its simplicity, can convey mood information, and be drawn to indicate emotions such as happiness or anger. This robust and subtle capability is hypothesized to be the result of eons of natural selection favoring people most able to quickly identify the mental state, for example, of threatening people, thus providing the individual an opportunity to flee or attack pre-emptively. In other words, processing this information subcortically – therefore subconsciously – before it is passed on to the rest of the brain for detailed processing accelerates judgment and decision making when a fast reaction is needed.^[5] This ability, though highly specialized for the processing and recognition of human emotions, also functions to determine the demeanor of wildlife.^[6]

Pareidolia can be considered a subcategory of Apophenia. Rocks may come to mimic recognizable forms through the random processes of formation, weathering and erosion. Most often, the size scale of the rock is larger than the object it resembles, such as a cliff profile resembling a human face. Well-meaning people with a new interest in fossils can pick up chert nodules, concretions or pebbles resembling bones, skulls, turtle shells, dinosaur eggs, etc., in both size and shape.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese researcher Chonosuke Okamura self-published a series of reports titled Original Report of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory, in which he described tiny inclusions in polished limestone from the Silurian period (425 mya) as being preserved fossil remains of tiny humans, gorillas, dogs, dragons, dinosaurs and other organisms, all of them only millimeters long, leading him to claim, "There have been no changes in the bodies of mankind since the Silurian period... except for a growth in stature from 3.5 mm to 1,700 mm."^[7][8] Okamura's research earned him an Ig Nobel Prize (a parody of the Nobel Prizes) in biodiversity in 1996.^[9][10] Main article: Rorschach test
The Rorschach inkblot test uses pareidolia in an attempt to gain insight into a person's mental state. The Rorschach is a projective test, as it intentionally elicits the thoughts or feelings of respondents that are "projected" onto the ambiguous inkblot images.^[11]
The Jurist by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1566. What appears to be his face is a collection of fish and poultry.

In his notebooks, Leonardo da Vinci wrote of pareidolia as a device for painters, writing, "If you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills. You will also be able to see divers combats and figures in quick movement, and strange expressions of faces, and outlandish costumes, and an infinite number of things which you can then reduce into separate and well conceived forms."^[12]Two 13th-century edifices in Turkey display architectural use of shadows of stone carvings at the entrance. Outright pictures are avoided in Islam but tessellations and calligraphic pictures were allowed, so designed "accidental" silhouettes of carved stone tesellations became a creative escape.

• Alaaddin Mosque, Niğde, Turkey (1223) with its "mukarnas" art where the shadows of three-dimensional ornamentation with stone masonry around the entrance form a chiaroscuro drawing of a woman's face with a crown and long hair appearing at a specific time, at some specific days of the year.^[13][14][15]
• Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital in Sivas, Turkey (1229) shows shadows of the 3 dimensional ornaments of both entrances of the mosque part, to cast a giant shadow of a praying man that changes pose as the sun moves, as if to illustrate what the purpose of the building is. Another detail is the difference in the impressions of the clothing of the two shadow-men indicating two different styles, possibly to tell who is to enter through which door.^[16]

Further information: Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena
There have been many instances of perceptions of religious imagery and themes, especially the faces of religious figures, in ordinary phenomena. Many involve images of Jesus,^[11] the Virgin Mary,^[17] the word Allah,^[18] or other religious phenomena: in September 2007 in Singapore, for example, a callus on a tree resembled a monkey, leading believers to pay homage to the "Monkey god" (either Sun Wukong or Hanuman) in the monkey tree phenomenon.^[19]

Publicity surrounding sightings of religious figures and other surprising images in ordinary objects has spawned a market for such items on online auctions like eBay. One famous instance was a grilled cheese sandwich with the face of the Virgin Mary.^[20]

During the September 11 attacks, television viewers supposedly saw the face of Satan in clouds of smoke billowing out of the World Trade Center after it was struck by the airplane.^[21] Another example of face recognition pareidolia originated in the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, when a few observers claimed to see Jesus in the flames.^[22]A notable example of pareidolia occurred in 1877, when observers using telescopes to view the surface of Mars thought that they saw faint straight lines, which were then interpreted by some as canals (see Martian canal). It was theorized that the canals were possibly created by sentient beings. This created a sensation. In the next few years better photographic techniques and stronger telescopes were developed and applied, which resulted in new images in which the faint lines disappeared, and the canal theory was debunked as an example of pareidolia.^[23][24]
Given an image of jellyfish swimming, the DeepDream program can be encouraged to "see" the faces and legs of dogs

Pareidolia also arises in computer vision,^[25] specifically in image recognition programs, which can spuriously detect features. In the case of an artificial neural network, higher-level features correspond to more recognizable features, and enhancing these features brings out what the computer sees. These reflect the training set of images that the network has "seen" previously.

Striking visuals can be produced in this way, notably in the DeepDream software, which falsely detects and then exaggerates features such as eyes and faces in any image. In 1971 Konstantīns Raudive wrote Breakthrough, detailing what he believed was the discovery of electronic voice phenomena (EVP). EVP has been described as auditory pareidolia.^[11] Allegations of backmasking in popular music, in which a listener claims a message has been recorded backward onto a track meant to be played forward, have also been described as auditory pareidolia.^[11][26] In 1995, the psychologist Diana Deutsch invented an algorithm for producing phantom words and phrases with the sounds coming from two stereo loudspeakers, with one to the listener's left and the other to his right. Each loudspeaker produces a phrase consisting of two words or syllables. The same sequence is presented repeatedly through both loudspeakers; however, they are offset in time so that when the first sound (word or syllable) is coming from the speaker on the left, the second sound is coming from the speaker on the right, and vice versa. After listening for a while, phantom words and phrases suddenly emerge, and these often appear to reflect what is on the listener's mind, and they transform perceptually into different words and phrases as the sequence continues.^[27][28]A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure, shadow being or black mass) is often attributed to pareidolia. It is the perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, particularly as interpreted by believers in the paranormal or supernatural as the presence of a spirit or other entity.^[29]

Pareidolia is also what some skeptics believe causes people to believe that they have seen ghosts.^[30]

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  The Romanian Sphinx in Bucegi Mountains
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  Human face on Pedra da Gavea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, known as the "Head of the Emperor"
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  The Old Man of the Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire
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  The "Grimacing human face" of red shale (Cians, Mercantour National Park)
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  The profile of Stac Levenish island (St Kilda archipelago, Scotland)
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  Baba Yaga at the Bayanaul National Parkin Kazakhstan
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  Hoburgsgubben "The Old Man of Hoburgen" a limestone formation on the island of Gotland in Sweden
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  "Elephant Rock" on Heimaey, Iceland
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  "Buddha-statue"-like rock formation on Mars.^[31](Curiosity rover; October 7, 2014)
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  "Smiley face" in Galle Crater on Mars.
  (Viking 1 orbiter; 1970s)
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  Father Trebeurden Trébeurden in Côtes-d'Armor, France
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  Saruiwa ("Monkey rock") on Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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  Dog Rock in Albany, Western Australia
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  Lion Rock at the peak of Lion Rock Hill in Hong Kong
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  Heathen Maiden in Julian Alps, Slovenia

[Nitrobrother]

"So come here and tell Granny what you've been doing lately!"

"Um, I just spent the last 18 months designing camo for the new Corvette mules."

"You idiot! You didn't get the centerline bookmatch mirror correct!"

"Yeah, and I need glasses now, too..."

[John]

Somebody within Corvette Marketing was clearly directed to centerline bookmatch the background camo. Why would they the feature the centerline on the red number 8 vs the V shaped emblem which creates the whole centerline concept that Pagani instituted?

Thanks Skank!

The only OEM who centerline matches visible carbon fiber under maybe $300K (maybe lots more), is GM in its 2019 ZR1. The beauty of its its visible CF matched perfectly on the centerline of the car is seen on its front hood and its wing spoiler — most amazingly on the big wing ZTX version.

[John]

Thanks John. I wonder if there is an Easter Egg in there somewhere? Wonder if anybody is bored enough to search for it ?

I started., but got dizzy 1/3 of the way through.

[Meldoon]

This whole image was created to give a subliminal message like the ZORA stickers on the NY car with Mary and Tadge

I found the “REAL” shape of the side vent in there! 😎

[John]

I like your signature box Meldoon.

[Meldoon]

Title from an old Van der Graaf Generator album. (progressive rock)

[John]

I thought your signature was properly suggesting we honor the Corvette wave and each other when we pass one/one passes us. Works both ways for sure. Thanks.

[Meldoon]

I thought your signature was properly suggesting we honor the Corvette wave and each other when we pass one/one passes us. Works both ways for sure. Thanks.

Indeed! Save The Wave!