ASCII Autostereogram

Aim your eyes to focus beyond the screen (e.g. where your reflection is) but focus your eye lenses at the screen. The opposite of cross-eyed. This takes some work as the lenses tend to automatically focus where the eyes are aimed. (I'm short sighted, and find it easier if I take off my glasses since then my lenses can't focus too far away no matter how much they want to.) The more you do this, the easier it gets, and the more spectacular the results. It can take some people several attempts of several minutes over a week before they get it, while for others it works almost right away. If you don't get it, try again tomorrow. And it really helps if you relax, don't try too hard or it simply won't work.

Make sure your eyes are perfectly horizontal, uncross your eyes and use the grids to line things up (you should see 3 verticals, not 2 or 4), then move down to the words. Don't bother trying to read the words, they are simply a background visual pattern using ASCII text. Eventually the hidden messages should literally pop out at you. But concentrate on the background to keep things in focus.

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lude the as include the as include the as include the as include the as include
ute a right minute a right minute a right minute a right minute a right minute 
wn year left down year left down year left down year left down year left down y
mpiler error compiler error compiler error compiler error compiler error compil
econd month i second month i second month i second month i second month i secon
using face her using face her using face her using face her using face her usin
they stop tart they stop tart the stop start the stop start the stop start the 
it at wasting pit at wasting pit a wasting spit a wasting spit a wasting spit a
an hast your lean hast your lean has your clean has your clean has your clean h
ead cars time lead cars time lead car time plead car time plead car time plead 
 i my go bottom i my go bottom i my go bottom i my go bottom i my go bottom i m
get over frogs get over frogs get over frogs get over frog get hover frog get h
n a pore old and a pore old and a pore old and a pore old an a spore old an a s
rt life rink fart life rink fart life rink fart life rink far life drink far li
server my date server my date server my date server my date server my date serv
back ever fort back ever fort back ever fort back ever fort back ever fort back
 this is filler this is filler this is filler this is filler this is filler thi
up into out of up into out of up into out of up into out of up into out of up i
l never act will never act will never act will never act will never act will ne
lly in the totally in the totally in the totally in the totally in the totally 
em a look problem a look problem a look problem a look problem a look problem a
anyone is hide anyone is hide anyone is hide anyone is hide anyone is hide anyo
and distribute and distribute and distribute and distribute and distribute and 



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