# I'm just testing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096 "2009-10-08T19:59:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/1 "2009-10-08T19:59:43Z")

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Can I really do this?

[http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg](http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg)

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/2 "2009-10-08T20:00:55Z")

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Don’t know what you are trying to accomplish, but there is no image showing.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/3 "2009-10-08T20:01:23Z")

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> [@L. G. Butts](#):
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> Can I really do this?
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> [http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg](http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg)

Guess not. (I was doing a test of the image tags.)

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/4 "2009-10-08T20:02:46Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> Don’t know what you are trying to accomplish, but there is no image showing.

I was trying to use this:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode#imgcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode#imgcode)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/5 "2009-10-08T20:06:24Z")

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Nope, we don’t allow images within posts – you have to link to an image that is hosted elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-just-testing/513096/6 "2009-10-09T01:56:21Z")

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> [@L. G. Butts](#):
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> Can I really do this?
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> [http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg](http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/dice-optical-illusion.jpg)

No-it’s an optical illusion.