# Net Camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122 "1999-12-18T15:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/1 "1999-12-18T15:39:00Z")
This is absolutely incredible! You can actually take a picture of yourself using your computer monitor. Your monitor can discern small electrical impulses and detect bright and dark areas very close to the screen (1-2 feet). This is still a beta site, and the image is blurred, but it works!!! [NetCamera](http://www.smartbot.net/camera2.html) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/2 "1999-12-18T15:49:00Z")
Wow! That was awesome! An incredible likeness, indeed. Try it, everyone! Perfect for holiday greetings and such. Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/3 "1999-12-18T15:56:00Z")
Yeah, try it. No scientific basis whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/4 "1999-12-18T16:00:00Z")
Strange. I can’t seem to dump the cache. All I get is a picture of Handy… ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/5 "1999-12-18T16:05:00Z")
\< Checking mirror \> Hmmm. Nope. “Stupid” is NOT on my forehead. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/6 "1999-12-19T16:57:00Z")
That was a mean trick to play on us gullible people. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/7 "1999-12-19T17:20:00Z")
Ha ha. Having seen the site many times before I didn’t have to go 😛 * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-camera/12122/8 "1999-12-19T17:40:00Z")
Oh rats! I blinked.