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  1. thepowerofblue says:

    Why would you even want to turn your computer monitor into a mirror in the first place?

  2. Welfare says:

    maybe to always be able to watch a failed life

  3. Max says:

    Nyah, failed.

  4. FIrst says:

    First!
    Rgds

  5. plexus says:

    Why not posting a link to the forums when it’s a fail like this? Wanna read the Reactions. *g*

  6. G!NhO says:

    Brain FAIL

  7. Chicknstu says:

    You have to admit… it does make you think!

  8. megalupin says:

    When s/he gets it to work and starts watching the monitor, it’ll be like “Its a Simple Life” reruns, all day, every day.

  9. foofoo says:

    Scan what you want to reflect!

  10. GodOfCoffee says:

    That would actually be kinda cool for a background… but, eh….. me don’t think we’re far enough in science :S

    • thepowerofblue says:

      Star Trek fun fact: It was actually Scotty’s invention that allowed computer monitors to act as mirrors that got Earth admitted into the United Federation of Planets.

    • zmjjmz says:

      It’s possible in Linux if you were to stream your webcam through mplayer and then have mplayer output to xwinwrap which displays on the background.
      I don’t know the exact code for it, but I’m sure it can be done.

    • shine says:

      what about the shine phone?

  11. Dallas says:

    LAST!

  12. Smartarse says:

    It’s called a webcam. Although scanning a mirror gets you a great picture of the bright light in your scanner.

    • Outback Jon says:

      I scanned a mirror. To use as a pattern to cut a new piece of mirror glass. I expected it to be a disaster. But it turned out surprisingly gray. With nice images of my fingerprints on it.

  13. State Your Name says:

    Maybe if you polish your monitor really, really, REALLY well? :P

  14. spartat_039 says:

    they could have been trying to determine if reflection was a ‘magical’ property that could be captured in an image file…

  15. Powerbeef says:

    OH OH i know!how aboouutt… scanning your mirror?! Oh wait…

  16. p-head says:

    haha.. that’s a good one..

  17. SJ says:

    It’s poor reflection on the failed one’s science skills.

  18. Пиндосы сакс!! says:

    lets post here every 1, picshures from ur scaned mirrors!

  19. Gavrilo says:

    I have a better idea than scanning a mirror : scan your face. then, the monitor will be kind of a mirror that is only able to reflect a particluar image….

    I’m sure there is a name for that? :D

  20. Donna T says:

    how about actually using a mirror? no good?

  21. Etum says:

    I can confirm that not only does scanning a mirror DO work, but it’s also possible to then print the image, using a colour printer, making a very neat, paper thin, cheap mirror.

  22. Name (required) says:

    My faith in humanity = gone.

  23. What a Fowler! says:

    Wekweti should change is name to ”His Royal Doucheness”

  24. pack_yur_ass says:

    its better if you could just scan ur own face. it’ll work trust me, but dont scan if u look like an ass.

  25. grey kid says:

    Hey, does anyone know how I can turn my monitor into a pool? Scanning water just broke my scanner. :/

  26. Blergle says:

    Maybe he wanted a mirrored background for his webpage so that everyone that visits it will see his face. ….wait…

  27. Ravi says:

    http://flickr.com/photos/sxenko/496942265/

    That’s what happens when you scan a mirror.

  28. TC says:

    Dammit. Why don’t you people help this poor sod out.

    Here you go mate. http://www.lakewoodconferences.com/direct/dbimage/50285586/Framed_Mirror.jpg

    Problem solved.

    By the way. The is a magic mirror. You can print it and take it with you.

    I know, they don’t understand. But we do, don’t we.

  29. YOU FUCKING RETARDS says:

    Didn’t I see this before?

  30. Steven Wright says:

    I Xeroxed a mirror one time. I have two Xerox machines now.

  31. Leak says:

    As if most of todays TFT screens with those damn glare panels weren’t reflective enough to shave with already…

  32. mek says:

    he could get one of those dentist thingies and hook them up on the side of his monitor and then just push them infront of the monitor whenver he needs it to see himself masturbating

  33. m says:

    he should put his head into the scanner

  34. Trevor says:

    have ya heard of a webcam?

  35. qwerty says:

    What I’m more interested in is what the resolved answer is!

  36. borb says:

    When fax machines were all the rage, someone (allegedly) ran out of paper and asked a friend to fax a few blank sheets to them.

    Let’s face it, if scanning something gave your monitor the properties of that object, everyone’s email would be full of scanned boobies instead of photographs of them :)

  37. Kari says:

    Modesty fail!!!

  38. elmerrrrrrrr says:

    my god, epic xD

  39. Mette says:

    People like this makes me want to kick some sense into their ignorant heads.

  40. Someone says:

    Mmm… Boobies!

  41. Likely a fake, Yahoo! Answers is the LCD of the internet, people (me) frequently go there to ask the dumbest questions possible in order to start a lolstorm.

    Go give it a try. Ask “Did Jesus go to college?” and throw in a reference about your mom saying he’s a bad role model because he didn’t, watch the “answers” pile up.

  42. Determined says:

    Best way how to turn your monitor into mirror is to turn it off.

  43. Mina says:

    O_O OMG WUT

  44. i bet ur momma has a mirror ooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh

  45. Did you try scanning a picture of a mirror with your reflection in it? That might work.

  46. BethaMah says:

    Did he think it would just poof on there and be reflective?

  47. Soulcrun says:

    LOL

  48. moviebabe says:

    He could put his webcam on a loop and set it as background. Or buy those wing mirrors Mods use on their scooters and fit them to his monitor. Is he so paranoid that he thinks someone is creeping up behind him?

  49. Biff says:

    Does anybody know how I can make my windows desktop look like a real window? I scanned a piece of glass, but it didn’t work.

  50. phider says:

    This makes me want to scan a mirror. Just to see what it looks like. It’d probably just turn out as a white rectangle though, huh?

  51. Emi-riko says:

    I wanted to make my desktop cooler, but putting it in the fridge doesn’t work. Ideas?

  52. Weuxtron says:

    I looked at this question’s page on yahoo answers and apparently he wanted to know how to make his monitor a mirror because he wanted a really funky background for his screen.

  53. Intro24 says:

    It’s a joke…

  54. d30n says:

    what a loser…

  55. blogblackstreetbbw says:

    I think he needs a program called ‘xwinwrap’. I hear that will do it.

  56. slythwolf says:

    I really want to know what the responses are to this question.

  57. K says:

    Guys dont laugh you can do this. First you have to prepare the LCD. Fill your tub with vinegar, salt, sliced oranges and baking soda. With the monitor turned on submerge it completely into the bath. Remove it after 5 minutes and you will be able to set your background to a picture of a mirror!

  58. wa wa we wah says:

    If you find out how to do it, I’ll fax you a six-pack.

  59. MrJuul says:

    This was resolved.. Can we see the answer?

  60. DJMEELAR says:

    i think this is just some guy making these things up just to be funny, i don’t thnk there’s anyone on the internet who’s that dumb

    although i think you could do somthing like that
    you could do somthing with a webcam and have it as a mirror option to put it vaguely

  61. SeaBee says:

    What really scares me is that people like this are allowed to vote!

  62. Kevin G says:

    Whats he gonna do next?…. Use a mirror as a monitor? XD haha…
    FAIL!! :P

  63. Ryan says:

    Maybe he should scan his face instead

  64. kelly says:

    that is absolutely amazing that that guy thought if you scan a mirror it will make your desktop a mirror. *hours of staring at guy* he is clearly very blond

  65. jt4breakfast says:

    OMG, how STUPID can you be?

  66. J-Hon says:

    OMFG WOW UR A RETARD
    like if u scan a mirror as a backround like wtf

    just turn off ur moniter and WALLA A MIRROR

  67. fuzz says:

    wow…

  68. Julie says:

    Man, Yahoo! Answers is full of this kind of stuff. You will see spectacular fails in there all day long. I spend half of time on that site trying to talk dumbass teenagers out of piercing their own tongues with embroidery needles.

  69. jack says:

    use a web cam..ya muppet

  70. Baz says:

    Just use a Webcam, fool

  71. SupMate says:

    AAHAHHA ROFLMAO SCANNED THE MIRROR???!!! OH I CANT STOP LAUGHIN AHAHAH

  72. Newfag says:

    Well if you have a camera attached to the computer someone could possibly make a background. It just astounds me that someone so stupid would even understand how to work a scanner.

  73. Chewybunny says:

    Bethcha this guy is the husband of that one chick with the epic conspiracy fail.

  74. John says:

    A Webcam could be used to achieve this with an app that would output the video stream to be used as a wallpaper.

  75. L Merchant says:

    Paint your desktop black using either display properties or a can of glossy black spray paint.

  76. reflectorman says:

    This should work fine … isn’t mirror a color?

  77. Damien says:

    The answer to this question is extremely simple…webcam. Works every time.

  78. Amanda says:

    Can you actually be that stupid?

  79. djnforce9 says:

    I think I understand what this guy was getting at but the way he presented it was hilarious (as was his attempted solution). I think he wanted a desktop background that would make his computer screen a reflective surface like a mirror so that when he stares at his desktop, he will see himself (not that his desktop would actually dynamically change to a picture of his face every microsecond) but not when he has anything else on screen.

    Of course you could accomplish that just by getting a cheap CRT monitor with A LOT of glare.

  80. Really? says:

    You talked about this THAT much?

  81. bb says:

    Oh wow. Wow, I didn’t realise some people literally had sh*t for brains. :O

  82. bb says:

    Actually it says it’s a resolved question. I would love to see what the most voted answer was.

  83. BOO BOO says:

    This is very easy to achieve with a small program I wrote many years ago on my very first computer ( it was a Vic 20 ) Now that’s old. But seeing this program won’t run on computers of today ( any way it’s probably fare beyond your programing skills ) it probably doesn’t help much. But don’t panic all is not lost yet I have another solution at hand, a quick trip to the hardware store will solve the problem. All you need is to purchase a mirror with a self adhesive backing & stick it on the front of your monitor & ha-presto a monitor that works as a mirror. Not bring able to see the monitor any more wont affect your computer skills it may some what improve them. Much to our delight at least we wont here from you any more.

  84. Ron says:

    Set up your webcam viewer such that the image is left-right reversed

  85. J4n1 says:

    Easy. Same way as your TV.

  86. The Green Frog says:

    Doing phone support for a computer company, I heard a lady who, upon trying her new printer for the first time, complained that the pages were printed on the wrong side of the paper. Uh?? Her first printer ejected the pages face up, whereas this one used the other technique, you know, page down.

  87. Mike says:

    Does anyone know how I can turn my mirror into a computer monitor? I tried to connect it to my CPU, but there is nothing to plug in to. EPIC FAIL.

  88. iKiller says:

    Quoted from the real Yahoo Answers site:
    “This answer wasn’t as informative as other answers, but it made me laugh, so I had to choose it as the best answer.

    Anyway, it seems like it may be possible, maybe not now, but with future monitors.

    No. I don’t want to just look at myself. I just want a really funky background for my screen.”

    Wow.

  89. bof says:

    Use a WEBCAM. It works! No fail here.

  90. SarcasticMuch? says:

    Easy. Just install a webcam, point it at yourself, and use ms frontpage. :D

  91. Legen... says:

    lol, there are like 15 of these questions on yahoo answers xD

  92. vlad says:

    scanning a mirror worked just fine for me…

  93. anonymous says:

    Someone got a link to this yahoo answer?

  94. T says:

    yes this guy is very stupid but…I think that there is a way you can make your web cam display on the home screen…

    It makes sense right?

  95. luvstosplooge14 says:

    wow sometimes i just want to punch retarded people in the face

  96. baginajuice says:

    hahahahahhahahahahah

  97. Boyah says:

    “scanning a mirror doesnt work” that’s the best thing I’ve EVER HEARD. OMG xD Give him the nobel price, please. Maybe Orwell will give him a telescreen as a consolation price if he fails with Alfred.

  98. Maybe the one asking the question is one of those hideous girls who must look at themselves constantly. But in that case, I would suggest doing what Pavi Largo does and carry around a small mirror.

  99. Josh says:

    the sad thing is this is real, my friend is the one who posted this and huge burn on him lol I linked him on facebook

  100. drumstyx says:

    i was there XD…was so cash

  101. mike says:

    UMmmmmm, its call a web camera LOL

  102. nothing says:

    GIVE IT TO ME!!! .. I will turn it into mirror and then will SHIP it to you. BUt hey .. you gotta pay me shipping and handling charges …. rofl … ;)


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