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'''Zombo.com''' was started in 1999 and is one of the oldest Web sites on the Internet today.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} It has remained unchanged since it was created and continues to puzzle and delight visitors to this day. '''Zombo.com''' was started in 1999 and is one of the oldest Web sites on the Internet today.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} It has remained unchanged since it was created and continues to puzzle and delight visitors to this day. It is also considered, by ], to be one of the best sense of humor flash websites.<ref>{{cite pmid|9781430229940}}</ref>


== History == == History ==

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Zombocom
Type of siteFlash animation
Available inEnglish
URLwww.zombo.com
RegistrationOptional

Zombo.com was started in 1999 and is one of the oldest Web sites on the Internet today. It has remained unchanged since it was created and continues to puzzle and delight visitors to this day. It is also considered, by web designers, to be one of the best sense of humor flash websites.

History

The Unattainable is Possible

Zombo.com consists of a "blank" page, a colorful title, and a Flash animation of seven colorful discs that pulsate, hinting at rotation. An audio file in which a man welcomes the visitor to "Zombocom" loops indefinitely.

After evaluation of the cycle results in both time and color, it was found that the frequency is 3.14159—otherwise known as pi. Additionally, the outer discs appear to revolve both clockwise and counterclockwise depending on how you look at them—implying that the creator understood how to fabricate bistable optical illusions like The Spinning Dancer. These illusions are typically tuned and are not likely to occur by chance. The combination of the frequency and the illusion add to the mystery of the Web site.

Changes

After some time the option to buy Zombo.com T-shirts (or to sign up for the "newZletter") appears. If nothing is selected, the loop resumes.

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