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This 14 megapixel picture has 1 black pixel. The same odds as winning lotto 6/49. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]IndecentExposure 170 points171 points ago

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My screen is too dirty to even contemplate finding that pixel.

[–]deeprock 56 points57 points ago

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i just spent a minute scratching little specs off of my screen waiting for one spec to not move.

[–]omgwtfmilo 8 points9 points ago

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So did I. I also discovered that I have a small nick in my screen...

[–]Fazoid 6 points7 points ago

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I feel for you man, you can't un-notice that shit once you find it. I found a dead pixel on my phone and now I can't use it without staring at that one dead bloody pixel.

[–]LetsGoBirds 1 point2 points ago

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As did I.

[–]ScottCarmichael 1 point2 points ago

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http://i.imgur.com/LSpvp.gif

There's actually a second non-white area of pixels as well (with what looks like a single black pixel in it also). Just go to Photoshop, turn Tolerance to 1 w/o Anti-Aliasing and select the white area then reverse selection.

So there are actually two black dots.

[–][deleted] 53 points54 points ago

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It's far easier to spot a white dot on a black screen than a black dot on a white screen. Invert the colors.

Click near the center, more to the right. It doesn't show up zoomed out on my monitor at least.

[–]wayofthedodo 15 points16 points ago

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Thanks! I have discovered that i have black AND white specks all over my monitor.

[–]ACaseForSobriety 2 points3 points ago

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Or just tilt your screen... it pops right out.

[–]HealthyInfuzions 0 points1 point ago

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wow, that worked really well. great job awesome show!

[–]BigPoppatex 16 points17 points ago

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Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a sailboat.

[–]panaflax 0 points1 point ago

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a schooner is a sailboat STUPID

[–]tip_ty 10 points11 points ago

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Should've used PNG. The black pixel has six grey pixels around it.

[–]liberalis 1 point2 points ago

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Love dem JPEGs.

[–]erusackas 0 points1 point ago

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GIF would have worked nicely too.

[–]snickerpleez 10 points11 points ago

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Congratulations, you just got half of reddit to clean their screens.

[–]Pizzaboxpackaging 32 points33 points ago

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Found it, circled for your convenience

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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I like how you didn't even circle it, it's further to the right.

[–]Pizzaboxpackaging 4 points5 points ago

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That one is just a dead pixel on your monitor.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Third place im putting this link in this thread

[–]l0c0dantes 1 point2 points ago

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Damnit, now all I'm seeing is dust specs....

[–]Allogistic 1 point2 points ago

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I scrolled down to find the other two.

[–]YeaIveGotNothing 0 points1 point ago

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I must be retarded or something, cuz I look at all three and still couldn't even find it.

[–]PaulVander 0 points1 point ago

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I thought you just drew a huge circle and put a dot in the middle. Upon further inspection, it was just dirt.

You successfully circled dirt on my screen.

[–]sparperetor 5 points6 points ago

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WHERE IS THAT LITTLE FUCK

[–]robotevil 1 point2 points ago

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here: http://i.imgur.com/5iTBd.png

[–]ChickaloonCharlie 4 points5 points ago

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TIL I have two dead pixels

[–]lasthought420 3 points4 points ago

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found it. its like right in the middle of the screen.

[–]TomtheWonderDog 0 points1 point ago

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He's right I see it now :O

It's easier to see if you look at your monitor from another angle.

[–]open_mike 2 points3 points ago

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WHERE IS IT

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Here

[–]open_mike 2 points3 points ago

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In other news, I bought a 6/49 ticket yesterday and am now regretting that decision.

[–]alliha 2 points3 points ago

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Didn't find it. But I realized how incredibly filthy my screen is.

[–]Maelkoth 2 points3 points ago

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TIL that reddit has dirty ass monitors.

[–]gcrossi 1 point2 points ago

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not sure if i cant find it...

or just got trolled

[–]greatminds1[S] 4 points5 points ago

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its in there, i promise.

[–]too_drunk_to_fuck 8 points9 points ago

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I used the magic wand in gimp and it found two pixels

http://imgur.com/ruiHQ

[–]christopherologist 0 points1 point ago

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same here

[–]robotevil 1 point2 points ago*

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Anyone else expecting this to turn into something scary? Would have been genius way to scare the shit out of a bunch of people. I was so sure that what going to happen, I waited for about a minute for it to come, then I realized, that no, that we really are just trying to find a black pixel in a large picture...

EDIT: SPOILER for the lazy, and those questioning if there really is a pixel there:

http://i.imgur.com/5iTBd.png

Thanks Reddit for wasting a good 30 minutes of my morning....

[–]FighterZero 1 point2 points ago

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there's actually 2

[–]typtyphus 0 points1 point ago

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4, you haven't enhanced it

[–]wildecard 1 point2 points ago

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Found it in under 3 seconds. Guess I should start buying lotto tickets!

[–]liberalis 1 point2 points ago

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Anybody else keep waiting for the picture to load?

[–]all_or_nothing 1 point2 points ago

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So... you're telling me there's a chance? YEAH!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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If you're on a mac, you can cheat with Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-8. I found it within seconds.

[–]rawrc 1 point2 points ago

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FOUND IT! Going to play the lotto now! thanks!

[–]LoadFloppyDisk3 1 point2 points ago

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Fine.. When I win the lottery. I will scream on live TV.. "I AM THE BLACK DOT!!!!!!!!"

[–]Gnapstar 1 point2 points ago

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I made a small script to find it

[–]uhohz 0 points1 point ago

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You found the one that's larger than a single pixel. Scroll to the right and down and you'll see another one too (this one is a single pixel).

[–]nick_belane 0 points1 point ago

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There´s no black pixel and this is a prank, right?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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There is a black pixel, see below where I inverted it.

[–]Incredible_Mandible 0 points1 point ago

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That's what I thought till sp101 found it and pointed it out. I kinda wish there was no black pixel though. Most pro troll ever.

[–]frostbyte001 0 points1 point ago

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Prove it.

[–]blooregard325i 0 points1 point ago

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Found it. A little bit right and down of center.

[–]HandFart 0 points1 point ago

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I FOUND IT!!

oh... maybe not...

[–]McGilatine 0 points1 point ago

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yay, i did it.

[–]Adium 0 points1 point ago

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There are 5 black pixels. 4 are grouped together in the center to make one large black spot, then a single one in the bottom right corner.

[–]empeethree 0 points1 point ago

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open photoshop >paste image >use magic wand tool >inverse selection>scale. This put a box around it.

[–]sapc77 0 points1 point ago

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This must be an advertising ploy to buy a new monitor. I found 3 dead pixels on my monitor. Great idea Samsung, Dell, IBM, or whoever

[–]grundose 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like I know how I'm spending the rest of the work day.

[–]Impulse2323 0 points1 point ago

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photoshopped, I can tell by the black pixel

[–]alexdemers 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like it's a 2x2, so 4 pixels. Or maybe it's JPEG artifact.

[–]qwop88 0 points1 point ago

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Found it. Center-right. What do I get?

[–]sidownbusdriver 0 points1 point ago

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You can tell by the pixels there isn't a black pixel.

[–]inqrorken 0 points1 point ago

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Motherfucker. I thought I saw it, but it was a dead pixel D:

[–]flyer456654 0 points1 point ago

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http://i.imgur.com/PLxsc.png

Found it...where is my money for winning?

[–]hillbillyesq 0 points1 point ago

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I feel pretty good about my chances of finding it because I clicked the link 100 times.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Found it with my fist click!

Well, that was the high point of my day.

[–]hkdharmon 0 points1 point ago

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Found it. What do I win?

[–]yiyopuga 0 points1 point ago

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found it first try... did i win?

[–]furiousjim 0 points1 point ago

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You've just made me realise how dirty my screen is.

[–]lolcatsruinedmylife 1 point2 points ago

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same. either there's more than one pixel or my screen is filthier than a back alley whore

[–]flipsideking 0 points1 point ago

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I thought I saw a black pixel... it was a tiny smudge

[–]firestarter764 0 points1 point ago

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This picture made me realize how dirty my laptop screen is : /

[–]Fideon 0 points1 point ago

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found it on the 3 try!

[–]isolationismcom 0 points1 point ago

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That's not one pixel. There are four black ones and 3-4 more to the bottom-right of it that are grey.

[–]Jer_b 0 points1 point ago

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I cant tell you how long I waited for that picture to load...

[–]camalittle 0 points1 point ago

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Odds mean nothing.

People win lotteries every day.

[–]war_whale 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah well I can't zoom and sweep for the winning lotto numbers. Which I did with this.

[–]Adroite 0 points1 point ago

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thank you for allowing me to, once again, find the dead pixel on my screen that i had, up until moments ago, forgotten about.

[–]MisterMonopoli 0 points1 point ago*

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Scroll to the right, it is easy to find.

If you scroll back and forth you should see something moving too.

EDIT: Just tried to find it again and realized it isnt THAT easy, I must have gotten lucky. Proof for fun: http://imgur.com/QuoUS

[–]majorkev 0 points1 point ago

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Most people won't know what winning the 6/49 exactly means.

Anyway, 49 choose 6.

[–]kennybrovlovski 0 points1 point ago

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did i just win the lottery?

[–]zyzzogeton 0 points1 point ago

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Oh yeah... there it is.

[–]ScaredTheDickOffMe 0 points1 point ago

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If you want to see it without zooming in, like a pro, stand up then look down at your screen. It's invisibru if you try to look directly at it.

[–]TaterNutz123 0 points1 point ago

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I call it the Waldo Pixel

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Randomly clicked. Up it popped. Doing the lotto tomorrow.

[–]thelosthansen 0 points1 point ago

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found it

[–]h0ser 0 points1 point ago

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Hey, it could happen!

[–]uhohz 0 points1 point ago

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There are actually two groups of pixels. One is a single pixel and just up and to the left a group of a couple pixels (a larger dot). It's visible on both the original and the inverted one above.

[–]millioneyed 0 points1 point ago

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The lottery part of this was totally lost.

[–]what_ok 0 points1 point ago

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Actually there are two black pixels, ftfy. http://i.imgur.com/HEnsD.jpg

[–]scopi1023 0 points1 point ago

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I found it on my first try. In an amazing coincidence, it was right by a black mark on my monitor. I shit you not.

[–]stupernan 0 points1 point ago

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haha i found it

[–]Tyranicide 0 points1 point ago

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Found it

[–]AmbiguousP 0 points1 point ago

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FOUND THE BASTARD!

[–]hunch 0 points1 point ago*

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I found the black pixel ! Where's my money ?

[–]ErikRThomas 0 points1 point ago

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I literally found it on the first click I made. Had to try it again to make sure it wasn't BS. I feel like if there is no way that is the same odds as winning the lotto (if so I need to go buy a ticket immediately).

[–]Isurfthenewsection 0 points1 point ago

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Welp... I found two o' them.

[–]Semajal 0 points1 point ago

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my 21mp camera has one "dodgy" pixel that sometimes is orange at higher ISO. It is slightly annoying but not too bad.

[–]boomerthemoose 0 points1 point ago

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wow I should play the lotto

[–]jbkarmaworks 0 points1 point ago

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can't tell if dirt on laptop screen or black pixel

[–]spaced210 0 points1 point ago

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Fount it!

Nope, Chuck Testa.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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There are two . . .

[–]typtyphus 0 points1 point ago

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I made a close up

[–]animeari 0 points1 point ago

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My eyes immediately went to the black pixel on the screen

[–]sapc77 0 points1 point ago

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Did anyone notice that the math was wrong?

To win 6/49, the odds are 1 in (49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44) / (6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1) or 1 in 13983816

This 14 Megapixel photo is 4503 x 3102 = 1 in 13968306.

Yup, I took Statistical Analysis at University.

[–]AKsith 0 points1 point ago

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I found it by clicking on a spec of dirt on my screen. It was only a couple inches away.

[–]regularfreakinguser 0 points1 point ago

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ENHANCE

[–]nickf5 0 points1 point ago

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Statistically, your chances of winning the lotto are not measurably improved by buying a ticket.

[–]Mrsimey7 0 points1 point ago

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found it using a tablet

[–]redmetal64 0 points1 point ago

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I like how everyone is cheating to find that 1 black pixel.

[–]bobby_sacamano 0 points1 point ago

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Man this guy has too much time on his hands.

[–]redditor9000 0 points1 point ago

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I FOUND IT! on my first click!

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[–]Fet546 1 point2 points ago

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yeah.. I was like hmm this might be tricky... scrolled left and right a few times... Found it

[–]ScottyBoiBoi -1 points0 points ago

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Found it in less than 30 seconds. Wheres my lotto winnings?

[–]Tomservo3 -1 points0 points ago

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I have also found it

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