Flash memory oddity reveals image of Jesus and / or Gandalf
By Paul Miller 
posted May 2nd 2007 12:26PM
posted May 2nd 2007 12:26PM
Now that we've got our own CNC hot-air gun to draw images of Jesus and Mary to our heart's content, we're not so very surprised to see those revered images popping up in odder places, like this here flash memory. Revealed by transmission electron microscopy, the folks at Chipworks found this familiar image of the Messiah on a 4GB Samsung flash memory chip. Dick James explains: "We often get dark fringe lines in the silicon, and in this case it looks like there was some holy influence." However, we're not so sure this is a dead-ringer for Jesus. As some staff at El Reg have pointed out, the dude also bears a striking resemblance to Gandalf, and we're seeing more of a long-haired, bearded Strongbad at play here.
Really it's just a clown.
It looks like a South Park bin Laden to me (that's where he's been hiding!).
Definitely an angry bin laden (or gandalf), bad omen?
MCP with a beard?
Everyone knows jesus didnt exist. thus it must be zeus
I think it looks more like Venom.
Jesus is either really mad or really constipated. His beard is shooting outward along the z-axis!
Trogdor!
God, people. It's Frylock. Don't you guys know anything?
Strange, I can almost see text- I think I see:
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Anyone else see it?
I wish. It's machine code.
OMG, put it on eBay and call the Golden Palace Casino!
Either way, it's a fictional character. Can we move on now?
Or a butterfly, or steps leading up to a hallway which disappears into the distance, or ...
Our recognition system is wired to automatically try and find a familiar match with things we see, and if I recall correctly from psychology studies, faces first.
But in this case that's kind of a stretch. ;)
You know, if you look at the top line and bottom bit, it also looks a lot like the Master Control Program from Tron...
@Iptydafu: Whoops, didn't read prior comments for previous references. But obviously I'm not the only one who thinks that. :)
Looks more like Bob Marley or a rastafarian to me...
- Josh
http://www.stateofbrain.com
Evil Jesus?
Come on, you guys serious? With the new Spider Man Movie out, didn't you know this was a product placement for evil Spiderman?
Rob Zombie
Tis the holiest of spirits, the pirate-saint Blackbeard, who sitteth at the left appendage of our revered Fl*ing Spag*etti Mon*ter.
Oh my, not only is it Jesus, but there seems to be a Star of David behind him! And to think, my derision toward Jews for Jesus all these years was misguided. The next time I see them in the NYC Subways, I better apologize...
Damn, am I the first to call the Homestarrunner reference out? It certainly looks as if it were caused by burnination.
woah!
i didn't see the strongbad resemblenece until you said it! it looks just like him!
lol ROCK ON HOMESTARRUNNER.COM
It's Gaius Balter!
SIIIIMMMBAAAAAA
Holy crap - turn your head sideways and you get the Windows hourglass! O_O
it's a streetlight
Best headline ever.
I saw it looks like that bad guy from Aladin
It's definitely the Burger King.
It's Jeebus! oh great all powerful Jeebus!
Looks like Wwwyzzerdd from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Google it. It's not a message. You'll find out what it means pretty quickly.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!... data through this circuit.
You do realize that Tolken's story is steeped in Catholic sybology?
"Gandalf and Saruman, while not analogous, have traits, goals, and experiences similar to those of Jesus and Satan. " from http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0160.html
One cannot simply walk into Mordor...
OMG Strongbad referenced on Engadget. My life is now complete.
It's a Jackyl or maybe even a Street light.
To me it looks like a dude dressed as the "staying alive" video, with an afro and his black shirt collar up... kinda the disco stu on that wario game, but without the glasses or the cellphone.
Why hasn't anybody mentioned the obvious? That's a picture of Muhammad (Mean MF, he once beheaded 800 Jews from Median in one day) The folks at Chipworks are going to have to go into hiding.
Bah, you've all got it wrong. It's actually Frank Zappa.
Bloody hell, people really grasp at seeing jesus in things, looks like a vauge, abstract, kind-of face-like set of light and dark patches. And if it is jesus, boy does he look angry, grr! im possessing a memory stick rrrRRRr!
Sorry, I only see Venom...
it's chuck norris.
Actually I think I've figured out who it is...
http://blog.jonnay.net/uploads/Art/katamari_cosmos.jpg