We wiped them out once, we can do it again. If you're descended from genes too slow to outrun and outwit a woolly mammoth, how the fuck did you get here in the first place?
The article is wrong. It says that "many" adults develop presbyopia, but that's not true. Eventually, all adults get it, starting at about age 40. The lens in your eye loses its flexibility, meaning that the muscles simply can't move it anymore. That means you can't focus on close-up things, which didn't matter much until we started living past 40 and doing a lot of reading.
There are some options available, though. You mileage may vary. 1. Monocular contact vision. One eye is in distance strength, the other is in reading strength.
2. Surgery. You can get your eyes corrected with LASIK or PRK surgery, and each has a bunch of factors to consider. You can also replace your lens with a synthetic, although that's usually only done on very old people with specific medical conditions. You can also get intra-ocular contacts. You could wear glasses just for reading.
3. Better glasses. This proposes a new solution to progressives of multi-focals. If you don't like wearing glasses, maybe you can find better ones. I can't wear glasses when I'm diving, for example, but I do have 2 dress pairs, sunglasses, swim goggles, all in Rx. I buy them online for a fraction of what I'd pay in town. I've had good luck with clearlycontacts. (I used to be an Optician, so I am exceedingly picky. They aren't quite as good in terms of lens quality, but they are at about 80% of the top-of-the-line lenses. The actual glasses are perfect quality.)
4. Contacts. You can correct the distance vision and then wear reading glasses.
They're looking at 20+ years out. By then I will be 54+ years old. My kids will be 27+ and 25+. I've had a vasectomy, so I'm no good on the breeding team. Note also that once a man hits about 40, you're still fertile but the quality drops. There's a much higher chance of birth defects.
Let's face it -- by the time we get around to Mars, anything I know will be able to be done by someone younger, who could actually have kids on Mars, and is more likely to recover from injury and the enourmous strain of launching and landing compared to myself. I'm in excellent physical and mental condition right now, far beyond the expected ranges for my age. It doesn't matter as in 20 years this 1977 classic is simply not going to be able to compete with a highly-tuned 2010 model.
I am going to die on Earth, my dream of going to space unfulfilled.
Based on the evidence I have seen I drew the conclusion that dolphins are sentient. Should we afford them some rights based on human framing? Probably.
Do we have even the slightest idea what's under the sea? Nope.
Is it possible that we could have a meaningful conversation with a dolphin like in David Brin's Uplift? Maybe. I've talked to people that have done it but there's no evidence that they can understand us very well.
I'm a vegetarian, 90% vegan, and think that you've got the right to eat pork until you poop bacon. That's 100% your call.
150 HP is probably enough for most commuting. I get by just fine on 1/3 HP.
I've thought for years that you should be limited to around 150HP with a basic licence and then you can upgrade to more powerful cars with more involved tests.
When you get right down to it, all they're doing is getting free cooling from low ambient temperatures. It's hovering just above freezing there. The only thing they're keeping off is rain. I'm not sure what they're doing about the humidity -- maybe "not caring".
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I played 3D; it wasn't nearly as much fun as the original version.
Meh.
We wiped them out once, we can do it again. If you're descended from genes too slow to outrun and outwit a woolly mammoth, how the fuck did you get here in the first place?
Ask for the 35mm lens instead of the 28mm next time you get glasses. They might have to special order it, though.
The 28/35mm refers to the width of the bifocal section. 7mm makes a big difference.
No, Olhado.
The article is wrong. It says that "many" adults develop presbyopia, but that's not true. Eventually, all adults get it, starting at about age 40. The lens in your eye loses its flexibility, meaning that the muscles simply can't move it anymore. That means you can't focus on close-up things, which didn't matter much until we started living past 40 and doing a lot of reading.
There are some options available, though. You mileage may vary.
1. Monocular contact vision. One eye is in distance strength, the other is in reading strength.
2. Surgery. You can get your eyes corrected with LASIK or PRK surgery, and each has a bunch of factors to consider. You can also replace your lens with a synthetic, although that's usually only done on very old people with specific medical conditions. You can also get intra-ocular contacts. You could wear glasses just for reading.
3. Better glasses. This proposes a new solution to progressives of multi-focals. If you don't like wearing glasses, maybe you can find better ones. I can't wear glasses when I'm diving, for example, but I do have 2 dress pairs, sunglasses, swim goggles, all in Rx. I buy them online for a fraction of what I'd pay in town. I've had good luck with clearlycontacts. (I used to be an Optician, so I am exceedingly picky. They aren't quite as good in terms of lens quality, but they are at about 80% of the top-of-the-line lenses. The actual glasses are perfect quality.)
4. Contacts. You can correct the distance vision and then wear reading glasses.
I thought that muscles swell while fat cells increase in numbers.
You could put your bulky data on a networked drive in the basement and use the SSD for your regular computing.
Even simpler:
Put spikes on the top of the case. Cat will not sit on computer twice.
It goes *ding* and moves to the right.
100%. Take a stats class.
Oliver Heaviside.
Basically he said, "I don't know why it works. It does. Now fuck off."
*stab stab*
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They're looking at 20+ years out. By then I will be 54+ years old. My kids will be 27+ and 25+. I've had a vasectomy, so I'm no good on the breeding team. Note also that once a man hits about 40, you're still fertile but the quality drops. There's a much higher chance of birth defects.
Let's face it -- by the time we get around to Mars, anything I know will be able to be done by someone younger, who could actually have kids on Mars, and is more likely to recover from injury and the enourmous strain of launching and landing compared to myself. I'm in excellent physical and mental condition right now, far beyond the expected ranges for my age. It doesn't matter as in 20 years this 1977 classic is simply not going to be able to compete with a highly-tuned 2010 model.
I am going to die on Earth, my dream of going to space unfulfilled.
No, there's an even faster naked man behind her.
Just out of curiousity, does the name "Mytharria" mean anything to you?
Worse, they weren't wearing condoms.
Woah there, cowboy.
Based on the evidence I have seen I drew the conclusion that dolphins are sentient. Should we afford them some rights based on human framing? Probably.
Do we have even the slightest idea what's under the sea? Nope.
Is it possible that we could have a meaningful conversation with a dolphin like in David Brin's Uplift? Maybe. I've talked to people that have done it but there's no evidence that they can understand us very well.
I'm a vegetarian, 90% vegan, and think that you've got the right to eat pork until you poop bacon. That's 100% your call.
The dolphins think they're more intelligent for the same reason.
That's because ABS doesn't let you stop faster. It provides directional stability under extreme braking conditions.
150 HP is probably enough for most commuting. I get by just fine on 1/3 HP.
I've thought for years that you should be limited to around 150HP with a basic licence and then you can upgrade to more powerful cars with more involved tests.
Why bother spelling write when ewe just get red squiggly lines under each tpyo?
Spelling correctly is just a right-lick a way.
I'm a military contractor, you insensitive clod.
If the RROD saga has taught us anything, MS doesn't care much about HW reliability.
I want them to do it on the surface of THE SUN.
HAVE FUN COOLING THAT M$ BITCHES!!!1!eleven!
Also, it's $300 for a PS3; a PC with the same functions will run double that.
I think that's the idea, isn't it?
When you get right down to it, all they're doing is getting free cooling from low ambient temperatures. It's hovering just above freezing there. The only thing they're keeping off is rain. I'm not sure what they're doing about the humidity -- maybe "not caring".