My perscription lenses were -3.75 in one eye and -4.50 in the other. I had LASIK 2 years ago, and tested at 20/20 last week. For me not having to worry about glasses or hassle with contacts, even extend wear contacts, were well worth the price and minor discomfort of LASIK.
Yes, there can be complications, but that's true of any surgery. My advice: under no circumstances should you buy LASIK on price. (Would you shop around for the cheapest heart surgeon?) Skip anybody who advertises AT ALL and find yourself a good opthamologist. He or she is going to cost more than the "$299 per eye" guys, but you will get personal care and will generally not be subject to the "LASIK mill" approach. Ask your friends, family and your regular doctor, (if you have one) for referrals.
You could also go to one of the independent laser centers (eg, TLC) and ask which private opthamologists use them, then go interview a couple of those doctors.
Most of the complications with LASIK happen when the surgeon cuts the flap badly then proceeds with the laser anyway. The flap doesn't fit back on the cornea correctly and the halos etc. happen. If the surgeon merely replaces a badly cut flap, then waits a few weeks to try that eye again the results are usually excellent.
"Apple's goal with iTunes -- which has yet to make a profit despite sales of more than 15 million songs -- is not to sell music but to sell its music player, the iPod."
It may be on its way out...again. According to this story the company is "actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects". In my book that's code for "trying to figure out how to make next week's payroll."
America invented cellular, but our pro-competitive government thought it would be a good idea to let a variety of 2G standards (DAMPS, CDMA, Nextel) to compete against each other in the market, and killed it.
It's a bit difficult to make a case that the market is dead given that roughly half the population owns cell phones.
And it was the FCC, not Reagan, who (correctly, IMO) decided that it should not impose a technology on the market but that it could and should let market forces determine which technology won out.
You make it sound as if AMPS networks went away as soon as digital cellular started getting deployed. It didn't happen like that - most of the AMPS base stations are still in place and operating. They're just used as fall-backs for where digital signals don't reach.
In South Korea they made WAP and GPRS affordable, and everyone used it, there are lots of sites and both technologies are considered a success.
The 2.5G technology available in Korea is CDMA 1X RTT, and one carrier has deployed a 1X EV-DO network, which can be legitimately called 3G. There is no GSM in Korea; hence there is no GPRS.
The killer data application for cellular carriers in Korea is the same as it is in Europe - SMS. The audience is the same, too - those under 30.
Apple might be trying to kill a small covey of birds with one stone. Not all of these birds are necessarily good, though.
First, they can pump up the OS X installed base number by 5 with every '5 pack' they sell -- even if the OS gets installed on only 2 or 3 machines.
Second, they lower the price of Jaguar to their most loyal consumer users - those who have multiple Macs at home. (Noting that Apple already providing a lower cost upgrade path for corporate customers.)
Third, they have at least a paper answer for the critics who say that the upgrade costs too much.
Fourth, they set the stage for future 'draconian activation' schemes.
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My perscription lenses were -3.75 in one eye and -4.50 in the other. I had LASIK 2 years ago, and tested at 20/20 last week. For me not having to worry about glasses or hassle with contacts, even extend wear contacts, were well worth the price and minor discomfort of LASIK.
Yes, there can be complications, but that's true of any surgery. My advice: under no circumstances should you buy LASIK on price. (Would you shop around for the cheapest heart surgeon?) Skip anybody who advertises AT ALL and find yourself a good opthamologist. He or she is going to cost more than the "$299 per eye" guys, but you will get personal care and will generally not be subject to the "LASIK mill" approach. Ask your friends, family and your regular doctor, (if you have one) for referrals.
You could also go to one of the independent laser centers (eg, TLC) and ask which private opthamologists use them, then go interview a couple of those doctors.
Most of the complications with LASIK happen when the surgeon cuts the flap badly then proceeds with the laser anyway. The flap doesn't fit back on the cornea correctly and the halos etc. happen. If the surgeon merely replaces a badly cut flap, then waits a few weeks to try that eye again the results are usually excellent.
- "So our philosophy is that traffic to the music store will lead to iPod sales and iPod sales will lead to the sale of Macs."
And the Seattle Times noted last October:And my personal favorite "customer facing."
And the money quote from the Wired piece:
"...because people make art out of all kinds of crappy things..."
Need we say more?
It may be on its way out...again. According to this story the company is "actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects". In my book that's code for "trying to figure out how to make next week's payroll."
America invented cellular, but our pro-competitive government thought it would be a good idea to let a variety of 2G standards (DAMPS, CDMA, Nextel) to compete against each other in the market, and killed it.
It's a bit difficult to make a case that the market is dead given that roughly half the population owns cell phones.
And it was the FCC, not Reagan, who (correctly, IMO) decided that it should not impose a technology on the market but that it could and should let market forces determine which technology won out.
You make it sound as if AMPS networks went away as soon as digital cellular started getting deployed. It didn't happen like that - most of the AMPS base stations are still in place and operating. They're just used as fall-backs for where digital signals don't reach.
In South Korea they made WAP and GPRS affordable, and everyone used it, there are lots of sites and both technologies are considered a success.
The 2.5G technology available in Korea is CDMA 1X RTT, and one carrier has deployed a 1X EV-DO network, which can be legitimately called 3G. There is no GSM in Korea; hence there is no GPRS.
The killer data application for cellular carriers in Korea is the same as it is in Europe - SMS. The audience is the same, too - those under 30.