Yep, my 2 bits is spend the money. You want a doctor who knows what they're doing. Those 20% off coupons might influence which brand of soup I buy but I don't recommend cutting corners when it comes to a one shot deal on your eyes. Ask your optometrist to recommend a surgeon.
As for the surgery, it's not something I'd do again for the sheer joy of it but it only takes about 10 minutes from start to finish. It beats the hell out of doing the contact lense remove, clean, rinse, store, rinse, insert routine for 10 more years. Take the valium they offer you and bite your tongue. Wisedom teeth sucked more than this did (although it's close).
The night vision thing was a hassle for the first few days. Direct lights really messed with me in particular. After a week it was liveable, after a month it was good, and about 3 months later it was back to something close to normal. The only other problem I had was with dry eyes since it takes about 3 months for the ducts in your cornea to heal up. Would I do it again? You bet! Is there a risk involved? Yeah... but then again there's a risk in driving a car.
Have to agree with you there. Their time in the sun is coming to a close. They won't go away, but they'll need to reinvent themselves. Eventually Windows as an operating system will go the way of the IBM PS/2 and OS/2. It will take some time but the fact is that costly and proprietary simply cannot compete against free and open in the longer with run all other things being equal. Linux has matured significantly over the past 2 years. With the arrival of 2.6 next year, Windows will have a significant amount of catching up to do, throwing the current equilibrium out of balance. The only significant hinderance I see is the throng of point-and-click admins out there who are scared sh*tless of anything that doesn't start with the letters WIN because they are so woefully underskilled in hard technology (read, not point-and-click).
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Yep, my 2 bits is spend the money. You want a doctor who knows what they're doing. Those 20% off coupons might influence which brand of soup I buy but I don't recommend cutting corners when it comes to a one shot deal on your eyes. Ask your optometrist to recommend a surgeon.
As for the surgery, it's not something I'd do again for the sheer joy of it but it only takes about 10 minutes from start to finish. It beats the hell out of doing the contact lense remove, clean, rinse, store, rinse, insert routine for 10 more years. Take the valium they offer you and bite your tongue. Wisedom teeth sucked more than this did (although it's close).
The night vision thing was a hassle for the first few days. Direct lights really messed with me in particular. After a week it was liveable, after a month it was good, and about 3 months later it was back to something close to normal. The only other problem I had was with dry eyes since it takes about 3 months for the ducts in your cornea to heal up. Would I do it again? You bet! Is there a risk involved? Yeah ... but then again there's a risk in driving a car.
... changing its a violation of the license agreement. Commercial software licenses are the only way to protect developer freedom .
I sure as hell hope you were being sarcastic about this.
Have to agree with you there. Their time in the sun is coming to a close. They won't go away, but they'll need to reinvent themselves. Eventually Windows as an operating system will go the way of the IBM PS/2 and OS/2. It will take some time but the fact is that costly and proprietary simply cannot compete against free and open in the longer with run all other things being equal. Linux has matured significantly over the past 2 years. With the arrival of 2.6 next year, Windows will have a significant amount of catching up to do, throwing the current equilibrium out of balance. The only significant hinderance I see is the throng of point-and-click admins out there who are scared sh*tless of anything that doesn't start with the letters WIN because they are so woefully underskilled in hard technology (read, not point-and-click).