AFAIK it's something to do with the frequency of the laser used. They use a uv laser to burn away pieces of the lens to re-shape it and. Your retina is composed of cones and rods - the cones are responsible for daylight vision and colour, the rods only see in black and white and are more light-sensitive so work better at night. I'm only guessing at this point but since the rods don't see colour, just intensity, then they are more likely to be affected by a powerful light source outside our normal visual frequencies.
"And yes, I know laser surgery is safe"
Unless you actually like your night vision...
I know a couple of people who've had laser eye surgery and they both say that since the surgery their night vision has been shot to hell.
But it beats the hell out of what came before - the previous system was basically a milling machine that sliced out pieces with a spinning razor disc. Niiice.
Ever seen a kid who when they don't like the way a conversation's going sticks their fingers in their ears and shouts "La la la I can't hear you" over and over again. It's just the same mentality.
Oh, and no, I'm not a republican. But being childish loses the moral high ground reeeealy fast.
One of the older machines at work used to split it's screen every now and then. You'd get the full display, but repeated twice in the top and bottom halves of the screen. Logging off and back on again seemed to cure it. I guess the graphics card was a bit fried.
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It's called a healthy dose of cynicism.
If somebody I have financial dealings with contacts me out of the blue to check my password/account number/mother's maiden name etc. I contact them back - not using the linkback on that e-mail but using the contact details from the documentation I got when I signed up. And I ask them if it's a scam or not.
And I don't reply until the bank/whatever has got back to me.
Uh... doesn't having SP2 slipstreamed in count as patching it?
Or are you saying that XP with SP2 is the actual production version and everyone who's bought XP before now has just been paying to be beta testers for Micro$haft?
On the contrary, increasing skill is a part of evolution. Evolution is the constant change - usually for the better - in response to environmental pressures. An increased level of skill in a task frequently performed is an example of such behaviour. Although true evolution works on a much grander scale it is not true to say there is no link.
Last time I got on an airplane, for the mere sum of about £10 I was handed a nice liquid-filled glass club that could be turned into a servicable dagger by a sharp rap on any nearby metal surface.
Not to mention that the liquid itself was highly flammable, and fairly toxic too. (But that's enough about my taste in vodka)
Virtually anything can be used as a weapon - as incidents in prisons show. Clamping down on what people are allowed to carry is just a knee-jerk reaction to please the bleating masses.
And this is exactly why things like the Euro Computer Driving Licence are gaining ground - they tell a prospective employer that you have a certain minimum level of computer literacy and are less likely to balls everything up.
We have people here who work on computers for 8 hrs a day who I swear haven't ever touched a computer before. Despite my pleading with the HR department they still don't bother checking people's computer literacy before hiring them and it shows in the fault logs, badly. I swear - if I get one more case of "NotSwitchedOnitis" this week I'm gonna throw someone out a window. I just wait for the day when a user mistakes "Feed Jam" for an instruction...
Ads were "an annoyance you have to deal with in a free society," lawyer Anthony J. Dain is quoted as saying."
Just as removal of your kneecaps with a cold chisel is an annoyance you're going to have to deal with shyster.
I hate pop-ups. As far as I'm concerned unless I _specifically_ open up something I don't want it buzzing me. Pop-ups are YOUR code running on MY computer without my authorisation. Under different circumstances that is a good way towards describing a worm.
You'll have rights. You'll have the right to work for any of the government approved corporations to earn money(after tax, and assuming that your parents filled in form 378b prior to conception) and you'll have the right to spend that money in any one of hundreds of corporate approved shops.
You'll also have the right to vote for one of two corparate-sponsored presidents who can only be told apart by the sponsor's logos.
You have the right to shut up and behave
Oh, and you have the right to be declared an Enemy of the People if you choose to not exercise any of the aforementioned rights.
George Orwell had it right - he just thought we'd get here 20 years earlier. So typical - even our facist opression is late. And I suppose 3 will come along at once...
So when they tell you that you've been issued a new ID card with a tracker tag that means you can be traced wherever you go you'll be fine with that?
What about when it's made compulsory to carry it with you whenever you leave the house?
Governmental agencies are always looking for methods of tracking/controlling people. Their job would be sooo much easier if we were all obedient little drones who moved in predictable cycles (ok, most of us are, but that's another argument). Right now their favourite trick is to claim that its all "To protect you from the evil terrorist scum lurking among us."
Heretic, Parlimentarian, Unionist, Nazi, Sexual Deviant, Communist, Terrorist - the name that is put on the bogeyman used to scare us into submission changes. That's all. The rest is still the same.
You say it as funny, but I bet that the flight plans include hiding the other side of planets/moons for as long as possible to take advantage of all that lovely shade.
Hell - if fuel wasn't a consideration I bet they'd love to run straight up Mercury's shadow and just park in it.
"but can't we have one spot in the solar system without our flag on it"
What, other than Russia, China, Africa, and the other 90% of the planet that isn't on the North American sub-continent...?
"tried replacing fifty or so of those tubes without shattering at least one of them"
Yes. Yesterday in fact.
Course it helps that I'm tall enough to reach the fittings without a ladder...
What I want to have is a system to assign people "wanker points". You get say three to hand out each year, and you can assign them to anyone who annoys you. Get 3 wanker points = 1 point on your license.
Think of it as a mobile version of peer-review.
Oh, for american drivers who don't know - if you get 12 points on your license then you lose it for three years.
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AFAIK it's something to do with the frequency of the laser used. They use a uv laser to burn away pieces of the lens to re-shape it and. Your retina is composed of cones and rods - the cones are responsible for daylight vision and colour, the rods only see in black and white and are more light-sensitive so work better at night. I'm only guessing at this point but since the rods don't see colour, just intensity, then they are more likely to be affected by a powerful light source outside our normal visual frequencies.
"And yes, I know laser surgery is safe"
Unless you actually like your night vision...
I know a couple of people who've had laser eye surgery and they both say that since the surgery their night vision has been shot to hell.
But it beats the hell out of what came before - the previous system was basically a milling machine that sliced out pieces with a spinning razor disc. Niiice.
"What the hell is a Boday?" A Bloody 0-day?
Almost everyone's a potential retina donor - you just have to remember to fight down the urge to go for the headshot...
Anyway, if they're blocked from speaking then how are they going to keep satirists fed with inane statements and bigoted policies?
Ever seen a kid who when they don't like the way a conversation's going sticks their fingers in their ears and shouts "La la la I can't hear you" over and over again. It's just the same mentality.
Oh, and no, I'm not a republican. But being childish loses the moral high ground reeeealy fast.
We'd know when the AI''s actually smarter than us quite easily...
...The robot would refuse to enter the ring to fight.
One of the older machines at work used to split it's screen every now and then. You'd get the full display, but repeated twice in the top and bottom halves of the screen. Logging off and back on again seemed to cure it. I guess the graphics card was a bit fried.
It's called a healthy dose of cynicism.
If somebody I have financial dealings with contacts me out of the blue to check my password/account number/mother's maiden name etc. I contact them back - not using the linkback on that e-mail but using the contact details from the documentation I got when I signed up. And I ask them if it's a scam or not.
And I don't reply until the bank/whatever has got back to me.
Uh... doesn't having SP2 slipstreamed in count as patching it?
Or are you saying that XP with SP2 is the actual production version and everyone who's bought XP before now has just been paying to be beta testers for Micro$haft?
MS03-008: Flaw in Windows Script Engine may allow code to run
So...if it's working fine then no code runs..?
Your access to network resources is slower in Windows XP than in earlier versions of Windows
That's a bug? I thought it was just a symptom of bloat.
The Display Rotates 180 Degrees When You Lower Your Screen Resolution Using the Accessibility Wizard
Now that's just funny. I wanna see it
On the contrary, increasing skill is a part of evolution. Evolution is the constant change - usually for the better - in response to environmental pressures. An increased level of skill in a task frequently performed is an example of such behaviour. Although true evolution works on a much grander scale it is not true to say there is no link.
Last time I got on an airplane, for the mere sum of about £10 I was handed a nice liquid-filled glass club that could be turned into a servicable dagger by a sharp rap on any nearby metal surface.
Not to mention that the liquid itself was highly flammable, and fairly toxic too. (But that's enough about my taste in vodka)
Virtually anything can be used as a weapon - as incidents in prisons show. Clamping down on what people are allowed to carry is just a knee-jerk reaction to please the bleating masses.
"I know /.ers tend to believe there is a conspiracy behind every bush"
You're saying that he could have been elected without a conspiracy behind him..?
And this is exactly why things like the Euro Computer Driving Licence are gaining ground - they tell a prospective employer that you have a certain minimum level of computer literacy and are less likely to balls everything up.
We have people here who work on computers for 8 hrs a day who I swear haven't ever touched a computer before. Despite my pleading with the HR department they still don't bother checking people's computer literacy before hiring them and it shows in the fault logs, badly. I swear - if I get one more case of "NotSwitchedOnitis" this week I'm gonna throw someone out a window. I just wait for the day when a user mistakes "Feed Jam" for an instruction...
Ads were "an annoyance you have to deal with in a free society," lawyer Anthony J. Dain is quoted as saying."
Just as removal of your kneecaps with a cold chisel is an annoyance you're going to have to deal with shyster.
I hate pop-ups. As far as I'm concerned unless I _specifically_ open up something I don't want it buzzing me. Pop-ups are YOUR code running on MY computer without my authorisation. Under different circumstances that is a good way towards describing a worm.
You'll have rights. You'll have the right to work for any of the government approved corporations to earn money(after tax, and assuming that your parents filled in form 378b prior to conception) and you'll have the right to spend that money in any one of hundreds of corporate approved shops.
You'll also have the right to vote for one of two corparate-sponsored presidents who can only be told apart by the sponsor's logos.
You have the right to shut up and behave
Oh, and you have the right to be declared an Enemy of the People if you choose to not exercise any of the aforementioned rights.
George Orwell had it right - he just thought we'd get here 20 years earlier. So typical - even our facist opression is late. And I suppose 3 will come along at once...
So when they tell you that you've been issued a new ID card with a tracker tag that means you can be traced wherever you go you'll be fine with that?
What about when it's made compulsory to carry it with you whenever you leave the house?
Governmental agencies are always looking for methods of tracking/controlling people. Their job would be sooo much easier if we were all obedient little drones who moved in predictable cycles (ok, most of us are, but that's another argument). Right now their favourite trick is to claim that its all "To protect you from the evil terrorist scum lurking among us."
Heretic, Parlimentarian, Unionist, Nazi, Sexual Deviant, Communist, Terrorist - the name that is put on the bogeyman used to scare us into submission changes. That's all. The rest is still the same.
"Soon, he will even start wearing a military uniform."
Well I guess there has to be a first time for everything.
It's a shame that the idea of having a set of magnetic accelerator rings in orbit to provide the initial shove is still in the realms of sci-fi.
You say it as funny, but I bet that the flight plans include hiding the other side of planets/moons for as long as possible to take advantage of all that lovely shade.
Hell - if fuel wasn't a consideration I bet they'd love to run straight up Mercury's shadow and just park in it.
"but can't we have one spot in the solar system without our flag on it"
What, other than Russia, China, Africa, and the other 90% of the planet that isn't on the North American sub-continent...?
...well, compared to the melting point of Tin anyway...
"tried replacing fifty or so of those tubes without shattering at least one of them"
Yes. Yesterday in fact.
Course it helps that I'm tall enough to reach the fittings without a ladder...
What I want to have is a system to assign people "wanker points". You get say three to hand out each year, and you can assign them to anyone who annoys you. Get 3 wanker points = 1 point on your license.
Think of it as a mobile version of peer-review.
Oh, for american drivers who don't know - if you get 12 points on your license then you lose it for three years.