Well, I'm no optometrist, but my simple view on it all has to do with the type of light we're looking at.
Our eyes, as far as I can recall from anatomy and the bit of research I've done into it (my friend's got albinism and major problem with his sight, but not directly related to his eyes more so his connections on the brain, but took a while to find that out), eyes are generally meant to absorb reflective light from whatever source it is. We're told not to look straight into lights directly from young for a good reason. (i.e sun, headlamps, flashlights, etc.) our eyes get irritated and we have to squint and with due reason. under normal conditions we see only the light that is reflected off of objects, the light source is usually behind us.
with modern displays (asside from projectors), all light is direct light being bounced straight into your eye. graned at considerably lower light dosages than a sun or flashlight would be, but still the same concept, and will degrade your vision slowly over time the same way looking at a strong light like that will burn out your eye (not literally of course), especially if you happen to be genetically prone to degrading vision.
whenever i get the money I'd love to buy a projector use that for 5 years or so to see if my theory is correct (dunno if others have suggested the same thing, never bothred looking). meh.. until then.. where are my glasses....
hahaha, dude, i would love to see a mod for the mod, that changes the skins on the characters to make one look like Bill and the other one like monica. That would sooo rock.
actually, i wouldn't expect anything from NASA, or any other space agency on this planet, to present anything to the public that would floor them, until they get this 'gravity' thing under control. Once we've got that, you can expect to see insanely cool things (and practical too, for our day to day lives that is). Keep in mind, so far, we know that it exists, and that we're all subject to it. Why matter tends to do that in large clumps? So far, its only theoretical. Mass is a tricky thing.
I know someone mentioned rail guns on this thread somewhere, now, i recall a few years back of an experimental launcher for shuttles and other ships, that used the same basic technology. Anyone got any info on that? I totally forgot what it's called..
bah. the 2nd ammendment is a joke nowadays. it held water in the days where a small group of people could do what the colonies did centuries ago. But not now, now it harms more than good. if the government wanted to take us over, its not stupid enough to use force. It's costly and unpopular. It's much cheaper to use hidden policies and law. We're not getting into our 'complacent' years. We're well past those, that was the reagan/clinton era. we're well into the 'power grabbing' end of things.
one point one should always keep in mind with anylizing social issues, is that, first and foremost, people are stupid. have been since the days of inception, and will most likely continue to the day we wipe ourselves from existence. people believe what they want to believe, and not necessarily what is true. secondly, people are lazy, the less work they have to do, the better. that includes actually having to do their own trolling for news, or even a few easy keystrokes to get soemthing done (a reason why linux hasnt taken hold of the main consumer market). Finally, people are greedy. We always want more. That, you can apply to anything. Keep that in mind and you're golden.
and i still reseve my right in saying that, "Guns are for small dicked, shitheads." you wanna protect yourself, carry a knife. dont be a pussy and pull out your glock.
it may well be, but it would certainly give NASA the funding that this government is holding back on. But of course, it would have to be a private company and not govt. affiliated for that kind of thing.
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Well, I'm no optometrist, but my simple view on it all has to do with the type of light we're looking at. Our eyes, as far as I can recall from anatomy and the bit of research I've done into it (my friend's got albinism and major problem with his sight, but not directly related to his eyes more so his connections on the brain, but took a while to find that out), eyes are generally meant to absorb reflective light from whatever source it is. We're told not to look straight into lights directly from young for a good reason. (i.e sun, headlamps, flashlights, etc.) our eyes get irritated and we have to squint and with due reason. under normal conditions we see only the light that is reflected off of objects, the light source is usually behind us. with modern displays (asside from projectors), all light is direct light being bounced straight into your eye. graned at considerably lower light dosages than a sun or flashlight would be, but still the same concept, and will degrade your vision slowly over time the same way looking at a strong light like that will burn out your eye (not literally of course), especially if you happen to be genetically prone to degrading vision. whenever i get the money I'd love to buy a projector use that for 5 years or so to see if my theory is correct (dunno if others have suggested the same thing, never bothred looking). meh.. until then.. where are my glasses....
hahaha, dude, i would love to see a mod for the mod, that changes the skins on the characters to make one look like Bill and the other one like monica. That would sooo rock.
actually, i wouldn't expect anything from NASA, or any other space agency on this planet, to present anything to the public that would floor them, until they get this 'gravity' thing under control. Once we've got that, you can expect to see insanely cool things (and practical too, for our day to day lives that is). Keep in mind, so far, we know that it exists, and that we're all subject to it. Why matter tends to do that in large clumps? So far, its only theoretical. Mass is a tricky thing. I know someone mentioned rail guns on this thread somewhere, now, i recall a few years back of an experimental launcher for shuttles and other ships, that used the same basic technology. Anyone got any info on that? I totally forgot what it's called..
bah. the 2nd ammendment is a joke nowadays. it held water in the days where a small group of people could do what the colonies did centuries ago. But not now, now it harms more than good. if the government wanted to take us over, its not stupid enough to use force. It's costly and unpopular. It's much cheaper to use hidden policies and law. We're not getting into our 'complacent' years. We're well past those, that was the reagan/clinton era. we're well into the 'power grabbing' end of things. one point one should always keep in mind with anylizing social issues, is that, first and foremost, people are stupid. have been since the days of inception, and will most likely continue to the day we wipe ourselves from existence. people believe what they want to believe, and not necessarily what is true. secondly, people are lazy, the less work they have to do, the better. that includes actually having to do their own trolling for news, or even a few easy keystrokes to get soemthing done (a reason why linux hasnt taken hold of the main consumer market). Finally, people are greedy. We always want more. That, you can apply to anything. Keep that in mind and you're golden. and i still reseve my right in saying that, "Guns are for small dicked, shitheads." you wanna protect yourself, carry a knife. dont be a pussy and pull out your glock.
it may well be, but it would certainly give NASA the funding that this government is holding back on. But of course, it would have to be a private company and not govt. affiliated for that kind of thing.