[TheForge] See small stuff (Was: rust redux)

[Andy Vida]

Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> >       It's annoying as hell to pick up the menu, which is printed
> >       in 2 point type, and find you ahve no glasses.  Then Seshat
> >       has to read to me.
> 
> You *do* know about the pinhole effect?  Curl your forefinger up as
> tight as possible.  Put you finger right against your orbital ridge,
> try to peer through the "hole" and open your finger a tiny bit until
> you can see a glimmer of light.  Fiddle with the size of the hole
> (small as possible) and the distance to the menu until it comes into
> focus.  In a good light I can read the fine print on a matchbook that
> way -- about 4pt -- without glasses.

	yes, I know about this.  the same happens when you look THROUGH
	your eyebrows.  The hairs act as a diffraction grate.

	I don't do this because people think I'm insane as it is.  All
	I need is to have the waitress notifying the manager of this
	guy that's got a hand glued to his eye... next thing you know
	it's the nice men in white coats coming to take you away for a
	talk with another nice man (or woman) in that posh hotel with
	the tufted walls.  Who'd feed the dogs?