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

Fri Nov 14 00:31:00 2003

I'm confused ( again?):
I thought that presbiopia(SP?..short arm syndrome) was due to growing 
inflexability of the eyeball with age.
How does lasik's trimming the cornea help that?  Pete f

G.Watts wrote:

>Yeah, Andy...my wife had the Lasik-thing done a couple of years ago and she,
>along with the other 10 or so people I know that have had it are glad that
>they did.  Most are spectacles-free, though a couple need them at night.
>Lasik's a booming business here in San Diego...I've heard a recent ad for a
>newer technique that is supposedly 100% computer controlled that comes with
>a guaranty of success.  Find a Doc that has lots of refs. and check them,
>then see if your condition is treatable.
>Good luck,
>
>George.
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>Mike Spencer wrote:
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>>>      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.
>>>      
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>>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.
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>	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?
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