Comments on: LOL-December 28

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:56:41 +0000

Also, wearing eye patches can help prevent sea sickness, according to my optometrist.

By: David

David — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:42:46 +0000

…..and then there are triangulation and compensation…..
Triangulation: My wife was born blind in one eye, yet has won prizes in fencing competitions and has driven for over 40 years.
Compensation: When we’re out with a group of experienced expert birders, she is often the one who makes the first spot, simply because over time she has instinctively learned to make better use of her one good eye than most of us with two….

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:26:50 +0000

Re the pirate strip: I was told by a Massachusetts state park ranger (one night outside at a workshop/presentation on night vision) that the reason for pirates being depicted with eye patches has nothing to do with missing eyes, which makes sense if you think about it, considering the state of medical science and the small likelyhood of surviving being stabbed in the eye. According to this park ranger, the eye patch is there to keep one eye dark-adapted, so that after you board a ship, you can go down below-decks, flip up the patch, and keep fighting using that eye, while the person who’s looking up at you is blinded by the sunlight behind you. So both of those guys ought to be able to remove their eye patches and have stereoscopic depth perception, in addition to that provided by their eyes’ focus, and the other details pointed out by Rainey.

By: TGD

TGD — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:15:38 +0000

Frank, don’t you mean for “subordination”?

By: mkilby

mkilby — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:19:28 +0000

@ Rainey (4) - I do agree that there are plenty of visual and conceptual clues to “derive” a three-dimensional feel from two-dimensional data, but I’m not sure that I would be willing to go into a sword fight (or even a tennis match) with one eye against a two-eyed opponent.

By: Rainey

Rainey — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:02:02 +0000

The pirate comic isn’t completely accurate. There are ways of judging distance that don’t require the use of both eyes. I judge distance by an object’s apparent size, its visual clarity, the crispness of the color of the object and by turning the ground and sky into an imaginary tape measure toward the object. I’ve been forced to do this my whole life because my eyes don’t cooperate with each other.

By: chuckers

chuckers — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:02:03 +0000

You get fired for being a dumbass.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:02:08 +0000

How does that work exactly — too much smartassery, or too little?

By: Frank the curmudgeon

Frank the curmudgeon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:37:43 +0000

I got fired from SMARTASSES INC. for insubordination.