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Commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I don't care how many people have had Lasik five or ten years ago and gush about how wonderful it is. Nobody touches my eyes. Period. There is no benefit that justifies risking my eyesight. Ever. Had Lasik five years...
Commented on Old advertisement for Evel Knievel's popsicles
"Little Billy liked to chew on the plastic popsicle mold."...
Commented on Video: Mass of ascending hot air balloons
Wow, that was fascinating. They seemed to swirl through the air over the hillside. Is that caused by convection currents?...
Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
I hope that posting pictures of *holding* an eagle feather isn't going to put you in jail, Mark. One never knows, these days....
Commented on CableDrop
I often use a paperclip taped to the edge of my desk for this. They work fine, but they're so declassé. These look pretty nifty....
Commented on Hospital Food Photo Blog
Mmm, formed paste for dinner....
Commented on Cold dead hand of Frank Herbert reaches up from grave, stabs Dune Second Life megafans in the back
That's a crying shame for the Dune roleplayers in SL. They've put an enormous amount of work creating not only costume but objects and environment. What the copyright holders should have done is support these fans in their efforts and...
Commented on iPhone gets CBS streaming
Sadly, it's not available in Canada....
Commented on Pissing Match: Operational cost of Roomba vs. (expensive) upright
Comparing a Roomba to an upright isn't really a good comparison, mainly because a Roomba doesn't replace an upright. You still need a full-size vac to do corners, ledges, and stairs. So the robot is just a geeky way to...
Commented on Google Earth inexplicably launches first on iPhone, not Android
I just now installed Google Earth on my iPod Touch. I like how it makes use of the touch-screen with dual-touch rotate and zoom, but there's something else unexpected that might explain why it's on iPhone/iPod first: it uses the...
Commented on Australia's Great Firewall: just like China, Syria and other "free" countries
I think the cries of "won't somebody please think of the children!" are a cynical and deliberate undermining of Australians' rights. Apparently if you phrase your contempt for freedoms in the right way, you can not only paint freedom of...
Commented on Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock
The problem with that analogy is that Spock was never very good at command, which was the subject of more than one episode....
Commented on Crystal Head Vodka may not promote clear thinking
I'm not a vodka drinker either, but... WANT!...
Commented on Presidential Debate Tweets, Analyzed
"Iran Iraq pork" I think we can invoke rule 34 here with Iran/Iraq slash fiction. "Oooh, Iran, your borders are so mountainous!"...
Commented on Teething Ring leaves tooth marks on punchees
I seem to remember a Mythbuster episode where they busted the myth that you could leave a clear imprint of a ring on someone's face just by punching. And I agree with #1....
Commented on This is GE Performance Television
That thing is beautiful in a 1980s it's-enormous-but-has-never-existed-before kind of way. That thing would fill half my living room, and would be worth every cent....
Commented on How to give yourself elf ears
If it still looks good when the band-aids are off, then it's hot. At least it matches her facial features. For others, it probably wouldn't work at all. For example: I don't think this would look good on Dick Cheney....
Commented on Guy gets locked out of all Google apps
This is a clear example of why it's a good idea to compute locally. Don't hand over your data to a faceless corporation and hope that they'll always be nice to you. If you keep it on your local drive,...
Commented on Report: Movie listings app removed from iPhone AppStore
"MIGHTYMOUSE1584: did anyone else instinctively try to hit the "ok" button on the error message in the picture? weird." As soon as I saw the error box, my mouse twitched to clear it. And if you ring a bell, I...
Commented on Leatherman tools that cost lots of money
Forty thousand? (*jaw drops*) Surely that must be Linden dollars?...
Commented on Behold the Large Hadron Collider
I can't see the large hadrons in that picture. If they're so "large", why can't we see them? :)...
Commented on Dell's Studio Hybrid miniature desktop PCs pack Blu-Ray, TV Tuner and HDMI
So when did Dell develop a sense of style? If it weren't for the useless, low-end graphics card, I would definitely get one. It's so shiny and pretty. Want....
Commented on Pizza cutting scissors profane in the eyes of the Pizza God
This thing is so, so wrong. Besides the fact that cutting pizza with scissors makes the baby Jesus cry and probably the Flying Spaghetti Monster too, it's just not very practical. To start cutting, you need to get the scissors'...
Commented on Perch: ergonomic concept desk for stooped schoolchildren
Kids tend to sit or stand on furniture. I wouldn't trust that flimsy thing to hold even a child's weight....
Commented on BBtv debuts "BBtv World" series. Episode 1: El Molinero (Guatemala)
At risk of being disemvowelled myself, I'm surprised at the plug for Microsoft products. It doesn't seem like a good fit for BoingBoing. Just my impression....
Commented on Spammers discuss breaking Craigslist verification system
It's always easier to destroy than to create....
Commented on Steampunk city in Second Life: New Babbage
New Caledon is an amazing place. It's even more amazing to realize that it's not made by graphic artists or software professionals, but SL users....
Commented on The world's tiniest RC helicopters
I have one of these as a desk toy. It's fun, but incredibly difficult to control. It's subject to even the slightest air currents, and the control system is hard to master. Worse, you can take out an eye with...
Commented on SOS is 100 years old: ...---...---...---...---
I am not a Morse code operator (IANAMCO?), but I think the Morse code in the post title actually says SOSOSO. :) If you want to repeat an SOS three times, I think it would be: ...---... ...---... ...---......
Commented on Pretend cops bully videographer, videographer wins
I think I might have made my point badly, and accidentally gave the impression that I was trolling. I agree that the guards in question *might* have overreacted to a person with a camera, but we should keep in mind...

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Jerril commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I've been considering eye surgery of some kind for over a decade, but for the moment I'm on the side of "No surgery". This may change again in another few years of course, I keep waffling. I'm legally blind without my glasses. With my glasses, I do not get 20/20 vision, but it's "good enough" for my sedentary lifestyle. I've been wearing glasses since I was 6, and I actually have deformations in the bones behind my ears the shape of eyeglass arms. I've worn contacts intermittently, but with my allergies I get itchy watery eyes and contacts just sort...
G Samsa commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
Not sure. I think it's worth $1200 to $1500. Being able to see when you wake up in the morning is good. Especially if you're not alone. I don't have to tell you how nice it is not to have to stick your fingers in your eyes, not to have to wait for the mirror to unfog after the shower to put your eyes in. Etc. But there's a down side. You'll need glasses to drive at night, because you just won't see very well in low light. You'll never be able to make a move without your reading glasses,...
ronton commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
Short answer: yes, get the procedure. Long answer: I got it done about 10 years ago, was one of the best choices I ever made. I was living in the Bay area and a sibling informed me of a clinic near Vancouver BC that had a special : I think it was $1000 per eye with a guarantee. Even with the train to Seattle, the shuttle bus to Vancouver, and the Vancouver hotel for 2 nights, it was a good deal compared to what they were charging in the US at that time. The procedure had been legal in Canada...
Hopkins Douglas commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
Learn The Bates Method instead. PROVE IT WITH THE EXERCISE BELOW It is much cheaper, no side effects, no risk of halos, infections or needing glasses again a few years later. Remember, even if the rate of infection is 1 in 10,000 if you are the one, then for you it is 100%. Yes the Bates Method, or one of the newer versions based on it, does work. You can find people teaching it all over the USA. It is common in England. It is not common here yet, but they are out there. People in their 70's have gone...
Yamazakikun commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I'd love it.. except that I've got OD -11, OS -10ish -- which means I've got a much higher chance of experiencing the joy of retinal detachment. As much as it would be nice to not have to worry about contacts, I'm going to have to wait until Zeiss is ready to sell me a set of whatever Batoh is wearing....

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