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Commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
IMO, glasses are cheaper, easier to change/update (as necessary), and have zero chance of causing permanent damage, dry eyes, vision artifacts, etc. Don't forget, glasses can be fashionable, and can even help protect your eyes from injury. On more than...
Commented on Richard Metzger on Ayn Rand
"I liked when I was , but then I grew up." This is just a hackneyed way of stroking your own ego and implying how smart you are. I didn't read Rand's work until I was 31. Does the fact...
Commented on BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot (video)
Ugh, there is so much bad info here in the brakes vs. engine debate. Consider various relevant factors, such as static vs. dynamic friction, automatic vs. manual transmission, FWD vs. RWD, gear ratio, and the effects of having power brakes...
Commented on BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot (video)
"Impossible, since brakes are far more powerful than engines." @Anonymous: this is wholly incorrect, and easy to show (if you're not concerned about burning out your brakes). It depends on how hard either one is pressed. In an empty parking...
Commented on Repository of Read-Along Adventure book-and-records
DROID WORLD!...
Commented on Bulletproof glass demonstration
You know you're in a one-sided relationship when......
Commented on Jury reports that Steon's Orbo does not produce free energy
Where does the energy content of the self-righteous factor in? :P...
Commented on Jury reports that Steon's Orbo does not produce free energy
Given the amount of venture capital that some quasi-credible cold fusion "pioneers" seem to generate, it seems like a potentially viable business model to me. The Cold Fusion Con is just the physicist/scientist/engineer's version of cashing in on their name....
Commented on 911 police officer refuses to help girl who calls about her dying father because she said the F word before the call was answered
lol, nice #4, and to the moderator too (for not disemvoweling)......
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Commented on Hugo ballot is up -- Little Brother up for best novel!
Two well deserved nominations, grats! I'm glad to own signed copies of both (well, sort of..."True Names" is on my signed iPod). Those "Free Download" links are rather conspicuous, in a very good way....
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Commented on BBtv: Star Simpson's first interview on the Boston airport LED sweatshirt scare.
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Gloria commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I paid less than $150 CAD altogether for my frames and lenses. Still wearing them after two years, probably will for at least another year before I decide I want new frames for purposes of vanity. I do understand it is more expensive for those with more complex prescriptions. My father is 52 and has always had awful vision; his get-up altogether cost about $300, with titanium frames. I suppose I can imagine it could be more for people with vastly inferior vision. All the same, I'm frequently appalled by how much people pay for glasses. I often pay half...
Ito Kagehisa commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
Then I shall apologize to you as well. Please, disregard my curmudgeonly ravings, or chalk them up to advanced age. I shall endeavor to do better in the future....
Pipenta commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
It's funny reading all this. I feel waves of emotion. I have worn glasses on and off since I was in fourth grade. I was pretty darn nearsighted. I'm in my early fifties now. I've worn glasses, worn contact lenses. Until the last couple of years, they were sufficient to correct my vision to 20/20. I did look into Lasik about ten years ago. Even made the appointment. I canceled it two days before it was scheduled. I fretted. I went diving with a woman who had the surgery and her eyes were dry and she was pretty unhappy. I...
perrin_wolf commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I had my eyes done 2 years ago, cost 4,000, in Okla. My eyes get dry sometimes (never did before), and i see halos at night, although not as bad as when eyes where first done. Had glasses from age 13 and I would do Lasik again for 3 times that price. Everyone has their own personal price they'd pay to get ride of glasses. I was fully warned of the risks by the Dr and told up front that my eyes may be prone to dryness afterword. Go with a good Dr, who does his own surgery. No regrets...
benher commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
I've wanted to do this forever but the idea of being the one out of 5000 "unsuccessful" operations just scares the piss out of me. I could imagine life after say, losing a limb, my hearing, or even a few internal organs... but not my eyes....

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