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superstar4410
Member #926
January 2001
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Why do we all wear glasses us programmers, its it cause were nerds like that Don't take yourself too seriously, but do take your responsibilities very seriously. |
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wolfman8k
Member #508
July 2000
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I don't.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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No no no... It is because we are not ashamed. Everyone else hides behind contact lenses. 8) |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Of course, there are those with neither .... -- |
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Inphernic
Member #1,111
March 2001
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I can't read two centimeters high (relatively big) text if I go farther than two meters away from the source (like that allegro.cc image at the top of this page). There's nothing funny in that, but check this out : my driver's license doesn't deny me from driving without glasses. -- |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Deus: The new swedish driver's licences are like that too -- |
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jakerohs
Member #485
June 2000
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I don't wear glasses - I have a giant monocle. |
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An Ly
Member #185
April 2000
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There is a theory that goes along the lines of: When humans are doing near work (reading, computers etc), our eyes are accommodating (or doing work) to see clearly at the near distance. To ease this stress on our visual system, the eyes may grow in length so that when we look at near, our eyes do not have to accommodate to see clearly, alleviating the work needed. The trade off is blurry distance vision. This is a theory for the development of short sightedness (myopia). Hence, computer "nerds" do a hell of a lot of nearwork and thus require spectacles? This is just a theory and doesn't work 100% of the time. However, there is a lot of chicken experiments which point to this conclusion.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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So what you're saying is.... Buy a big screen and sit far away. |
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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Nahhhh, buy a big screen and sit really close. That way you get the effect of sitting in the front row in the theatre (that effect, BTW, would be a crik in your neck for six days
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An Ly
Member #185
April 2000
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Oh and popular theory no. 2: Genetics
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Mars
Member #971
February 2001
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I wear glasses because they look cool. contact lenses just would not fit my style and destroy the general aura of intelligence around me.;D I guess that theory about the eyes growing differently because you focus on close things (or far things) is pretty justified. I have always read a lot and sat in front of the computer... I wonder how many if any people here are long-sighted... -- |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Well, I've had nearsightedness since I was about 5 or so.. that is, before I came into contact with computers in any major extent. -- |
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Greyer
Member #1,509
September 2001
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You know, I don't wear any kind of glasses/contacts. I have near (if not perfect) vison. Now if only I could spell well id be in good shape... ------------------------------------------------ |
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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I need no glasses ... have good vision ... but I read and use the computer obsessively. Hmm. Perhaps it's because people with bad vision / glasses are the ones typically mocked by the general public in young childhood, and thus the ones pushed to spend time with their computers more ... so that glasses lead to computer programming, as opposed to vice-versa. That might be true in some cases ...
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Bob
Free Market Evangelist
September 2000
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Quote: Why do we all wear glasses
It's to filter all that radiation comming from the computer monitor -- |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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I guess we'll have to assume you wear specs too, since I just realized you've never posted a pic; not in the Puctures thread, not in your avatar .... -- |
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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Feeling like an outsider ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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Sirocco
Member #88
April 2000
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As evidenced by my PI, I'm free of the scourge of glasses/contacts. Everyone in my family is nearsighted, but so far I'm doing fine. Had a vision test two years ago, and my vision then was (according to the doc) approximately 20/15 (perhaps I got that backwards... heh). Here's to dem' funky genetics! (raises martini glass w/ice tea) --> |
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crazy_k
Member #1,978
March 2002
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well I think that some glasse can make you real pretty! it's all about the frame!!!! and the way it suits to YOU! --- |
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Peter Wang
Member #23
April 2000
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Whee! My whole family now has glasses, except for me, and I'm the one who uses the computer most. I suppose it's a matter of time, but for now: gloat gloat gloat gloat.
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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OMG! I just realized that we have (as of a day and a half or so now) another FEMALE MEMBER!!!
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Nathan Letwory
Member #671
October 2000
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I don't wear glasses, neither contact lenses, and as of a few days ago, my eyes tested really well (according to that test I have eyes like a hawk And crazy_k : terve tulemast. Kas me hakame räägima eesti keeld Nathan __________________________ |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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cage: Are you ever on #allegro ? 8) |
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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-> cage: Are you ever on #allegro ? Hmmm, IRC? Nope, why?
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). Have been thinking of getting glasses, because it might help in not getting so tired at the end of the day... And I am told that glasses look good on my (or was it that I look good in glasses... 