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When I had LASIK a few years back, I was blown away that my doctor had a device to calculate (accurately), my prescription.
I literally sat in front of the device, and looked at a blob, that eventually focused as a full color hot air balloon. It gave me BOTH my -2.5 reading and my astigmatism. It blew my mind.
I asked the doctor how it worked, he said: Same tech that is in an autofocus camera. While you are looking at the object, the system is sending a beam of light to bounce off your eye. It sees that light, and adjusts the lenses to clean up what it sees coming out. At which point, it has a "good" reading of your prescription. Very similar to how you read a prescription from a pair of glasses.
It just blew my mind.
The doctor said when he goes to areas that cannot speak english, or with people who cannot understand the old (is this better, or this)... They use this device, get the reading, and it is good enough to get them seeing again...
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Wow!
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Or gin. 
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I would buy this one[^], but it's for a totally different purpose[^].
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 2-Sep-15 13:47pm.
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That hurts my eyes just to watch on YouTube! 
I think it's the "focussed center only" which is nasty.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have already tried a small cheap camera to record during normal flying. As Igor Sikorsky already noticed: Helicopters cost a lot, make fine clouds of dust and every part vibrates. I have not yet found a good way to dampen the vibrations enough for a good stable picture.
Believe me, all I have up to now looks far worse than this video. There are two alternatives up to now. Either attach the camera as tightly as possible to the frame of the helicopter, possibly with rubber dampeners from an old CD drive inbetween, or suspend the camera by tightly stretched rubber bands between the skids.
Or buy a fancy gimbal with motion tracking and stabilization. Look here[^], just skip the talk. Just note the difference between the cheap camera recording the gimbal and the FPV camera, but there still are some vibrations.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Mmm, First person drone dueling?
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Pshhht. Don't call a T-Rex 550 a drone. The one sitting on the shelf right behind my chair might be insulted. 
Helicopters usually are more agile and faster than multicopters. But the idea is not bad. Mount a laser on the camera gimbal and use motion tracking to let the camera and laser look wherever you turn your head. Then we only need sensors on the fuselages to register hits.
For now I would settle for some nice air footage. 60 miles south from here the Alps begin, so I might get a little fresh air and look for some suitable scenery.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sir, I was not (had a Google for T-Rex 550, nice look 'copter!), there was talk of drone combat a few month ago...
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Now you must be careful. If you ever had any interest in flying and watch too many of those videos, then you will not be able to leave a hobby store without a big box anymore. It's really addictive.
Anyway, I would not really want to use a nice big helicopter for some kind of air combat. The risk of collisions or losin control s too big. For such a purpoe I would modify a smaller, older or cheaper model. Recording the hits and perhaps reporting them by telemetry might make an interesting microcontroller project.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Ahh, well when I get out the Pub I am planning on getting a drone which I can do mad things with...
Quote: For such a purpoe I would modify a smaller, older or cheaper model. Recording the hits and perhaps reporting them by telemetry might make an interesting microcontroller project.
All ready did a system using an Ardrino and radio controlled car for a friend, must have a fiddle!
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: was CP down today around midday
They were testing OculusCP, didn't you read the memo? 
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Ah, nuts.
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: corrects for your vision
That seems a little unlikely. It's surely that the image is within your field of normal vision (even the most myopic of us has one)! I'd be very interested to hear from a hyperopic reviewer on this.
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Well, I need quite strong glasses (different prescription each eye!) but when I put it on, it was a bit squiffy for a few seconds then it evened out and I could see!!
I too would like to know if its just me or by design!
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I am so shocked to learn that some editors were more concerned with making filthy lucre than being rivers of purest objectivity to the world: [^].
Amazon/GitHub hacked by bit-coin miners, the blood-moon coming on the 28th., ISIS driving around in Humvees, increasing frequencies of robot-driver cars crashing, pilots in mid-air flashed by lasers, glaciers melting, a tsunami of migrants everywhere, my body aging ...
It's like these little things are starting to get to me: why do they have to happen at a time like this ... when I'm about to have a birthday tomorrow
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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BillWoodruff wrote: I'm about to have a birthday tomorrow
Heartfelt felicitations on the anniversary of your natal day, Sir Bill. 
Software Zen: delete this;
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It just means your getting old...it'll pass.
Happy birthday Bill!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Thanks for reminding me; I had tried to put all these things out of my mind.
But, have a great day tomorrow.
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Don't worry about the migrants - you're safe - they are all going to end up in Germany
Have a great day tomorrow!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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Crazy world, isn't it? 
but craziness didn't prevent me from celebrating mine yesterday
Enjoy your day tomorrow. 
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BillWoodruff wrote: I am so shocked to learn that some editors were more concerned with making filthy lucre than being rivers of purest objectivity to the world
I would be shocked if they didn't, because that's the kind of world we're living in!
Actually, why don't you make a contribution to this page that's missing your birthday[^] 
Have a wonderful birthday! 
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Happy birthday, hope you are having a nice day.
Tom
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Has a dead Italian chef pastaway?
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