What made you happy today?

[GH]

When you get eyeball surgery like that (Kd, OST), does your brain have to "re-learn" how to see? I mean, like, it's getting different inputs than what it's used to? Is there any adjustment, or anything?

[Kd]

Well, my appointment was re-scheduled, so they should tell me this coming Monday. Honestly, I can't say for sure, and I'm not going to notice a difference until I've had it done. I'm hoping there will be vast improvements in my field of vision, as currently I can't even look at one side of my face in the mirror.
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[Kd]

So. The results of my little chat.

1) My eyes operate independently of each other. They don't track together, and they never will. This is why (if I really concentrate) I can look in 2 directions at once.

2)

[CzarJ]

Well I think you're pretty just the way you are!

[kennykiller]

Is there any list where I can sign for that, CzarJ?
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[CzarJ]

Um... yes?

[kennykiller]

OK. Here you are:
kd, you're pretty just the way you are!
signed
kennykiller
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[CzarJ]

And that, uh, card--that's, uh, that's from both of us. Yeah.

[The Ragin' South Asian]

[Chuck]

Tell kids that you have a magic eye that can see into the future and you'll tell their parents what they're planning if they don't give you some money. You might as well take advantage of the situation.

[Lauritz Melchior]

I think that it's really cute.
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[GH]

Or just wobble one eye around, drink from a hip flask, and scream, "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" at them.

[Jedo the Jedi]

[Ningal]

Hm. Sadly, I'm not so sure I can see Moody as cross-eyed, unless one has a lot of conscious control over the eyes' position and can whirl them around at will.

[Kd]

[One Skunk Todd]

[wordcross]

I would imagine it does. I know that with my lazy left eye, it would have wonderful vision on its own, but since my right eye is so dominant it spends most of its time unfocused. When i try to focus with my left eye, i can do it, but it feels highly unnatural and the focus is still slightly blurry because i can't hold it. With enough practice, i could get it to do just fine on its own. But it would have to "learn" to focus correctly and stay that way.

I imagine that having your eyes sit in different positions than you're used to would cause some problems of this nature.
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[arandomguy]

That somewhere, in some third world country, some woman was jailed for trying to have an abortion.
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[alphatango]

1. I put together my bed without causing (serious) injury to myself.

1.5. This probably means I put it together incorrectly, but it hasn't fallen apart yet, nothing seems wobbly, and it's comfortable!

2. Finally sorted out my subjects for this semester at uni -- I get to play around with ideas about gravity waves. I'm sure there's something in there relevant to galactic domination.
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Keeper of the Eternal Flame of the Inner Geek.

[Kd]

I'm on the waiting list! And it's not 9 months, it's less than 6! This means the op will be over and done with by the time I go to university, which is what I originally wanted.

They've told me that it'll be 95% corrected-ish, so that if (by some horrible freak chance) they overcorrect, it'll be spot on rather than messed up. Although this means it probably won't be spot on, hardly anyone will notice the difference, as they'll be noticing that it looks better, and so won't care. Also, for about 2-3 weeks afterwards, I may experience double vision, which will be altogether rather cool.
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[Samadhi]

At first I was like "waiting list"? Why not next week? Then I remembered you're not in America.
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[The Cruciverbalist]

That Python thing they've been doing on PBS? The one where each member did an hour long special of their own best, and they all got together to do one for Chapman?

I just saw the Terry Gilliam one.

It was an hour. Of Gilliam.

My brain just broke.
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[Courk]

I used to be a "PBS? Who watches PBS?" type of person. I love PBS.

[Lauritz Melchior]

Oh man! I really miss the Reading Rainbow.
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[Antrax]

I miss "Do Shut Up".
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[Kd]

[Samadhi]

Mmm. Yeah we're pretty wild in America. "Hey! I want [insert medical procedure here] so [I don't die]/[my life is better]/[I feel less pain]/[etc]! Damn. If only I was in the UK so I could sign up on a list and wait for the bureaucracy to deal with me, maybe that would teach me patience. I'm such a silly American, no wonder everyone hates me."
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[LGB*]

That's not why I hate you.

[Samadhi]

Is it my good looks? That's it, isn't it.
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[groza528]

[Courk]

I Shouldn't Be Alive is returning on Friday! Hooray!

[Samadhi]

This was actually yesterday but anyway. On the bus on the way to school I had a lightbulb moment about some math stuff. I thought it was pretty cool and it sort of went against something my teacher had said. On the break in class I told him about it and he disagreed with me on some points. I had to argue some of my assumptions, that he didn't agree with, but I was right and I did end up convincing him.

I'd be shocked if it hadn't been thought of before, but it was an enjoyable moment.

(for those interested in what I'd thought of, I'll be posting it in my school help thread Edit: link)
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[Samadhi]

I feel like clarifying my happiness on this. I really have been worried about my math abilities after all this time out of school. So, the esoteric thing that I thought of on the bus isn't about whether anyone else has thought of it, or whether it's esoteric....it's that I thought of it on the bus. (Well, and bonus is figuring out something before I'm told.) I feel really really good that I still love math.
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[Lauritz Melchior]

Ever since it came out, I'd wanted to play Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Unfortunately, I never actually went out and bought it. Then we lost our N64 controllers so there was no point. I had played it for brief periods at friends' houses, but when it comes to RPGs, and maybe all games, that's never enough (unless the game is painfully bad). Anyhow, my roommate this year has a GameCube. A friend of ours with whom we frequently play games (esp. Super Smash Brothers Melee) has a Zelda collector's edition which came with his pre-ordered Wind Waker game. He has loaned us the disk, and I'm finally able to play (through) the Ocarina of Time!!! Yay!

p.s. I'm at the fire temple right now. Fun times.

Oh, and because it amuses me, I present you with the following: In my (and my roommate's) room can be found RM's (roommate) Game Cube, RM's N64 controllers, my N64, Friend #1's (zelda friend) Game cube controllers, RM's controllers, my N64 games, RM's games, F1's (friend 1) Zelda collectors edition disk and Soulcaliber 2 (or something) disk, and Friend #2's N64 controllers. Friend #3 recently bought a GameCube, but no memory card, so my RM let her borrow one of his. She also has controllers from some combination of RM, F1, and F2.

The above is needlessly complicated, but I'm too lazy to organize it.
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[Bicho the Inhaler]

[Antrax]

You know, to this day I haven't understood why a matrix' row space and column space have the same dimension
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[The Ragin' South Asian]

wow, what a dunce. that's like prereq for kindergarten.

Page 56!

[Samadhi]

Bicho: You mean for matrix multiply?
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[Bicho the Inhaler]

Sorry, Samadhi, I don't understand your post.

If A is any m by n matrix, then the span of the rows of A and the span of the columns of A are generally two completely different vector spaces. However, the two vector spaces are guaranteed to have the same dimension.

If you're referring to the proof of that fact, then yes, matrix multiplication plays a key role.

[Samadhi]

Hadn't got to that yet. Seems rather obvious though.
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