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- From: leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung)
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.172205.1181@csrd.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: Center for Supercomputing R&D, U. of Ill.
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 17:22:05 GMT
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- Randy Davis writes:
- >Bruce Leung (that's me) writes:
- >|I have to agree with Mike on this one. Peripheral vision as defined
- >|by my Webster's New World Dictionary (and how I've always thought of
- >|it) is:
- >| the area of vision lying just outside the line of direct sight
- >|
- >|My own working definition is that something is in my periph. vision if
- >|I can see it without looking at it. The outer edges of my viewport
- >|are not in my periph. vision.
- >
- > Read that JUST a little closer, Bruce... Are you defining "direct sight"
- >as merely "forward sight"? It sure looks like it, which is incorrect.
-
- Sigh. Irregardless (wait, let me get out my dictionary... not there)
- Regardless of how we each want to define peripheral vision, as I stated
- in a reply to Ed, I don't disagree with your basic claims. I can *easily*
- see all edges of my viewport by moving my eyes. And when I'm trying to
- track down odd engine/bike noises I leave my helmet off as I putt around
- the neighborhood.
-
- >If you turn your eyes and TRY to see your viewport, and still can't see the
- >edges of your viewport, then perhaps your helmet does NOT restrict YOUR
- >side-to-side peripheral vision - but you are the only one that I know of
- >that fits this description, and perhaps ought to think about not driving or
- >riding anymore before you hurt yourself or, more importantly, someone else.
-
- You seem to be real concerned about other people hurting themselves. Ever
- consider running for office? Please check your patronizing attitude at
- the door (or is that keyboard?).
-
- Bruce "I'm getting out of this discussion..."
-