On 6-4-2016 13:18, clipka wrote:
> Am 06.04.2016 um 08:43 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 5-4-2016 21:18, clipka wrote:
>>> Am 04.04.2016 um 14:05 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>>>> On 4-4-2016 13:56, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> On 4/4/2016 12:41 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>>>>>> Le 04/04/2016 12:30, clipka a écrit :
>>>>>>> Am 03.04.2016 um 22:41 schrieb Le_Forgeron:
>>>>>>>>>        stereo distance (???) //It is calculated the exporter or is
>>>>>>>>> declared by the
>>>>>>>>> user?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's the distance between the eyes.
>>>>>>>> It's about 13 cm usually, for adult human at least.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @LanuHum: Don't listen to him -- the French are known to be freaks.
>>>>>>> Normal people have about half that inter-pupillary distance ;)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are probably correct... I do not know where I picked that 13 cm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is the metric system. It can be confusing. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [making a facepalm]
>>>> Yes, especially when you know that that distance is exactly 1 palm. :-)
>>>
>>> Actually, no -- 1 palm is about 7.5 cm, 7.7 cm, 7.4 cm, or exactly 7.62
>>> cm, depending on whether you're an ancient Egyptian, Greek or Roman, or
>>> a semi-modern Englishman. (Or anywhere from 18.2 to 29.3 cm if you're a
>>> 17th century continental European.)
>>>
>>> The IPD is typically about half a digit short of a palm.
>>>
>>
>> I should have said: a Thomas palm :-)
>
> Not convinced.
>
> If by "that distance" you meant the IPD, then I would have to conclude
> that your palms must be exceptionally slender, even a lot more so than mine.
>
> If by "that distance" you meant those 13 cm, then I would have to
> conclude that you either must have "hands like toilet seats" as we say
> in German, or that you meant "hand" rather than "palm" (with yours being
> reasonably wider than usual).
>

Well, making a facepalm (minus thumb) both edges correspond exactly to 
my pupils.

-- 
Thomas

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