POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Move with the times : Re: Move with the times Server Time
29 Jul 2024 06:13:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Move with the times  
From: Tim Cook
Date: 3 Oct 2012 13:36:56
Message: <506c77b8$1@news.povray.org>
On 2012-10-03 10:13, Warp wrote:
> "A few inches" is something like 3 to 5 inches. That's like 10 cm.
> Holding anything that close would make it hard to see anything. Nobody
> does that, if for nothing else, then for that reason alone.
>
> If you are watching something like a TV series or a music video, it's
> perfectly comfortable wathing it like you would read a book. There's
> nothing to it. You don't keep a book 10 cm from your face when you read,
> do you?
>
> So yes, "you have to hold it a few inches in front of your face" is a
> huge exaggeration.

I hold my phone that close when I'm trying to watch a video on it or 
read some text...

...but I'm way nearsighted.

That's my excuse, anyways.

--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.sjcook.com


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